React Native was created to bring declarative UI and a single codebase to the hostile native environment of separate SDKs, tooling, and deployment processes.
Building a React Native app requires understanding platform-specific languages like Swift and Kotlin, build tools like CocoaPods and Gradle, and bundlers like Metro.
Fastlane is an open-source tool that simplifies and automates the entire build, signing, and release process for iOS and Android applications from the command line.
Use Fastlane's Match tool to securely store and share iOS certificates and provisioning profiles in a Git repository, avoiding manual sharing across teams.
A dedicated Fastlane lane can automatically increment the build number, build a production-signed IPA, and upload it directly to App Store Connect for TestFlight distribution.
Fastlane acts as a powerful wrapper for Gradle, allowing you to automate Android versioning, signing, and uploading of production bundles (AAB) to the Play Store.
Use custom GitHub Actions to run your Fastlane lanes in a remote CI/CD environment, managing secrets and automating builds for both iOS and Android on every release.
Beyond builds, Fastlane can manage Git commits and tags, run tests, and handle metadata, enabling a full GitOps workflow for mobile development.
The speaker discusses their career path from backend to mobile development, favorite childhood games, and recommends resources for learning more about Fastlane.
35:09Aleksandra Desmurs-Linczewska
52:01Rowdy Rabouw
39:42Dmitry Vinnik
42:50Milica Aleksic
24:10Milica Aleksic & Stefan Nikolic
43:31Nachiket Apte
45:08Moataz Nabil
34:44Majid Hajian
Jobs that call for the skills explored in this talk.
Nia Health GmbH
Berlin, Germany
Lotum media GmbH
Bad Nauheim, Germany
Optimi Solutions GmbH