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One MAUI Binary, Two Backends: Switching UAT and Production (and Detecting TestFlight Along the Way)

One MAUI binary, two backends: how a single signed app switches between UAT and Production at runtime, plus detecting TestFlight installs via StoreKit.

Gourd Alert (fictionalized while my actual app is still building up a tester base) is a .NET MAUI app that checks nearby farms for gourd availability and yells at you when the good pumpkins come in. Testing it needed a UAT backend, so testers could break things without touching production data. Apple and Google do not make that simple. App Store Connect and Google Play both expect you to promote the exact binary you tested, through TestFlight or an internal track, all the way to production. Build a separate app just to point it at a different backend, and you stop testing the artifact you are actually about to ship. What I needed was one MAUI binary, two backends, switchable without a rebuild.

Android and iOS development paths with code, .apk, and ipa files

Building One Publish Script for Two App Stores (and Debugging the One That Almost Worked)

One publish script for two app stores hid three PowerShell bugs, including a case-insensitive variable collision with a switch parameter.

I wanted one command that builds a release, stamps the right version into it, and hands me an artifact ready for the App Store or Google Play. No manual archive steps, no hunting through Visual Studio menus, no “wait, which signing profile did I use last time.” Just a publish script for two app stores.

SonarQube with GitHub Actions and .NET Core 5.x

GitHub Actions are a great devops tool. As you’re upgrading projects to .NET 5, however, you may run into issues with code coverage and static code analysis. I did. I’ll show you today how to get SonarQube working with GitHub Actions and .NET Core 5.x.

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