Android Release with Fastlane
Aug 27, 2017 · 2 min read
Tutorial shows how to configure the tool fastlane to publish to the Google Play Store with the command below:
$fastlane deploy Tutorial assumption: you have already publish app to the play store once. Fastlane integration saves developers time, since it’s a repetitive manual process :)
- Configure Fastlane.
- Go to your app project directory.
- To see code logic open: /fastlane/Fastfile by default it’s configure to run with deploy command:
desc "Deploy a new version to the Google Play"lane :deploy dogradle(task: "assembleRelease")supplyend
The script runs ./gradle assembleRelease and then supply publishes to play store.
3. You need to manually update the app versionCode and versionName.

4. Run $fastlane deploy

5. Done, now go to Developer Console and you will see new version has been publish.

Summary:
Fastlane runs gradle commands for you and uploads apk/app metadata to Google Play Store.
$fastlane deploy == $gradlew assembleRelease + manually updaload apk to play store + upload release notes(app metadata)
