Enable IPA and dSYM to be uploaded to different apps

[fjcaetano]

HockeyApp docs states that apps that are already in production and have pre-release options must be configured twice. One as Store and one as Beta.

Therefore, there should be an option to deploy the IPA to one config (using one App ID) and the dSYM to another (using a different App ID), where the IPA should go to the Beta config and the dSYM to the Store config.

Perhaps it would be interesting to have a new step to upload only the dSYM, considering that releases that are submitted to the AppStore don't need to be deployed to HockeyApp, only their dSYMs must be submitted in order for HockeyApp to be able to symbolicate their crashes and exceptions.

[viktorbenei]

Sorry, we didn't have the time today to work on this, but we will try to get back to you ASAP!

[viktorbenei]

Scheduled for next Monday.

[godrei]

@fjcaetano Just a heads up, we'll come back to this task a bit later, we just have a couple of other tasks we have to deal with first 😊

[godrei]

Hi @fjcaetano ,
i checked out the articles you sent:
organize-development-and-production-apps
Beta version then Store version with the same bundle ID

But i can not found why should be an option to deploy the IPA to one config (using one App ID) and the dSYM to another (using a different App ID), where the IPA should go to the Beta config and the dSYM to the Store config.
I think if you separate store and beta builds, then store ipa and dsym should be uploaded to store app, and beta artifacts to beta app.

Am i missing something?

[fjcaetano]

Hi @godrei, the HockeySDK in my app is configured to point to the store build. This means that it is the store build that receives the crash reports. However, in order to be able to deliver AdHoc builds, I must upload them to a beta build in HockeyApp, otherwise my team won't be able to download the AdHoc.

This means that the IPA and dSYM are being uploaded to the beta build, but the crashes and feedbacks (everything related to the HockeySDK) are being logged in the store build, which makes the crashes unreadable since they're not symbolicated. That's why there should be an option to upload the IPA and dSYM to different apps.

I've worked around this by manually uploading the dSYM zip to the store app.

[godrei]

Hi @fjcaetano ,
why you just do not upload the store build's dsym?

[fjcaetano]

@godrei, that's what I'm doing, but manually. I opened this issue because I think there should be an automated way to do this.

[godrei]

@fjcaetano do you release your store build with bitrise too?

[fjcaetano]

Not to HockeyApp. I have another workflow that runs on the master branch that releases a build directly to the AppStore and deploys the dSYM to Bitrise files. Then I manually download this dSYM and upload it to the HockeyApp store build.

[godrei]

I think the prefered way would be to create two workflows, one for ad hoc deploy and the other one for app store deploy, both workflow with archive -> deploy -> hockey-app deploy. ad hoc artifacts to beta app on hockey, app store artifacts to store app.

[fjcaetano]

That is exactly what I'm doing, but the app store artifact only uploads to the AppStore, not to HockeyApp

[godrei]

Why do you not upload to the HockeyApp too?

[fjcaetano]

Because it doesn't make very much sense. As I understand, I can't release the store configs in HockeyApp to my team, so it would only make sense to upload the dSYM. Though, I honestly don't know if that is an alternative.

[godrei]

If you use hockey-app deploy step for store config then you do not need to upload dsym manually from ad-hoc build. you can not download or use the store ipa that is rigth, but uploading it does not cause any issue.

[fjcaetano]

@godrei I'll submit a new release to the AppStore later this week and I'll try this. I'll came back to you with the results then, ok?

[godrei]

@fjcaetano nice, thanks!

[godrei]

Hi @fjcaetano, any news on this question?

[godrei]

Closing as we did not receive a reply - @fjcaetano please let us know if we can help with anything and we'll reopen this issue!

[fjcaetano]

I completely forgot to come back to you, and I apologise.

I am being able to make it work by adding two consecutive "Deploy to HockeyApp" steps, one pointing to the beta app and another to the store app.

[viktorbenei]

Thanks for the response & sharing your solution @fjcaetano !