We are happy to announce an Apple App Store extension that allows deploying iOS applications to the Apple App Store via Team Services or Team Foundation Server (2015 Update 3 or later). Along with the Google Play extension, this provides a good story for continuous deployment of iOS and Android mobile applications via Team Services and TFS.
The Apple App Store extension uses Fastlane which is a popular open source tool for mobile developers. The code for the extension is open source and available publicly on GitHub.
The extension provides 2 build/release tasks and a service endpoint to manage your Apple App Store/iTunes Connect credentials. The tasks allow you to:
- Upload a build for an existing app to TestFlight for beta testing.
- Upload a build for an existing app along with metadata and screenshots to iTunes Connect.
- Submit your app for review to the Apple App Store.
Check out the demo video:
Try it out and send us feedback/report issues on our GitHub repository.
Cheers!