Ionic & Capacitor

Capacitor executes web assets inside native Android and iOS wrapper apps. You first build your modern web front-end assets, sync them to the native platforms, and then invoke native compiling tasks.

Typical Build PathsCopy Anchor Link

• Android APK: ./android/app/build/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk
• iOS IPA: ./ios/App/App/Outputs/Release/App.ipa

NPM Scripts AutomationCopy Anchor Link

Add these scripts to your project's package.json to compile and distribute updates in one simple task:

{
  "scripts": {
    "build:web": "ionic build",
    "sync:native": "npx cap sync",
    "distribute:android": "npm run build:web && npm run sync:native && cd android && ./gradlew assembleRelease && buildshare upload ./app/build/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk --notes 'Capacitor Android build'",
    "distribute:ios": "npm run build:web && npm run sync:native && buildshare upload ./ios/App/App/Outputs/Release/App.ipa --notes 'Capacitor iOS build'"
  }
}

Now you can run the distribution flow locally or inside CI/CD with:

npm run distribute:android