Have you ever wished you could automate building your mobile apps using just AWS’s CI/CD tools?

I have been on projects with iOS and Android apps where we needed to jump through a bunch of hoops and log into a bunch of 3rd party tools every time we needed to release a build.

As of a few days ago, AWS released FastLane as an available CodeBuild image.

Honestly, since I am not an iOS dev or really a mobile guy(I have dabbled but it’s not a service I offer) I didn’t even realize you could run Mac in CodeBuild but evidently they released that functionality last year.

Benefits:

One less service to pay for for starters. Additionally, you won’t have secrets all around the internet. You can just keep all of your secrets and configs in SSM Param Store or Secrets Manager and manage it centrally from there.

Drawbacks:

It requires you to set up a reserved capacity macOS fleet which is both a bit complicated and costly.

Conclusion:

Weigh out the costs and benefits. I could see it nice being able to manage your whole CI/CD stack, including mobile, in one place but I could see those drawbacks being an issue as well.

Question for you: How is your mobile CI/CD pipeline set up?