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kingston
kingston

Reputation: 11419

Trigger a workflow manually from GitHub Actions

I'm using GitHub Actions to run the CI for an Android app project. I have a workflow that works well. It runs on PRs and it runs the tests and builds the app.

I have reused the workflow code to build a new one that I put in a different yml file in the same folder.

The difference is that this workflow has a workflow_dispatch as event. It also takes one input. It runs the tests and then it will publish the build on Goolge Play or Firebase. For now I'm just using some echo to log what's happening.

Reading the documentation I was expecting to see a button to manually trigger the workflow from the GitHub UI.

I don't see the workflow when I click on the Action tab and so I don't see the button. If I make a mistake like for example I delete all the jobs then I see the workflow because I get failed run. The button is not visible anyway.

name: Publish On CI

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      publish:
        description: 'Choose where you want to publish the build'
        required: true
        default: AppTester
        type: choice
        options:
          - GooglePlay
          - AppTester
          - Both

env:
  ANDROID_KEYS_FOLDER: ..

jobs:
  publish:

    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: decode keys
        run: echo "${{ secrets.APP_PROPERTIES_BASE64 }}" | base64 > app.properties
          echo "${{ secrets.APP_RELEASE_BASE64 }}" | base64 > app-release
      - name: set up JDK 11
        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
        with:
          java-version: '11'
          distribution: 'temurin'
          cache: gradle

      - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
        run: chmod +x gradlew
      - name: Run Unit test
        run: ./gradlew testStagingUnitTest
      - name: Build
        run: ./gradlew :app:assembleStaging
      - name: Publish on Google Play if required
        if: inputs.publish == 'GooglePlay'
        run: echo "Publishing on Google Play"
      - name: Publish on Firebase if required
        if: inputs.publish == 'AppTester'
        run: echo "Publishing on Firebase"
      - name: Publish on Google Play and Firebase if required
        if: inputs.publish == 'Both'
        run: echo "Publishing on Google Play and Firebase"

Upvotes: 6

Views: 10697

Answers (2)

Gaji
Gaji

Reputation: 1

Also, once when the default runs once, then you can now trigger the workflow_dispatch on other branches. You just need to run it once on the main branch.

Upvotes: 0

GuiFalourd
GuiFalourd

Reputation: 23270

A workflow with the workflow_dispatch trigger needs to exist on the repository default branch to appear on the Github User Interface Actions tab.

Upvotes: 11

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