📄 Shorebird Deployment Documentation

Shorebird enables seamless over-the-air (OTA) updates for Flutter apps. This documentation outlines how to release and patch your Flutter Android app using Shorebird.

✅ Prerequisites

• Flutter SDK installed
• Shorebird CLI installed:
  

  curl -s https://releases.shorebird.dev/install.sh | bash
  

• Shorebird account set up and app initialized:

  shorebird login
  shorebird init
  

🚀 Releasing a New Version

To publish a new release of your Android app:

shorebird release android --flutter-version 3.22.3 --artifact=apk

Parameters:

• --flutter-version: Specifies the Flutter version used in the release.
• --artifact=apk: Indicates that the release artifact is an Android APK.

📦 This will upload a new release to Shorebird with the specified Flutter version.

🩹 Creating a Patch

To push an OTA update (patch) to an existing release:

shorebird patch --platforms=android --release-version=1.0.60+60

Parameters:

• --platforms=android: Specifies that the patch targets the Android platform.
• --release-version=1.0.60+60: Identifies the release version you want to patch.

🛠️ Ensure that the changes are backward compatible and tested before patching.

🔍 Additional Commands

• Check Shorebird version:

  shorebird --version
  

• View release history:

  shorebird releases
  

📚 Resources

• Shorebird Documentation
• Flutter Installation Guide
• Shorebird GitHub