Increment Build & Version Number of Android App using Azure DevOps & App Centre

Question

I am using Azure DevOps and AppCenter(Distribution) for implementing my CICD. Based on the steps mentioned below I have implemented the both CI & CD tasks.

Thant means,

I will create the build using Azure Devops (VSTS) & Push that in to App Centre.

Steps I Follow

Here my doubt is,

How I can increment my Build and Version numbers while distributing these builds?

Answer 1

For anyone still looking for an alternative method, try modifying either the version number, version name or both in the module build.gradle file like below:

 android {
    defaultConfig {
        applicationId 'com.sample.testapp'
        minSdk 28
        targetSdk 31
        versionCode 2
        versionName "2.2"
    }
    ...
  }

Answer 2

The easy way is to install Mobile App Tasks for iOS and Android extension for Azure DevOps. You get a task "Bump Version" (for Andriod and iOS).

The task change app's version name and code at build time.

Inputs:

sourcePath - Path to android manifest

versionCode - code number that must be an integer (put the build number variable, it's incremented automatically)

versionCodeOffset - a specific number to increment the version code

versionName- user visible name

printFile - output the file before and after changing variables

Another option is to install Colin's ALM Corner Build & Release Tools extension and use the Version Assemblies task following this detailed tutorial.

Check also this question & answer.