How to Subscribe Mobile Apps to Protection Templates in DevSecOps Build System

Automating your mobile integration lifecycle for iOS and Android apps is a great way to easily achieve mobile app outcomes. The mobile integration lifecycle for API integration accelerates release cycles and improves mobile app delivery.

About Appdome-DEV™ Mobile App Integration Automation

Appdome-DEV helps you integrate your iOS and Android apps with APIs from different vendors, all in a few minutes. You can save templates with these APIs that can be applied to all of your apps built on Appdome. When you apply these templates to all apps and add new apps, they can also be subscribed to these Fusion Sets. You can also set up Build-to-Publish APIs with Appdome-DEV to automate the end-to-end mobile integration lifecycle. Typically, mobile developers work hard to add and maintain mobile API third-party services in apps. Creating continuous integration and continuous delivery is the way to improve mobile app delivery speed and quality. With Appdome, the line-by-line, manual development work required to add APIs and other services to apps is gone. This also includes any required mobile standard, framework, method, and workflow inside the mobile app. The bottom line is that developers can simply build great apps, focusing their attention on the use case and user experience needed in the app. After building the app, anyone can use Appdome to automatically add third-party services as a final step in the CI/CD workflow.

Prerequisites for using Appdome-DEV for Mobile App Integration

• Appdome account – IDEAL or Higher. (create a free Appdome account here)
• Mobile App (.ipa for iOS, or .apk or .aab for Android)
• Appdome-DEV access  – Appdome Service Delivery can set you up with this
• Signing Credentials (e.g., signing certificates and provisioning profile)
• Note – If you’d like to set up the build-to-publish API, you will have to request API access.

How to Use Appdome to Automate Mobile App Integration

To integrate mobile services APIs with any app through Appdome, follow these steps:

1. Log In and Access API Token:
   • Log into your account and click on your name in the right-hand corner.
   • Select Account and API from the dropdown menu.
     
2. Copy your Appdome’s Build2Secure API Token for later use.
   
3. Prepare Your Mobile App:
   • Upload your Mobile App file (.ipa for iOS, or .apk or .aab for Android) to your account.
     
4. Configure Your Integration
   • Navigate to the Build tab.
   • Create a fusion set that will store your chosen configurations. This set can be applied to all your iOS and Android apps.
   • Select the security features to add to your app.
5. Build and Secure Your App
   • Click Build My App
   • Once the integration is complete, a confirmation notice will be displayed, indicating that your mobile app is fully integrated with Appdome.
     
6. Manage Your Integration Settings:
   
7. Optionally, you can copy all settings from one team Fusion Set to another, allowing you to modify and reuse settings for other apps within the same team.
   For more details, see How to Release Fusion Set Templates Between Teams in a DevSecOps Build System.

Further Integration in Specific CI/CD Environments

After completing the primary integration and additional steps with Appdome-DEV™, you may want to further customize your workflow for specific CI/CD environments to fully leverage Appdome’s capabilities.

For detailed guidance on integrating and securing mobile apps in various CI/CD environments, please refer to the following resources:

• • How to Add an Android or iOS app to DevSecOps Build System in DevOps CI/CD
  • How to use Appdome Build-2Secure in TeamCity
  • How to Secure Android & iOS Apps in Bamboo CI/CD
  • How to Secure Android & iOS Apps in Bitrise CI/CD Pipelines
  • How to Secure Android & iOS Apps in Jenkins CI/CD
  • How to Secure Android & iOS Apps in Azure DevOps Pipelines
  • How to Secure Android & iOS Apps in GitHub CI/CD Pipelines