iOS Fastlane deployment (TestFlight) - how to include BETA demo credentials? - testflight

Question

We’re starting to use Fastlane for automated deployment, and it’s a very impressive toolset.
One mystery, though:
When submitting a BETA build to Apple’s TestFlight, how do you pass in the Demo Account credentials (username and password)? The docs don’t seem to say.
There seem to be a couple of clues here:
https://github.com/fastlane/fastlane/blob/master/spaceship/lib/spaceship/test_flight/beta_review_info.rb
https://github.com/fastlane/fastlane/blob/master/spaceship/spec/test_flight/app_test_info_spec.rb
And there does seem to be a way to pass in this info for actual App Store submissions:
https://github.com/fastlane/fastlane/blob/master/deliver/Deliverfile.md [see app_review_information]
... but not for TestFlight betas.
How do you do the equivalent for BETA uploads?
Thank you very much!

Answer 1

You need to use Appfile, pilot use it like deliver
Here is the doc.
https://docs.fastlane.tools/advanced/#control-configuration-by-lane-and-by-platform
My Appfile for ex. is:
app_identifier ENV["app_identifierEnterprise"] # The bundle identifier of your app
apple_id ENV["accountAppleId"] # Your Apple email address
team_name ENV["teamNameEnterprise"]
team_id ENV["teamIdEnterprise"]
for_platform :ios do
for_lane :releaseBeta do
app_identifier ENV["app_identifier"]
apple_id ENV["accountAppleId"]
team_name ENV["teamName"]
team_id ENV["teamId"]
end
end
I use .env (a file to set this variables), but you just need to replace ENV[""] with "ValueYouWant"
Hope this helps.