• Botiga Business App
  • Command to generate models using json_serializable
  • Custom Icons
  • Issues with iOS build
  • App Version Number
  • Firebase App Distribution
    • Android
    • iOS
  • App Distribution
    • On Play Store
    • On App Store

Botiga Business App

Botiga eCommerce Platform hosts 2 mobile apps:

• A Customer app (this one)
• A Merchant app

These apps essentially covers the 2 aspects of marketplace - supply & demand

This app manages supply chain & is used by Botiga merchants to manage catalog, track orders & deliver products

Command to generate models using json_serializable

flutter pub run build_runner build --delete-conflicting-outputs

Custom Icons

• Custom icons added using Flutter Icon Generator.

• How to do it?

Issues with iOS build

• If you face unexpected build issues, do a clean build with the following:

flutter clean
rm -Rf ios/Pods
rm -Rf ios/.symlinks
rm -Rf ios/Flutter/Flutter.framework
rm -Rf ios/Flutter/Flutter.podspec

• GeneratedPluginRegistrant.m Module not found

App Version Number

• Flutter app version follows format <version>+<buildNumber> e.g. 0.2.1+2

• version update mandatory for apple appstore

• buildNumber update mandatory for playstore. Increment by 1 for every release

• In short, change both version & build number before pushing to appstore & playstore

Firebase App Distribution

• Firebase app distribution would be used for testing apps
• It should be done via botiga-dev project
• Select appropriate app in firebase console for testing & upload your version there
• Send the email to all testers & notify them

Android

• Create an apk version:

flutter build apk --flavor dev --release

• Upload it

iOS

• First, create an ios app version:

flutter build ios --flavor dev --release

• Once app is built, archieve it as explaind here

• Once archieve is done, it will open distribution organizer

• Use it to build an Ad-hoc distribution archieve. Once finished, distribution archieve - ipa will be exported at the path of your choice.

• Upload the ipa

App Distribution

On Play Store

• Create an obfuscated appbundle version for sharing with command:

flutter build appbundle --obfuscate --split-debug-info=/Users/varunmehta/Projects/botiga/symbols/botigaBizApp_1.0.0+3 --flavor prod --release

• botigaBizApp_<version> Version here should match one in pubspec.yaml

The reason to use appbundle has been detailed in article.

On App Store

• Create an obfuscated appbundle version for sharing with command:

flutter build ios --obfuscate --split-debug-info=/Users/varunmehta/Projects/botiga/symbols/botigaBizApp_1.4.0+8 --flavor prod --release

• botigaBizApp_<version> Version here should match one in pubspec.yaml

• Once app is built, archieve it as explaind here

• Once archieve is done, it will open distribution organizer