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Shorebird

GitHub Integration

The Setup Shorebird GitHub Action allows you to integrate Shorebird into your existing GitHub Workflows.

Prerequisites

✅ Shorebird CLI is installed on your machine

✅ You are logged into a Shorebird account.

Quick Start

To integrate Shorebird into your CI, use the setup-shorebird action. The setup-shorebird action downloads Shorebird and adds it to the system path.

name: Shorebird Workflow Example


on:
  workflow_dispatch:


jobs:
  example:
    defaults:
      run:
        shell: bash


    runs-on: ubuntu-latest


    steps:
      # Use the setup-shorebird action to configure Shorebird
      - name: 🐦 Setup Shorebird
        uses: shorebirdtech/setup-shorebird@v1
        with:
          cache: true # Optionally cache your Shorebird installation


      # Now we're able to use Shorebird CLI in our workflow
      - name: 🚀 Use Shorebird
        run: shorebird --version

In the above workflow, we’re using the setup-shorebird action to configure Shorebird in our CI and in subsequent steps we can execute any Shorebird commands.

Authentication

Most Shorebird functionality, like creating releases and patches, requires being authenticated. In order to authenticate with Shorebird in CI, you will need to generate a CI token.

Terminal window
shorebird login:ci

You will be prompted to go through a similar OAuth Flow as when using shorebird login, however, shorebird login:ci will not store any credentials on your device. Instead, it will output a base-64 encoded auth token that you will use in your CI environment.

The output of this command should look something like:

$ shorebird login:ci
The Shorebird CLI needs your authorization to manage apps, releases, and patches on your behalf.


In a browser, visit this URL to log in:


https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/v2/auth...


Waiting for your authorization...


🎉 Success! Use the following token to login on a CI server:


qwerasdf1234asdfqwer1234asdfqwer1234asdfqwer1234asdfqwer1234asdfqwer1234asdfqwer1234asdfqwer1234asdfqwer1234asdfqwer1234asdfqwer1234asdfqwer1234asdfqwer1234asdfqwer1234asdfqwer1234asdfqwer1234asdfqw==


Example:


export SHOREBIRD_TOKEN="$SHOREBIRD_TOKEN" && shorebird patch android

Next, copy the generated SHOREBIRD_TOKEN and navigate to your GitHub repository secrets via:

"Settings" -> "Secrets and variables" -> "Actions".

Then, click "New repository secret" and paste your SHOREBIRD_TOKEN:

name: SHOREBIRD_TOKEN
secret: <THE GENERATED SHOREBIRD_TOKEN>

Now we can use the SHOREBIRD_TOKEN in our GitHub workflow to perform authenticated functions such as creating patches 🎉

Create Releases

The simplest way to create a release is using the official Shorebird GitHub Actions:

name: Shorebird Release


on:
  workflow_dispatch:


env:
  SHOREBIRD_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SHOREBIRD_TOKEN }}


jobs:
  release:
    defaults:
      run:
        shell: bash


    runs-on: ubuntu-latest


    steps:
      - name: 📚 Git Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v3


      - name: 🐦 Setup Shorebird
        uses: shorebirdtech/setup-shorebird@v1
        with:
          cache: true


      - name: Set up Java
        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
        with:
          distribution: 'temurin'
          java-version: '17'


      - name: 🚀 Shorebird Release
        uses: shorebirdtech/shorebird-release@v0
        with:
          platform: android # or 'ios'

Create Patches

name: Shorebird Patch


on:
  workflow_dispatch:


env:
  SHOREBIRD_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SHOREBIRD_TOKEN }}


jobs:
  patch:
    defaults:
      run:
        shell: bash


    runs-on: ubuntu-latest


    steps:
      - name: 📚 Git Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v3


      - name: 🐦 Setup Shorebird
        uses: shorebirdtech/setup-shorebird@v1
        with:
          cache: true


      - name: Set up Java
        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
        with:
          distribution: 'temurin'
          java-version: '17'


      # Note: all signing information (key.properties, etc.) must be set up on
      # this runner for `shorebird patch android` to work.
      - name: 🚀 Shorebird Patch
        uses: shorebirdtech/shorebird-patch@v0
        with:
          platform: android # or 'ios'

:::

tip The shorebird-patch action also outputs the patch number:

- name: 🚀 Shorebird Patch
  id: shorebird-patch
  uses: shorebirdtech/shorebird-patch@v0
  with:
    platform: android # or 'ios'


- name: 📝 Output Patch Version
  run: echo ${{ steps.shorebird-patch.outputs.patch-number }}

:::

For an example of a fully automated development workflow, see our Development Workflow Guide.