Creating and releasing CodePush updates

Abstract

Create an update bundle and upload it to the Bitrise CodePush Server to push updates to your users' devices.

Important

This guide describes the general process of releasing your CodePush updates. We recommend using Bitrise CI to automate the process: CodePush updates with Bitrise CI.

Getting your CodePush credentials

You need the following deployment credentials to be able to release CodePush updates:

A deployment ID from Bitrise CodePush.

iOS and Android require separate deployment IDs.
An app ID from Bitrise Release Management.

iOS and Android require separate app IDs.
A deployment key.

iOS and Android require separate deployment keys.
A Bitrise API token: it can be either a personal access token or a workspace API token.

You can save these credentials when creating the CodePush deployment. If you need to get them later, use the Release Management API:

Make sure you have a Bitrise API token:
- Creating a personal access token.
- Creating a Workspace API token.
Get the app IDs from Release Management for both the iOS and the Android app:

Open the app in Release Management, and copy the ID from the URL. It is the alphanumeric code at the end of the URL: https://app.bitrise.io/release-management/workspaces/4afb6c4bb001295/connected-apps/12a0cf2b-9cf1-401a-8904-393b18v449ca.
Get the deployment ID and the deployment key from the API:

Tip

You can get both the ID and the key when creating the CodePush deployments. Read on if you didn't save them at the time.

For the deployment ID, call the deployments endpoint. It returns all deployments:
```
curl -X 'GET' \
  'https://api.bitrise.io/release-management/v1/connected-apps/<APP-ID>/code-push/deployments' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' \
  -H 'authorization: <YOUR-ACCESS-TOKEN>'
```
The response contains the deployment ID (id) for each deployment which you need in order to get the deployment key (key. Call deployments with the id value:
```
curl -X 'GET' \
  'https://api.bitrise.io/release-management/v1/connected-apps/<APP-ID>/code-push/deployments/<DEPLOYMENT-ID>' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' \
  -H 'authorization: <YOUR-ACCESS-TOKEN>'
```

With these credentials, you can proceed to release CodePush updates to your apps.

Creating an update bundle

React Native

Expo

Make the updates to your code.

Create an update bundle for both iOS and Android:

iOS:

npx react-native bundle \
  --platform ios \
  --dev false \
  --entry-file index.js \
  --bundle-output ./build/main.jsbundle \
  --assets-dest ./build

Android:

npx react-native bundle \
  --platform android \
  --dev false \
  --entry-file index.js \
  --bundle-output ./build/index.android.bundle \
  --assets-dest ./build

Zip the build folder:
```
zip -r update.zip ./build
```

Make the updates to your code.