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Use the run number as Android version code
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Override the version code with an environment variable
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Use the run number as iOS build number
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27 changes: 27 additions & 0 deletions .github/actions/prepare-release/action.yml
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@mbernson mbernson Nov 4, 2026

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We have a repository with reusable Actions here: https://github.com/Q42/actions
If this is a GitHub Action that we want to use for every project, it might make sense to put it there, so we can update it in a single place and not have the code duplicated in every project repo.

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So your suggestion is to create an action there called q42/gradle-version-number and update the current PR to use it in the prepare-release action, right? I think I like that idea

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name: 'Prepare Release'
description: 'Overrides appVersionCode with the workflow run number plus an offset for all later Gradle calls in the job'
inputs:
versioncode_offset:
description: 'Offset for version code'
required: false
default: '0'
outputs:
version_code:
description: 'The version code that was set'
value: ${{ steps.calculate.outputs.final_version }}
runs:
using: "composite"
steps:
- name: Calculate Version Code
id: calculate
shell: bash
run: |
# Use $(( )) for bash arithmetic
TOTAL_VERSION=$(( ${{ inputs.versioncode_offset }} + ${{ github.run_number }} ))
echo "final_version=$TOTAL_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

# Gradle reads ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_* as project properties, which take precedence over gradle.properties.
# This also applies to Gradle calls started by Xcode.
- name: Update Version Code
shell: bash
run: echo "ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_appVersionCode=${{ steps.calculate.outputs.final_version }}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
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- name: Setup Gradle
uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v6

# Uses the run number as version code, so every build can be installed over the previous one
- name: Prepare release
uses: ./.github/actions/prepare-release

- name: Resolve app version metadata
id: app_meta
shell: bash
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./gradlew \
:androidApp:assembleRelease \
:androidApp:bundleRelease \
-Papp.versionNameOverride=${{ steps.app_meta.outputs.version_name }} \
-Papp.versionCodeOverride=${{ steps.app_meta.outputs.version_code }} \
--stacktrace

- name: List generated release outputs
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echo "$FIREBASE_CREDENTIALS" > "$RUNNER_TEMP/firebase-credentials.json"
export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="$RUNNER_TEMP/firebase-credentials.json"
./gradlew :androidApp:appDistributionUploadRelease \
-Papp.versionNameOverride=${{ steps.app_meta.outputs.version_name }} \
-Papp.versionCodeOverride=${{ steps.app_meta.outputs.version_code }} \
--stacktrace | tee "$RUNNER_TEMP/firebase-upload.log"

RELEASE_URL=$(grep -o 'https://console.firebase.google.com/[^ ]*' "$RUNNER_TEMP/firebase-upload.log" | head -n 1 || true)
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with:
xcode-version: ${{ env.XCODE_VERSION }}

# Uses the run number as version code (build number), so every build can be uploaded to TestFlight
- name: Prepare release
uses: ./.github/actions/prepare-release

- name: Resolve app version metadata
id: app_meta
shell: bash
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echo "version_name=$VERSION_NAME" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
echo "version_code=$VERSION_CODE" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
echo "Version name: $VERSION_NAME, version code: $VERSION_CODE"

- name: Cache Swift Package Manager dependencies
uses: actions/cache@v5
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