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Summary

Add devbox integration to E2E example apps for reproducible developer environments and CI testing across React Native 0.72 and 0.84.

Changes

  • Add devbox.json configuration to E2E-compat and E2E-latest with mobile-devtools react-native plugin
  • Create reusable e2e-mobile-tests.yml workflow for Android and iOS testing (weekly + manual + release-gated)
  • Integrate E2E tests as pre-requisite for beta and production releases
  • Configure --pure mode in CI for exact environment matching
  • Update README files with devbox setup instructions
  • Add devbox-update.yml workflow for automated weekly dependency updates

Why

Eliminates "works on my machine" issues and ensures consistent testing environments between local development and CI. Makes E2E tests a gate for releases while keeping PR iteration fast. Automates devbox package maintenance.

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Enable "Allow GitHub Actions to create and approve pull requests" in repo settings for devbox-update workflow to function.

Ready to Merge

All dependencies merged and cleanup complete. E2E tests will now work properly.


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@abueide abueide added draft Work in progress feature New feature or functionality labels Apr 15, 2026
@abueide abueide changed the title feat: integrate mobile-devtools for E2E testing feat: integrate mobile-devtools for reproducible E2E testing Apr 15, 2026
abueide and others added 2 commits April 15, 2026 14:00
Add devbox configuration to E2E example apps using mobile-devtools plugins
for reproducible developer environments and CI testing.

- Add devbox.json with react-native plugin from mobile-devtools
- Configure Android SDK (API 33 for compat, API 35 for latest)
- Configure iOS Simulator management
- Add scripts: install, build, test:e2e, device management
- Update READMEs with devbox setup instructions

- Add .github/workflows/e2e-mobile-tests.yml:
  - Runs weekly (Monday 9am UTC)
  - Manual dispatch with test matrix selection
  - FOR TESTING: Triggers on push to feat branch (remove before merge)
  - Reusable workflow for release gating
  - Matrix: [E2E-compat, E2E-latest] × [android, ios]
  - 30 minute timeout per job
  - Uploads test results as artifacts

- Update .github/workflows/release.yml:
  - Add e2e-tests job that calls e2e-mobile-tests workflow
  - E2E tests required for beta and production releases
  - Skipped for dry-run releases

- Reproducible environments (no "works on my machine")
- Project-local SDK/emulator state (no global pollution)
- E2E tests gate releases (catch bugs before publishing)
- PRs stay fast (no E2E blocking iteration)
- Weekly regression testing on main
- Simple commands: devbox run test:e2e:android

See: notes/MOBILE_DEVTOOLS_INTEGRATION_PLAN.md for full plan

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Add explicit android and ios plugin includes to devbox.json files
- React native plugin uses relative paths that break with GitHub URLs
- Add --pure mode to all E2E test commands in CI workflow
- Ensures exact environment matching between local and CI

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@abueide abueide force-pushed the feat/mobile-devtools-e2e-integration branch from 1abc266 to c013dc1 Compare April 15, 2026 19:00
abueide and others added 21 commits April 15, 2026 14:03
- Remove explicit android/ios plugin includes
- Use mobile-devtools branch with GitHub URL includes fix
- React-native plugin now properly includes android/ios via GitHub URLs
- Depends on segment-integrations/mobile-devtools#10

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Use xiaolutech/devbox-update-action for automated updates
- Runs weekly on Mondays at 10am UTC
- Can be manually triggered
- Automatically creates PRs with package updates

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Remove &ref=fix/use-github-urls-for-plugin-includes from devbox configs
- Now points to main branch after mobile-devtools#10 merged
- Remove push trigger for feature branch (was for testing only)
- Ready for merge

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add push trigger for feat/mobile-devtools-e2e-integration branch
to test E2E workflow execution.

TODO: Remove before merging to master.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add continue-on-error to RN 0.84 (latest) E2E tests since
0.84 support is not yet complete. This allows the workflow
to succeed even if these tests fail, unblocking releases.

The RN 0.72 (compat) tests remain required.

