Note you can also use an on-premises TFS 2015 instance if you prefer. That said, the steps outlined here are similar when targeting Android though you can use the Team Services “Hosted” build pool rather than MacinCloud or your own Mac. Given iOS can be a difficult platform to automate, this post will focus on building and deploying the iOS version of a Cordova app using Team Services. In a future post we’ll even outline how to apply these capabilities and more to React Native. In honor of PhoneGap Day US 2016 we will use Cordova / PhoneGap projects as a backdrop for discussing these great features but is worth noting that most of these same capabilities are available for native Android, iOS, Windows, and even Xamarin projects. CodePush is a new service in open beta that enables Apache Cordova / PhoneGap and React Native apps to update JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and other static content without an app store deployment! This is extremely useful for situations where you want to update your JavaScript app code or static content frequently during testing or even rapidly deliver fixes in a public app store environment without going through a full app store submission process. HockeyApp is a service that allows you to deploy and collect feedback about an app from internal or external beta testers and offers top notch crash reporting both beta and production apps. Visual Studio Team Services comes with a cloud hosted build agent that runs on Windows and iOS apps can be built either by integrating your own Mac or using MacinCloud’s VS Team Services build agent plan.īeyond just building, new HockeyApp** **and CodePush integrations enable you to round out your DevOps story with continuous beta distribution and crash reporting.

Visual Studio Team Services (formerly Visual Studio Online) and Team Foundation Services 2015 supports a cross-platform build system that allows you to easily configure builds that run on Windows, Linux, and even OSX.

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