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Announcing iOS and Android Support

39 points by kabell 12y ago

yuchi 12y ago
Probably this is not the right place, but do you know if it’s possible to run completely different environments on Circle CI? I have cross-platform Titanium SDK tests, and I’d like to run both of them in CI. That means that the machin must be able to run both Android prjs and iOS ones. Do you know if it’s possible?
- SuperDuperTango 12y ago
  The announcement says that android builds run on linux and iOS builds run on MacOS, so sounds like no.
- kabell 12y ago
  Do you mean you need to run iOS- and Android-based tests all at once on the same machine? You have Homebrew, sudo, etc at your fingertips in our OSX VMs, so you should be able to setup anything you need there. If you just need to run iOS and Android tests in separate projects, then that's very easy--we have a lot of customers already doing that. Ping us at sayhi@circleci.com if you have more specific questions and we will make sure you can get things working.
  - yuchi 12y ago
    Oh… that means that I’ll have to install all by myself. Android-oriented pre-built machines look easy to work with. And I can do that with Travis already. Thank you so much for your answer, great to talk to you directly!
    - kabell 12y ago
      To be clear, we have both Android-oriented Linux containers and iOS-oriented OSX VMs already. Using a mix of OSX VMs and Linux containers in a single build is also on the roadmap. Definitely reach out to us if you have any more specific questions!
- viktorbenei 12y ago
  Isn't setting up two separate projects (one for iOS on OS X and one for Android on Linux) a solution for your problem? That way you could test the two configuration separately and in parallel.
SuperDuperTango 12y ago
I've been in their private beta for a week or so and this is cool, especially with their recent revamp of their pricing.
falava 12y ago
Does CircleCI supports only private git repos from GitHub? I've only seen GitHub mentioned in the docs but I host my private git repos on my own server (using this http://gogs.io http://gogs.io). If so, are there any plans for other tools like BitBucket, GitLab or any standard git repository?
- kabell 12y ago
  We have support for other flavors of Git on the roadmap, but for now we are focusing on providing the best possible experience with (public and private) GitHub repos.
  - falava 12y ago
    Ok, I understand that, and thanks for the quick response!
  - mskierkowski 12y ago
    Would love to see the API support a POST for creating a new build and passing in the project code (or slug url). This would enable the other git providers (Gitlab, BitBucket, Gogs, etc) and 3rd party services/frameworks (e.g. Factor.io) to provide the integration.
    - kabell 12y ago
      We do have an API that supports triggering builds with a POST request, passing in custom parameters, etc. The bigger issue is that we strive for a really rich integration between us and GitHub. For example, we support their status API, link back to PRs/commits from our build page, etc. It's a lot more than just triggering builds. We do have support for other services planned, but we are focused on the GitHub experience for now.
- viktorbenei 12y ago
  Sorry for the shameless self advertisement (I'm the CTO) but AFAIK at the moment http://www.bitrise.io/ http://www.bitrise.io/ is the only hosted mobile CI/CD service which supports custom git hosting setup (including self hosted). I'm actually curious if you know about any other service.
kaeawc 12y ago
How are you dealing with the XCode 6 bug where iOS Simulator can't be used for tests over SSH sessions? We're using Java Web Start with Jenkins, I've read others using LaunchAgents with mixed success. Also, what versions of iOS Simulator are you supporting? I looked here (https://circleci.com/docs/configuration https://circleci.com/docs/configuration) in the docs, but I'm not seeing anything for iOS.
- z00b 12y ago
  We use the LaunchAgent approach. A separate sshd that's spawned there for the build user. We originally tried with named pipes (a process via LaunchAgent), but it made it much harder for our customers to modify the build command without understanding our secret incantations. As far as SDKs, we have 7.0, 7.1, and 8.0. Thanks for highlighting that the docs are missing that!
  - RyJones 12y ago
    Does this require a logged in user? how does it handle multiple users per mac (if I have multiple silos using different credentials)
    - viktorbenei 12y ago
      Yes, a LaunchAgent based solution requires a logged in user because the iOS Simulator requires an actual GUI context. We (at Bitrise) experimented with a lot of solution and configuration but couldn't find a solution where you don't have to log in with the user on the GUI. Btw you can find our solution on GitHub, might be helpful if you plan to do something similar: https://github.com/bitrise-io/xcodebuild-unittest-miniserver https://github.com/bitrise-io/xcodebuild-unittest-miniserver
      - RyJones 12y ago
        thank you.
jamon51 12y ago
Will there be RubyMotion iOS & Android CI support?
- kabell 12y ago
  We should have all the pieces necessary to support it. Ping us at sayhi@circleci.com and we'll be happy to work with you to make sure it works smoothly.
msoad 12y ago
Does anybody has experience with Open Source repos with them? I'm using TavisCI right now, but sometimes it takes so long to kick in a new build
- kabell 12y ago
  Just a reminder, all OSS projects get 3 free containers on CircleCI (which means up to 3x parallelism), and they all run in fast Linux containers (with sudo enabled). Full disclosure: I work for CircleCI.
galbra 12y ago
Been testing it for the last three weeks. moved our jenkins to circleci - saved me so much time

39 points by kabell 12y ago

yuchi 12y ago

Probably this is not the right place, but do you know if it’s possible to run completely different environments on Circle CI? I have cross-platform Titanium SDK tests, and I’d like to run both of them in CI. That means that the machin must be able to run both Android prjs and iOS ones. Do you know if it’s possible?

