Streamline your cellular ci/CD: Lambdatest and Appcircle integration

Integration between the CI/CD pipeline and testing has been proven to be the secret of success in this balance of balance, but most teams are hampered by a quiet workflow that slows the development and quality of compromise.

To overcome this challenge, we are now integrated with AppCircle to overcome this problem by bringing the company’s cellular test capabilities into your CI/CD pipe so you can automate Espresso testing on real Android devices without worrying about infrastructure.

To start, see this guide about the integration of Lambdatest and Appcircle.

What is Appcircle?

Appcircle is a CI/CD CL CL class platform that is built to automate the entire life cycle of development for iOS and Android applications. Designed with scalability and security in mind, he works smoothly throughout public cloud, private cloud (GCP, AWS, Azure), hybrid, and infrastructure in place, making it suitable for organizations with various hosting needs.

The main highlight includes:

• Faster release: Cut the application release time from day to minute with a slender workflow
• Flexible integration: Integration with hundreds of steps and popular tools such as Fastlane and Sonarquce
• Integrated code signing: Simplify management of signing in all applications and the environment
• Company-Siap: Security, SSO, and innate compliance to meet the demands of the regulated industry

Why does cellular CI/CD require comprehensive testing integration?

Speed ​​alone is not enough in sending cellular applications. Without comprehensive cellular application testing that is integrated into your CI/CD pipe network, the release is quickly aired with bugs, performance problems, or security weaknesses.

• Complexity of device fragmentation: The Android platform is very difficult with a variety of device configurations, screen sizes, and OS versions. Testing real devices on your CI/CD pipe ensures the function of your application well in this fragmented world, capturing special problems before being released.
• Faster feedback loop: Integrate testing into your CI/CD pipe introducing a real-time feedback loop, which allows the team to identify and correct errors in the same build cycle. This minimizes the time gap between when you introduce a bug and when you really realize it, reduce efforts and costs for improvement.
• Infrastructure efficiency: Maintaining a physical device laboratory or replicating complex test hardware eliminates efforts to develop resources. Cloud -based testing integration eliminates these costs while offering the ability to use various devices and configurations that are broader than that can be maintained by most teams.
• Disclaiming testing operations: When your application and team grow, Android automation testing is integrated on a smooth cloud scale with your CI/CD pipe, leaving space for complex and recurrent tests without requiring improvement in human management or proportional infrastructure testing.

How does Lambdatest integration work with AppCircle?

Lambdatest and Appcircle integration utilizes the Lambdatest application automation feature, which allows you to run an automatic espresso test on the Android application on the Real Lambdat device cloud.

This smooth integration allows your CI/CD pipe to automatically run comprehensive cellular tests without manual intervention or complex regulation procedures.

Preparing Lambdatest Integration on AppCircle

Step 1: Prerequisites

Before implementing the Espresso Automation Automation step, make sure your appcircle workflow includes the prerequisite steps needed for the development of Android applications, because integration requires your application and APK test files are available.

Step 2: Configuring the Environmental Variable

Prepare the environmental variables needed in your AppCircle project to store your Lambdatest credentials safely:

• Lambdatest User Name ($ ac_lt_username): Your Lambdatest account user name for API authentication
• Lambdatest access key ($ ac_lt_access_key): Your Lambdatest account access key for a safe fire request

Security Notes: Use the Appcircle environment variable group to store sensitive information such as user names and access locks safely, rather than their hardcoding directly in your workflow.

Step 3: Configure the input variable

Integration requires several input variables for the right execution:

• APK path ($ ac_lt_apk_path): Automatically inhabited by your Android build step, pointing to your application apk
• Test apk path ($ ac_lt_test_apk_path): Automatically inhabited by your Android build step, pointing to your APK Espresso Test
• Test configuration ($ ac_lt_payload): Optional Json String that defines your testing configuration parameters
• Timeout settings ($ ac_lt_timeout): The deadline for execution in seconds (default: 600 seconds)

Step 4: Run and Monitor

After being configured, integration automatically uploads your APK file to Lambdatest, runs your espresso test on the original Android device, and gives comprehensive results through the output variable ($ ac_lt_test_result_path), making the test results can be accessed for further processing or reporting in your CI/CD pipe.

To access the source code of this component, please use the following link: AppCircle Lambdatest Espresso App Automate Component.

Overall

The integration between AppCircle and Lambdatest allows the development team to test their high -quality android applications on the enterprise scale. With the integration of strong CI/CD Appcircle capabilities and Lambdatest comprehensive cellular testing environment, the team can achieve a perfect balance between the quality and speed in their development pipes.

Now, the two platform users can increase their workflow, and are available for free and paid users. Try to integrate our new appcircle and share your comments about the Lambdatest community. Or contact us on our chat platform or at support@lambdatest.com.

Happy testing! 😀



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Yash Bansal works as a product marketing manager in Lambdatest. Previously working as a content marketing manager with more than 5+ years of experience in the e-learning industry; Happy to share his thoughts about the latest trends and technology in this industry