TODO: Remove continue-on-error when RN 0.84 support is complete.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Replace 'devbox run' calls within scripts with direct command
execution. When running with '--pure' flag, devbox binary is not
available in PATH, causing 'command not found' errors.

Inline all commands directly in test:e2e:* scripts to fix CI failures.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The E2E tests were failing with "yarn: command not found" because
nodejs@20 only includes npm. Added yarn-berry@latest to both
E2E-compat and E2E-latest devbox.json packages lists since the
scripts use yarn commands.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Pod install with --repo-update was being killed (signal 9) during
local testing. Removed the flag from all E2E scripts since Podfile.lock
already pins versions and repo updates aren't needed for reproducible builds.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Changed all `cd dir && command && cd ..` patterns to `(cd dir && command)`
to ensure commands run in subshells. This prevents the working directory
from changing for subsequent commands.

The issue was that detox was running from the android directory instead
of the project root, causing jest to fail finding e2e/jest.config.js.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Updated E2E example build.gradle files to read SDK versions from
environment variables (like mobile-devtools examples do) instead of
using hardcoded values.

Changes:
- Read ANDROID_COMPILE_SDK, ANDROID_TARGET_SDK, ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION from env
- Read ANDROID_NDK_VERSION from env (if set)
- Updated E2E-compat ANDROID_MAX_API from 33 to 35 to match plugin default
- Default to build-tools 35.0.0 to match react-native plugin

This fixes the error where Gradle tried to install API 33 but only
API 35 was available in the Nix store.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
-Add steps to dynamically locate and copy Android SDK to writable location
-Set ANDROID_SDK_ROOT to prevent Gradle installation failures
-Applies to both compat and latest Android jobs
Updated stale project device overrides in E2E-compat to use API 24
instead of API 21. API 21 system images are no longer available in
the Nix-provided Android SDK.

Changes:
- examples/E2E-compat/devbox.d/.../devices/min.json: API 21 → 24
- examples/E2E-compat/devbox.d/.../devices/devices.lock: regenerated

The E2E-latest example will automatically get API 24 from updated
plugin defaults when devbox initializes in CI.

Fixes: Android E2E timeout due to unavailable system image

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Fixed two Android SDK issues:

1. **Build-tools version mismatch (Linux CI)**:
   - RN 0.72 (E2E-compat) requires build-tools 30.0.3
   - Plugin default is 35.0.0
   - Gradle fails with "SDK directory is not writable" when trying to auto-download
   - Added ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION="30.0.3" override in E2E-compat
   - Updated GRADLE_OPTS aapt2 path to match

2. **Platform-tools hash mismatch (macOS dev)**:
   - platform-tools_r37.0.0-darwin.zip hash has changed
   - Added hash-overrides.json with correct hash:
     094a1395683c509fd4d48667da0d8b5ef4d42b2abfcd29f2e8149e2f989357c7
   - Note: This only affects local macOS dev, not Linux CI

Changes:
- examples/E2E-compat/devbox.json: Add ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION
- examples/E2E-compat/devbox.d/.../hash-overrides.json: New file with platform-tools hash

Fixes: E2E Android (RN 0.72) timeout due to Gradle build failure

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@abueide abueide force-pushed the feat/mobile-devtools-e2e-integration branch from 43c5bea to d61ceb8 Compare April 21, 2026 01:48
Updated both E2E examples to reference the feat/move-flake-to-devbox-d
branch of mobile-devtools, which includes:

1. **Hash override implementation in flake.nix**: Applies hash overrides
   via Nix overlay to fix platform-tools fetch on macOS
2. **Platform-tools r37.0.0 darwin hash**: Plugin-level hash override

This fixes Android SDK build failures on macOS that were preventing
local development and doctor command from working.

Changes:
- examples/E2E-compat/devbox.json: Add branch ref to plugin include
- examples/E2E-latest/devbox.json: Add branch ref to plugin include

Note: Once mobile-devtools PR is merged, remove the branch ref to use default.

Related: segment-integrations/mobile-devtools@b7ffde6

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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