The Final Push: Deploying React Native
summary
Airship uses React Native for years (≈3) and finds manual releases take ~2–3 developer hours each; the talk compares three concrete pipelines: App Center (builds, distribution, CodePush; free ≈240 build minutes/month; device farm of thousands speeds testing), Bitrise (drag‑drop workflows, caching, more customizable; free ≈200 minutes), and Fastlane (open source CLI with match for code‑signing, pairs well with CircleCI for reproducible CI builds). CodePush works for JS fixes; native changes still require store releases.
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chapters (20)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:17Why React Native
- 1:49Mobile Deployment Considerations
- 5:50Manual Deployment Walkthrough
- 10:06Challenges
- 11:41Solutions
- 12:21App Center
- 15:18Cons of App Center
- 16:40Pros of App Center
- 19:08Cons of Bitrise
- 20:08Good Use Case
- 20:35Fastlane
- 22:13Fastlane Match
- 22:45Fastlane Downsides
- 23:51Fastlane Use Cases
- 24:14Fastlane with Circle CI
- 25:15Drawbacks
- 25:33Use Case
- 25:50Wrap Up
- 26:29Questions
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