Mobile CI/CD — Fastlane, EAS Build, Bitrise
Build pipelines, code signing, distribution, and automating mobile releases
16 min readmobile, cicd, fastlane, eas-build, bitrise, code-signing
Mobile CI/CD is harder than web CI/CD. On the web, you push code, it builds, it deploys. On mobile, you push code, then you deal with code signing certificates, provisioning profiles, platform-specific build configurations, multiple target devices, and app store submission processes that take hours — or days, if review is involved.
The teams that ship mobile apps reliably are the ones that automate this entire pipeline. This lesson covers the tools and patterns for mobile CI/CD, from local builds to automated store submission.
Why Mobile CI/CD Is Different
Web deployment typically looks like:
git push → build → deploy to CDN → done (minutes)Mobile deployment looks like:
git push → build JavaScript → build native (iOS) → sign with certificates
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