Welcome to CI/CD Documentation for Flutter Apps!

About CI/CD

• In software engineering, CI/CD or CICD is the combined practices of continuous integration and continuous delivery or continuous deployment. CI/CD bridges the gaps between development and operational activities and teams by enforcing automation in building, testing and deployment of applications.

Source: Wikipedia*

Key Features

Implementing CI/CD in Flutter enhances app development by automating builds, testing, and deployment. Below are the key features of a robust CI/CD pipeline for Flutter apps:

1. Automated Code Integration (CI)

• Ensures code changes are continuously merged into the main branch.
• Automatically fetches the latest changes from the repository.
• Helps detect integration issues early.

2. Cross-Platform Build Automation

• Generates Android APK/AAB (flutter build apk / flutter build appbundle).
• Builds iOS IPA (flutter build ios --no-codesign).
• Supports web (flutter build web), desktop, and embedded platforms.

3. Code Signing & Security Management

• Automates signing of Android builds using keystore.jks.
• Manages iOS provisioning profiles and certificates via Fastlane Match.
• Securely stores sensitive credentials using CI/CD secrets management.

4. Artifact Management