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| Stage | Verify |
| Maturity | Viable |
| Content Last Reviewed | 2024-12-19 |
The future is mobile. Based on an estimated 6.7 billion smartphone subscriptions worldwide and a global population of around 7.4 billion, the global smartphone penetration rate was estimated at 69 percent in 2023, up from 2022. Companies, especially those in B2C industries, must continue to invest in mobile software development.
Today the two main mobile application platforms are iOS and Android. Each platform has its own unique features, processes, opportunities, and challenges. Both platforms are rapidly evolving, which means that development teams must keep up with the rapid pace of innovation, and they expect their partners to do the same.
Our vision for GitLab Mobile DevOps is a close-to-zero maintenance overhead solution for GitLab SaaS or Self-Managed that provides an organization's mobile app development teams with the ability to easily automate the building, testing, distribution, and securing of mobile applications for iOS and Android using their chosen frameworks, tools, and processes.
We will achieve this vision by creating automation and tooling to enable developers to create a golden path mobile application CI/CD pipeline with only a few clicks. Developers can then expand those capabilities by adding additional integrations and security tools.
| Feature / Capability | Description |
|---|---|
| Hosted Runners on macOS | GitLab hosted build environment for iOS application development, so that you don't have to run builds on your own Mac. |
| Project-level Secure Files | Securely store plain text and binary files to use in your Mobile DevOps pipelines. |
| Apple App Store Integration | Connects your GitLab CI/CD mobile DevOps pipelines to App Store Connect. |
| Google Play Integration | Connects your GitLab CI/CD mobile DevOps pipelines to the Google Play Console. |
Previously, the GitLab Mobile DevOps product strategy was led by a single engineer, which enabled us to quickly explore and develop an initial set of capabilities for GitLab Mobile DevOps. The Mobile Dev Ops stage is now under the Verify section. As a result, we are creating a multi-year roadmap that builds on the current capabilities and delivers the stated vision.
In calendar year 2025 we plan to work on the following
There are several competitors in this space providing visual pipeline builders on top of their own CI/CD systems:
The other solutions include:
Feedback is essential to this project, so we encourage you to:
Please feel free to create issues or participate in discussions in our issue board.
We can also be found in Slack at #mobile-devops (internal)
