Creating a DevOps Ecosystem for .NET MAUI Developers

Course details

The DevOps ecosystem is a core piece required to develop mobile applications quickly and to control quality. MAUI was never tied into the Microsoft AppCenter, but with the retirement of AppCenter, we can see why this choice was made. In this course, Kevin Ford—an independent machine learning and mobile consultant—explains in detail how MAUI developers can set up a DevOps pipeline without relying on AppCenter. From build to testing and deployment, dive into a wide variety of DevOps processes that you can use in your MAUI applications. This course prepares you to create and customize a DevOps ecosystem that is specific to your needs.

Learning objectives
Learn how to set up a DevOps pipeline for .NET MAUI.
Identify how to use code sync for hybrid web views.
Discover ways to tie dev ops automation into various application distribution channels.

Concepts

Introduction

Building DevOps pipelines for .NET MAUI
What you need to know
What you need to have installed

Replacing App Center in a Modern DevOps Pipeline

The history of App Center and Xamarin
Parts of the MAUI DevOps ecosystem
Microsoft's recommended replacements for App Center

Building MAUI Projects

Options for building MAUI apps
Connecting Azure DevOps to GitHub
Setting up a basic build in Azure Pipelines
Azure Pipelines Android CI builds
iOS signing certificates - Set up the app
iOS signing certificates - Add tasks
Azure Pipelines iOS and macOS CI build
Azure Pipelines Windows build
Adding unit tests to CI builds

Distributing MAUI Projects

Understanding how to set up continuous distribution builds
iOS - Using TestFlight - Sign and build
iOS - Using TestFlight - Create the build file
iOS - Using TestFlight - Variables and certificates
iOS - Using TestFlight - iOS build
iOS - Using TestFlight - macOS build
iOS and macOS, release builds
Android - Setting up the Google Play Console
Android - Preparing the build for Google Play Console
Android - Build keystore and variables
Android - Completing the QA build
Android - Google Play Store

Analytics and Diagnostics

Capabilities of recommended services
Setting up Dynatrace
Using additional functionality of Dynatrace
Setting up New Relic in Azure
Using additional functionality of New Relic
The New Relic dashboard

Push Notifications

MAUI push notifications with Azure Notification Hub
Setting up Firebase for push notifications
Setting up APNs for push notifications
Setting up Azure Notification Hubs
Consuming push notifications - Base components
Consuming push notifications - General plumbing
Consuming push notifications - Android registration service
Consuming push notifications - Android show notifications
Consuming push notifications - iOS device APNs token
Consuming push notifications - iOS show notifications

Conclusion

Where to go from here