CI/CD for React Native

Warning

From this article you will learn how to configure React Native for Android. React Native iOS configuration instructions

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📚 Learn more about React Native action features, integrations and alternatives.

With Buddy, you can create a pipeline that builds, tests, and deploys React Native applications on a push to Git. The configuration is super simple and takes 10 to 15 minutes.

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1. Create a new project

Go to Projects and click Create new project. Select your Git hosting provider (Buddy, GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab, or Private Server) and enter your project name.

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2. Add a new pipeline

Navigate to Pipelines and click New pipeline. In the form, configure the following:

Name - Enter a descriptive name for your pipeline (e.g., "Deploy to production")
ID - Optional identifier for the pipeline
CPU - Select architecture: x64 or ARM64
Resources per pipeline run - Choose resource allocation (default: Workspace default)
Definition Location - Optionally check "Store configuration in a Git repository" to use YAML files

Click Add pipeline to create it.

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3. Configure workflow: contexts and triggers

After creating the pipeline, go to the Workflow tab to configure:

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Contexts - Click + to add Git branch/tag context or Environment. See Contexts.
Triggers - Click + to add Git events, Schedule, or Webhook. See Workflow Configuration.

4. Add actions

Buddy lets you choose from dozens of predefined actions. In this example, we'll add 4 actions that will perform the following tasks:

Build and test React Native app: download dependencies (npm, yarn, etc.), run tests, compile assets (npm tasks, webpack, etc.)
Upload code to server together with compiled assets
Restart application
Send notification to Slack

4.1 Configure your React Native application

Look up and click React Native on the action list to add it to the pipeline:

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Buddy lets you select the Node version of your Android build:

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4.2 Build your React Native application

Here you can determine the commands to execute. The default commands are:

bash
npm install
cd ./android
chmod +x gradlew
./gradlew assembleRelease
$$$$

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4.3 Sign your application (APK)

The next step is adding the Sign APK action. Select the path of the APK and provide the keystore with its password:

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4.4 Deploy APK to Google Play

The package is now ready for deployment. Select Google Play Publish APK to proceed:

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When adding the action, you can choose what and where should be uploaded:

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4.5 Send notification to Slack

You can configure Buddy to send your team a message after the deployment. In this example we'll use Slack:

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Hint

If you add this action in the On Failure tab, Buddy will only send the message if something goes wrong with your build or deployment. Image loading... On failure notification

5. Summary

Congratulations! You have just automated your entire delivery process. Make a push to the selected branch and watch Buddy fetch, build, and deploy your project. With Continuous Delivery applied, you can now focus on what's really important: developing awesome apps! 🔥

Success

Bear in mind that this article is only a brief example of what Buddy can do. You can create additional pipelines for staging and production environments, integrate with your favorite services (AWS, Google, Azure), trigger tests on pull requests, build Docker images, and push them to the registry—the possibilities are unlimited.

Tip

If you want us to create a delivery pipeline for your project, drop a line to support@buddy.works – we'll be happy to help!

Last modified on Nov 20, 2025

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