Mobile App Tasks for Azure Pipelines

These tasks assist with mobile app builds.

Android

Manifest Read

Read common values from an Android manifest file at build time.

Inputs:

• SourcePath: Path to android manifest

Outputs:

The following environment variables will be set with corresponding values from the android manifest file specified by the SourcePath input. If a value cannot be found in the manifest the environment variable will not be set.

• AndroidManifestVersionCode: manifest android:versionCode value
• AndroidManifestVersionName: manifest android:versionName value
• AndroidManifestPackage: manifest package value
• AndroidManifestMinSdkVersion: manifest uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion value
• AndroidManifestTargetSdkVersion: manifest uses-sdk android:targetSdkVersion value

General

Git Last Commit Date

Reads the date of the last git commit, then export that data to environemnt variables.

Outputs:

• GitLastCommitDate: The date for the last git commit in ISO 8601 format.
• GitLastCommitDateNumbers: The date for the last git commit in format YYMMDDHHmm. The date numbers are intended to fit in the 32-bit signed two's complement integer range.
• GitLastCommitDateUnixTimestamp: The date for the last git commit in UNIX timestamp format (the number of milliseconds since midnight, January 1, 1970 UTC).

Changelog Read

Reads the latest change information from a changelog following keepachangelog.com format, then export that data to environemnt variables.

Outputs:

• ChanglelogVersion: The version for the last change log entry e.g 1.2.3
• ChanglelogChanges: The changes for the last change log entry.
• ChanglelogDate: The date for the last change log entry e.g 2018-12-31