Comprehensive App Distributionfor Testing
Enhance your mobile DevOps lifecycle with Appcircle's comprehensive Testing Distribution module. Utilize seamless app binary distribution and management for efficient testing across multiple devices.
Binary Distribution
Centralized Management
- Manage all your binary files for different platforms in a single, organized repository.
- This helps maintain a streamlined process for accessing and distributing your app builds.
Support for Multiple Formats
- Easily distribute various file formats such as IPA, APK, and AAB.
- This flexibility ensures you can cater to both iOS and Android platforms efficiently.
Testing Groups
IAM/SSO Based Test Groups
- Seamlessly integrate with IAM and SSO systems to manage your test groups securely.
User Management
- Simplify the process of adding and removing testers, managing permissions, and ensuring that only authorized users have access to specific app builds.
Role Based Access Control
- Maintain tight security and organization by leveraging corporate directory services to control who can participate in testing.
Multi Distribution Channels
- Easily distribute your app builds via email.
- Send download links directly to testers' inboxes, ensuring they have immediate access to the latest versions.
QR Code
- Generate QR codes that testers can scan to easily download your app builds.
- This method simplifies the distribution process, making it more convenient for testers to access the latest versions.
Hooks (Teams, Slack)
- Utilize webhooks to integrate with communication platforms like Microsoft Teams and Slack.
- Automatically send notifications and download links to your testing channels, keeping your team updated with the latest builds.
CI/CD Plugins & Extensions
Streamlined Integration
- Integrate with your existing CI/CD pipelines to automate the testing distribution of your app binary.
- With a variety of extensions, it facilitates integrations with platforms such as Fastlane, GitHub, Jenkins, and Visual Studio.
- This ensures that each build is automatically tested and made available to testers, streamlining the release process.
CLI and API Support
- We support CLI and API for automation.
- You can integrate your CI pipelines with Appcircle using our CLI and API.
- Learn About Appcircle's CLI and API Support
Access Control
Fine-Grained Access Control
- Implement fine-grained access controls to protect your app builds from unauthorized access and potential security threats.
SSO/LDAP Support
- Use LDAP and SSO authentication methods to secure your distribution process.
- These methods provide robust security measures, ensuring that only authenticated users can access your app builds.
- Learn About LDAP and SSO Authentication for App Distribution
Reporting
Comprehensive Metrics
- Gain insights into your app distribution process with detailed reports on various metrics such as download counts, active testers, and feedback.
- This data helps you understand the reach and effectiveness of your distribution efforts.
Tester Engagement Tracking
- Monitor how testers interact with your app.
- Collect and analyze feedback to make informed decisions on necessary improvements or feature additions.
Version Control
Keep track of different versions of your distributed binaries to maintain a clear record of updates. This allows you to review and manage changes easily, facilitate rollbacks if needed, and address issues efficiently.
It also ensures testers have access to the correct version, maintaining consistency and accuracy in testing.
Re-sign Binary
Re-sign app binaries to update signing credentials without needing to rebuild. Modify existing binaries by replacing the original signature with a new signing certificate or keystore.
During the re-signing process, you can also update the app's name, version, and build number, ensuring that the binary is properly aligned with the latest specifications for distribution.
Multi-CDN Support
Use multiple Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) to distribute your app builds. This redundancy ensures that your app remains accessible even if one CDN experiences downtime.
Improve download speeds and reduce latency for users by leveraging a network of CDNs placed strategically around the globe.
Secure Delivery
Securely distribute content through CDNs by utilizing tokens, ensuring that only authorized users can access and download your app builds. This adds an extra layer of security, ensuring that your content is delivered safely to the intended recipients.
Desktop (Apple Silicon)
Extend your distribution capabilities to desktop environments, specifically supporting Apple Silicon devices. This ensures that testers using the latest Apple hardware can participate in the testing process.
Multi-region Support
Ensure that your app builds are accessible globally with optimized performance for different regions. This includes special considerations for regions with unique internet regulations.
Maintain high availability and low latency for your app distributions across the world.
Mobile
Provide comprehensive support for distributing app builds to both iOS and Android platforms. Ensure that testers on either platform can access and test your app efficiently.
Self-hosted Solutions
Offer the option to host the distribution infrastructure on-premises. This provides greater control over the distribution process and ensures that sensitive data remains within your organization’s network.
Multi Cloud
Available on multiple cloud vendors, including Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Microsoft Azure Cloud.
Efficiency
Maintain a seamless and efficient app release cycle by automating repetitive tasks. This reduces manual intervention and helps in quickly identifying and resolving issues in your app builds.
Binary Tags for Clarity
Add meaningful metadata to your binaries—like commit ID, configuration, or workflow name—to make each build easily identifiable in the Testing Portal.
Help testers instantly understand the context and purpose of a build, streamlining testing and feedback cycles.
Ad Hoc Distribution
Manage ad hoc distributions without the need to use iTunes or third-party apps to retrieve the corresponding UDID. This feature simplifies the process, enabling more straightforward and efficient management of devices and provisioning profiles.
It also streamlines the entire distribution process, ensuring that your app can be easily shared with testers.
User-friendly Portal for Testers
Provide your testers with a clean, intuitive portal where they can access builds, view release notes, and install apps with just a few clicks—no technical setup needed.
Each app version displays its size and certificate type at a glance, while the search bar allows filtering by app name, version, release notes, or build number—making it easy to find exactly what testers need.
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