.NET MAUI Azure DevOps Build and Release Pipelines - Part 2: Android

Build and deploy your .NET MAUI Windows, Android and iOS apps through Azure DevOps CICD pipelines.
Be sure to subscribe to the channel for the next videos in the series covering building and signing iOS apps and setting up release pipelines to release our Android and iOS apps to each store.
Disclaimer: This channel and videos are created in my spare time and are a product of myself. They are NOT affiliated or endorsed by any employer that I might work for in any way. The opinions and views are my own.
💻 Environment setup:
Azure DevOps Free Account: azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/devops/
📃Documentation:
- Publish an Android app using the command line: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/maui/android/deployment/publish-cli?view=net-maui-8.0
🧑‍💻Code and useful info:
- GitHub source code repo: github.com/app-alchemy-org/MauiPipelines
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📱Our links:
GitHub page: github.com/app-alchemy-org
KZbin channel: www.youtube.com/@UCIOYUArhsQ9A-AZdHgo73MQ
⏲️ Video timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:18 Pipeline overview
02:00 Setting up Windows agent stage
03:45 Setting up setup job
05:05 Setting up Windows build job
06:11 Setting up Android build job
07:57 Testing Setup, Android & Windows build jobs
10:40 Signing Android app introduction
11:27 Generating a keystore file
15:05 Uploading keystore file
15:29 Import keystore file into build pipeline
18:14 Add signing to dotnet publish command
20:00 Secret variables
21:39 Permit secure file
21:56 Building signed Android app
22:38 Conclusion

[@sab1874]

Excellent. liked it.

[@albertobarrientosdav]

Nice video!!!!. I would like a video about how to build with ios

[@app-alchemy]

Part 3 covering iOS is officially live: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m328anh6r96ppbMsi=89pWuDWCNhOoSQRH

[@sab1874]

any chance in the future video, on how to setup the version number and update info.plist and android manifest?

[@app-alchemy]

Sure thing! I'll be sure to add a video on versioning the apps before starting the release pipeline videos

[@yaseenafzal6162]

Can you please upload Vedio on ipa file generation using the pipe line in maui

[@app-alchemy]

You're in luck! Part 3 will be covering building an iOS IPA artifact for our .NET MAUI app with Azure DevOps Pipelines 🚀

[@yaseenafzal6162]

@@app-alchemy I am actively waiting for part 3

[@sarthakchauhan4163]

very well explained. will you be adding uploading build to google play and test flight though DevOps as well ?

[@app-alchemy]

Thank you so much! That's correct, there'll be a whole section on release pipelines where we'll be uploading our apps to Google play console and AppStore Connect's TestFlight through Azure DevOps.