No App Center? No Problem!

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Microsoft retires App Center in March 2025 and the claim is that GitHub Actions can build and deploy React Native iOS and Android apps end to end. The demo shows YAML workflows with triggers, GitHub-hosted runners (Ubuntu for Android, macOS for iOS), steps to set up Node/Java, decode keystore, bundle an aab, and push to Google Play using service account JSON and a deploy track. iOS requires xcode 15, provisioning certs and an API key to upload to TestFlight. Caveats: YAML maintenance and third‑party action reliability.

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1. 0:00Introduction and context
2. 1:04The state of App Center
3. 2:29GitHub Actions basics
4. 4:07Building for Android
5. 7:18Building for iOS
6. 10:25Advantages of GitHub Actions
7. 11:30Common CI/CD challenges
8. 12:01Conclusion and maintenance

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