publishing step condition

[CPRmichel]

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Which mobile framework are you using?

Flutter (Dart)

Steps to reproduce

publishing:
    when:
       condition: app.branch == "master"
 google_play:
    credentials: $GCLOUD_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_CREDENTIALS
    track: internal

Expected results

It should be possible to set a condition for publishing the app.

Actual results

i get errors when setting a condition to the publishing step

Build id (optional)

No response

[dam-ease]

Hey @CPRmichel,
Currently, the publishing section does not support conditional execution using when. Conditions like when are typically used for workflow-level or script execution but not within the publishing block itself. Whats your use-case here for checking the branch name before publishing? Can you please share more context? Also, you might want to check out using the Codemagic cli tool here if you want to have the check before publishing. Then you can have:

- name: Conditional publishing
   script: |
       if [[ "$CM_BRANCH" == "master" ]]; then
       google-play bundles publish --bundle build/app/outputs/bundle/release/app-release.aab --track alpha
            else
            echo "Skipping publishing step as the branch is not master."
            fi

[CPRmichel]

hey @dam-ease,
thank you for your answer. We are building the app for every new commit to a branch without publishing it to the stores. We only publish our artifact to the stores for new merges into the master branch.
If we could use the publish block with conditions, we could reuse the same workflow for every commit to a branch as well as the master merges.

[dam-ease]

Thanks for the clarification!
Currently, the publishing block doesn't support when conditions directly, so the script will be the most straightforward way to achieve this with the same workflow and YAML file. If the option of using different YAML files on different branches will work for you i.e., removing the publish section from other branches aside from the master branch since Codemagic uses the codemagic.yaml from the branch where the build is triggered. So for your use case, you can keep a codemagic.yaml in your master branch that includes the publishing block, and in your feature or development branches, you can either remove the publishing block or adjust the workflow as needed to skip publishing entirely.

[CPRmichel]

I think we will just use different workflows, so we can close this issue, but a conditional block for the publishing step would be greatly appreciated :)