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<h2>Why Mobile CI/CD is a Game-Changer for Your App Development Process</h2>
<div class="scriptor-paragraph">Continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) are vital components of modern software development, enabling teams to deliver high-quality applications with greater efficiency. For mobile app projects, the benefits of CI/CD are especially significant, simplifying workflows and boosting productivity across the board.</div>
<div class="scriptor-paragraph">This article is part of our CI/CD series, where we cover:</div>
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<li class="scriptor-listItemlist!list-4e6a81b8-258b-42fa-b803-aa8af241b83d1"><a href="https://appcircle.io/blog/what-is-ci-cd-and-why-do-mobile-projects-need-it" target="_blank" rel="noopener">What is CI/CD, and why do mobile projects need it?</a></li>
<li class="scriptor-listItemlist!list-4e6a81b8-258b-42fa-b803-aa8af241b83d1">What are the operational and business benefits of CI/CD? (This article)</li>
<li class="scriptor-listItemlist!list-4e6a81b8-258b-42fa-b803-aa8af241b83d1"><a href="https://appcircle.io/blog/common-problems-mobile-app-lifecycle-how-appcircle-solves" target="_blank" rel="noopener">How does Appcircle solve common mobile app lifecycle challenges?</a></li>
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<div class="scriptor-paragraph">For a quick recap on CI/CD basics, check out our previous article, “<a href="https://appcircle.io/blog/what-is-ci-cd-and-why-do-mobile-projects-need-it" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span role="link">What is CI/CD?</span></a>”.</div>
<div class="scriptor-paragraph">In our last post, we discussed why mobile CI/CD is crucial from a technical perspective. Now, we’ll delve into the operational and business benefits that CI/CD offers for mobile app development. When used with a robust platform like Appcircle, CI/CD automates critical parts of the app lifecycle, eliminating manual handoffs and minimizing errors to drive up efficiency and reduce costs.</div>
<h3>10 Operational and Business Benefits of Mobile CI/CD</h3>
<p><strong>1. Increased Productivity and Lower Costs</strong></p>
<div class="scriptor-paragraph">CI/CD automates repetitive tasks, allowing developers to focus on high-value work rather than manual processes. <a href="https://appcircle.io/build" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span role="link">By automating build</span></a> and release, teams can improve productivity and reduce costs by approximately 20%. This productivity boost allows for faster delivery of quality features, enhancing the overall return on investment (ROI).</div>
<p><strong>2. Faster Release Cycles</strong></p>
<div class="scriptor-paragraph">In mobile development, building an app can be time-intensive. With manual processes, developers often hold off on builds to add “just one more change,” leading to larger, harder-to-test code updates. <a href="https://docs.appcircle.io/build/build-process-management/build-manually-or-with-triggers" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span role="link">CI/CD encourages frequent, smaller pushes</span></a>, enabling continuous testing. This results in more regular releases, with a beta version always ready for testing.</div>
<p><strong>3. Quicker Feedback and Issue Resolution</strong></p>
<div class="scriptor-paragraph">Smaller, frequent updates make it easier to identify the exact source of any issue. With continuous integration, code changes are seamlessly integrated and tested, allowing teams to spot and resolve conflicts or errors quickly, a key advantage for larger development teams.</div>
<p><strong>4. Enhanced Coding Discipline through Automated Tests</strong></p>
<div class="scriptor-paragraph">CI/CD facilitates better code quality by enabling pull request builds, automated unit tests, and code reviews. Developers receive fast feedback on each code update, encouraging continuous improvement and attention to quality.</div>
<p><strong>5. Early Detection with Continuous Deployment</strong></p>
<div class="scriptor-paragraph">Every change undergoes rigorous testing, identifying issues early in the development cycle. Continuous deployment not only accelerates testing but also allows for higher testing volumes. By linking each release to specific commit IDs, even minor changes can be tracked accurately across releases.</div>
<p><strong>6. Better Performance Visibility</strong></p>
<div class="scriptor-paragraph">With CI/CD, comprehensive logs, alerts, and reports provide transparency across the entire lifecycle. This level of visibility highlights bottlenecks or areas for improvement, supporting continuous improvement. Performance data that was previously obscured in manual handoffs is now actionable, allowing teams to monitor failure rates and troubleshoot specific issues efficiently.</div>
<p><strong>7. Enhanced Accountability</strong></p>
<div class="scriptor-paragraph">The transparency CI/CD brings is invaluable for team accountability and collaboration. The data generated acts like an x-ray of the lifecycle, showing each team member’s contributions and team progress. This accountability fosters a more aligned workflow across development and management teams.</div>
<p><strong>8. Reduced Complexity in Application Delivery</strong></p>
<div class="scriptor-paragraph">Mobile app development is complex, with distinct processes for iOS and Android that require specific expertise. CI/CD automates these complexities, freeing up developers to focus on creative problem-solving rather than manual processes in <a href="/signing-identities" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span role="link">app signing</span></a>, <a href="https://appcircle.io/build" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span role="link">build</span></a>, and <a href="https://appcircle.io/testing-distribution" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span role="link">distribution</span></a>.</div>
<p><strong>9. Simplified Maintenance</strong></p>
<div class="scriptor-paragraph">A managed CI/CD platform like Appcircle takes care of updates and compatibility, whether it’s accessing new versions of Xcode or Android updates like AAB support. By offloading maintenance to the <a href="https://appcircle.io/platforms" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span role="link">CI/CD platform</span></a>, developers can focus on feature development and quality improvements rather than keeping up with tool updates.</div>
<p><strong>10. Higher Quality, Faster Delivery with Best Practices</strong></p>
<div class="scriptor-paragraph">CI/CD enforces best practices across development and release cycles. With rapid feedback, real-time issue resolution, and minimized manual errors, applications achieve higher quality and faster time-to-market, letting teams quickly respond to bugs and deliver features as needed.</div>
<h2>Ready to Transform Your Mobile App Lifecycle?</h2>
<div class="scriptor-paragraph">We’ve highlighted the immense benefits of mobile CI/CD—reduced costs, faster releases, improved quality, and simplified workflows. Implementing these strategies is easier than ever with Appcircle’s end-to-end platform, designed specifically for mobile teams. <a href="https://appcircle.io/blog/common-problems-mobile-app-lifecycle-how-appcircle-solves/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Learn more about solving mobile lifecycle challenges with Appcircle</a> or <a href="https://appcircle.io/start" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">get started today</a>.</div>
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