iOS StarterKit

There is a demo in demo-clean branch (WIP)

iOS StarterKit Introduction

This iOS StarterKit based on：

• IDE：Xcode9
• Language：Swift4
• Build tool：fastlane
• Dependency management：Cocoapods
• Code style check：SwiftLint
• Unit test framework: Quick + Nimble
• CI:
  • Jenkins
  • TBD: GoCD
  • TBD：BuildKit
• Beta testing platform：
  • HockeyAPP
  • TBD：蒲公英

Setup Development Environment (admin & developers)

• Install Xcode 9

• Install rbenv

• Install Cocoapods

   gem install cocoapods
  

• Install Fastlane

   gem install fastlane --verbose
  

• Install SwiftLint

   brew install swiftlint
  

Admin Setup (admin or codebase manage, who is managing the Apple account, development/distribution certificates.)

Step-1: Apply an Apple ID

1. Apply account for apple developer program

Step-2: Setup Codebase

1. Create a new project from xcode manually
2. Run fastlane init
3. Copy the Fastfile from this StartKit project and replace the project specific stuff with your own one( scheme/app_identifier/git_url/api_token/ipa).
4. Modify the Appfile in ./fastlane/Appfile with your own values (app_identifier, apple_id, team_id)

Step-3: Config Apple Development Portal

1. Create an App Id for your project
2. Add all the testing devices' UUID in devices

Step-4: Setup certificates and provisioning profiles with match(a fastlane action)

Reference: `Usage` - `Setup` at `https://github.com/fastlane/fastlane/tree/master/match`

1. Create a private repo (name it something like certificates)
2. Write all the testing device’s UUID in the ./devices.txt file of your projects
3. Run match init with the private repo URL
4. Modify the generated Matchfile in ./fastlane/Matchfile with your own values (app_identifier, username, URL)
5. Run match development, match adhoc or match app_store to install certificates and profiles(This will upload them to the private repo as well)
6. Run fastlane add_devices every time new device is added into the file

Step-5: Setup Beta Testing platform: HockeyAPP

1. Register a HockeyApp account
2. Create an app manually in HockeyApp (with your project bundle identifier)
3. Create an API Token for your project from account settings -> API Tokens in HockeyApp
4. Modify fastlane deploy_beta lane in your Fastfile with the api_token

Step-6: Setup CI: Jenkins (on CI server)

1. Install Jenkins

   Download jenkins.war from https://jenkins.io/
   

2. Start Jenkins

   java -jar jenkins.war
   

3. Install required Jenkins plugins: Pipeline and Git Plugin

   Install from jenkins console: Manage Jenkins -> Manage Plugins

4. Generate Credential

   Generate from jenkins console: Credentials -> Global credentials -> Add Credentials

5. Create new project

   Create from jenkins console: New Item -> Choose pipeline style

6. Configure project

   Configure from jenkins console: Build Triggers -> Choose Pipeline defination Pipleline script from SCM -> Fill the form with the created credential.

Init Project (developer)

• Clone your own Repo generated by the codebase manager
• Setup the development environment as above and run fastlane cocoapods_update
• Start coding...

Working flow (developer)

• Run fastlane checkin locally everytime before git push
• CI will trigger fastlane beta after every git push and deploy the successful build package to HockeyApp
• Run fastlane add_devices every time new device is added into the file (codebase manager)

Other Recommendations

- Code Structure: Clean Swift

- Local database: CoreData

- Data analysis:

    - Fabric

    - Umen

- Push notifications

    - SNS

    - Umen

- Login or sharing by third party library such as facebook, WeChat: Use the official SDK for each

- Testing
    - Unit Test: Cover all the view model、utils, etc.
    - Functional Testing: Cover the main business scenarios.
    - UI Automation Testing: According to the functionality of the app, and the benefit/cost of your team.

- Common libraries

    - Security scanning: danger

    - Network: Alamofire

    - Spinning: SVProgressHUD

    - Image cache: Kingfisher

    - Autolayout: SnapKit

- Other good libraries

    - Access keychain library: KeychainAccess

    - Date formatter library: iso-8601-date-formatter

    - Time formatter library: TimeAgo

    - Form library: XLForm

    - Keyboard library: IQKeyboardManager

    - Logging: XCGLogger

    - Data cache: Haneke