Working with YAML in GitLab CI from the Android perspective
Nov 20, 2017Renato Stanic

Summary
This post details the configuration of `gitlab-ci.yml` for Android projects, including build, unit tests, instrumentation tests, static analysis, and manual deployment stages, leveraging tools like Gradle, Fastlane, and emulators. It explains YAML syntax for job configuration, `before_script`, `after_script`, `stages`, `only`, and `tags`. Specific jobs are described for building APKs, running unit and instrumentation tests (including emulator setup), performing static analysis with lint, checkstyle, pmd, and findbugs, and manual deployment using Fastlane.