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Designing the Kotlin Multiplatform and TeamCity Integration
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The Kotlin Multiplatform plugin now connects directly to TeamCity Cloud, enabling iOS developers to configure CI, build, test, and publish to TestFlight without leaving their IDE or provisioning macOS infrastructure.
Engineers can automate iOS pipelines from within their development environment, eliminating the need for separate macOS CI setup and reducing the barrier to entry for KMP iOS projects.
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The plugin guides developers through build, test, and TestFlight publishing steps inside the IDE.
TeamCity Cloud provides hosted macOS agents and a free tier, removing the need for local macOS infrastructure.
Signing credentials are stored securely, and the pipeline configuration remains local and uncommitted until the developer pushes it.
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The integration changes the workflow by letting developers initiate CI configuration immediately after a Git push, rather than having to switch contexts to set up CI externally.
Adopting the solution requires developers to adopt TeamCity Cloud and configure Apple signing details, which introduces a new credential management step and may involve a learning curve for CI concepts.
The flow stops working if the developer does not provide valid signing credentials or if the hosted macOS agents are unavailable, and the generated pipeline files must be committed manually after verification.
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