Configuring TeamCity for Xamarin.iOS Projects

In one of my previous blogs I explained how to configure TeamCity Build Agent on MAC, which is an essential pre-requisite for setting up Teamcity for Xamarin.iOS projects

Now as we have it up and running, we can start setting up TeamCity for Xamarin.iOS projects.

In this blog I have tried to explain in simple steps the whole setup process with an assumption that we have the code maintained as a GIT repository and we have some Nuget references as well.

Follow the below steps:

1. Create a TeamCity Project

Under Administration -> Projects choose the option "Create Project".

Enter basic project details and click on Create.

2. Enter Project Settings

- General Settings: Under this save the default setting as they appear.

- VCS Roots: Under this click "Create VCS root" and enter the details as given below.

 - Build Configuration

With the above configuration done, TeamCity will be able to fetch the code.

The next step is to add build configuration for building this code.

Next add below build steps.

Build Step 1: "Restore nuget packages"

Add this build step to restore nuget dependencies.

Build Step 2: "Build" 

Add this build step to build the Xamarin.iOS project

 

Give following as the "Custom Script"

/Applications/Xamarin\ Studio.app/Contents/MacOS/mdtool build "--configuration:Release"

- Triggers

Add a new trigger with the default trigger configurations

With these configurations  done you are good to start using TeamCity for continuous integration of your Xamarin.iOS projects.