SuperDuperTango 12y ago
The announcement says that android builds run on linux and iOS builds run on MacOS, so sounds like no.
kabell 12y ago
Do you mean you need to run iOS- and Android-based tests all at once on the same machine? You have Homebrew, sudo, etc at your fingertips in our OSX VMs, so you should be able to setup anything you need there. If you just need to run iOS and Android tests in separate projects, then that's very easy--we have a lot of customers already doing that. Ping us at sayhi@circleci.com if you have more specific questions and we will make sure you can get things working.
- yuchi 12y ago
  Oh… that means that I’ll have to install all by myself. Android-oriented pre-built machines look easy to work with. And I can do that with Travis already. Thank you so much for your answer, great to talk to you directly!
  - kabell 12y ago
    To be clear, we have both Android-oriented Linux containers and iOS-oriented OSX VMs already. Using a mix of OSX VMs and Linux containers in a single build is also on the roadmap. Definitely reach out to us if you have any more specific questions!
viktorbenei 12y ago
Isn't setting up two separate projects (one for iOS on OS X and one for Android on Linux) a solution for your problem? That way you could test the two configuration separately and in parallel.

SuperDuperTango 12y ago

I've been in their private beta for a week or so and this is cool, especially with their recent revamp of their pricing.

falava 12y ago

Does CircleCI supports only private git repos from GitHub? I've only seen GitHub mentioned in the docs but I host my private git repos on my own server (using this http://gogs.io http://gogs.io). If so, are there any plans for other tools like BitBucket, GitLab or any standard git repository?

kabell 12y ago
We have support for other flavors of Git on the roadmap, but for now we are focusing on providing the best possible experience with (public and private) GitHub repos.
- falava 12y ago
  Ok, I understand that, and thanks for the quick response!
- mskierkowski 12y ago
  Would love to see the API support a POST for creating a new build and passing in the project code (or slug url). This would enable the other git providers (Gitlab, BitBucket, Gogs, etc) and 3rd party services/frameworks (e.g. Factor.io) to provide the integration.
  - kabell 12y ago
    We do have an API that supports triggering builds with a POST request, passing in custom parameters, etc. The bigger issue is that we strive for a really rich integration between us and GitHub. For example, we support their status API, link back to PRs/commits from our build page, etc. It's a lot more than just triggering builds. We do have support for other services planned, but we are focused on the GitHub experience for now.
viktorbenei 12y ago
Sorry for the shameless self advertisement (I'm the CTO) but AFAIK at the moment http://www.bitrise.io/ http://www.bitrise.io/ is the only hosted mobile CI/CD service which supports custom git hosting setup (including self hosted). I'm actually curious if you know about any other service.

kaeawc 12y ago

How are you dealing with the XCode 6 bug where iOS Simulator can't be used for tests over SSH sessions? We're using Java Web Start with Jenkins, I've read others using LaunchAgents with mixed success. Also, what versions of iOS Simulator are you supporting? I looked here (https://circleci.com/docs/configuration https://circleci.com/docs/configuration) in the docs, but I'm not seeing anything for iOS.

z00b 12y ago
We use the LaunchAgent approach. A separate sshd that's spawned there for the build user. We originally tried with named pipes (a process via LaunchAgent), but it made it much harder for our customers to modify the build command without understanding our secret incantations. As far as SDKs, we have 7.0, 7.1, and 8.0. Thanks for highlighting that the docs are missing that!
- RyJones 12y ago
  Does this require a logged in user? how does it handle multiple users per mac (if I have multiple silos using different credentials)
  - viktorbenei 12y ago
    Yes, a LaunchAgent based solution requires a logged in user because the iOS Simulator requires an actual GUI context. We (at Bitrise) experimented with a lot of solution and configuration but couldn't find a solution where you don't have to log in with the user on the GUI. Btw you can find our solution on GitHub, might be helpful if you plan to do something similar: https://github.com/bitrise-io/xcodebuild-unittest-miniserver https://github.com/bitrise-io/xcodebuild-unittest-miniserver
    - RyJones 12y ago
      thank you.

jamon51 12y ago

Will there be RubyMotion iOS & Android CI support?

kabell 12y ago
We should have all the pieces necessary to support it. Ping us at sayhi@circleci.com and we'll be happy to work with you to make sure it works smoothly.

msoad 12y ago

Does anybody has experience with Open Source repos with them? I'm using TavisCI right now, but sometimes it takes so long to kick in a new build

kabell 12y ago
Just a reminder, all OSS projects get 3 free containers on CircleCI (which means up to 3x parallelism), and they all run in fast Linux containers (with sudo enabled). Full disclosure: I work for CircleCI.

galbra 12y ago

Been testing it for the last three weeks. moved our jenkins to circleci - saved me so much time