Set up automated mobile app deployment via version tags

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Summary

This PR establishes a CI/CD pipeline for automated Android app builds and deployment to Google Play Console. The workflow is now triggered by semantic version tags (v*..) rather than branch pushes, and includes a new deployment job that uploads signed AAB files to the closed beta track.

Key Changes

• Mobile workflow trigger: Changed from push: [main, release/*] to tag-based triggering (tags: v*.*.*), enabling controlled releases via git tags
• Build output tracking: Added locate-aab step to capture the AAB artifact path as a job output for downstream use
• Deployment job: New deploy-android job that downloads the built AAB and uploads it to Google Play Console's closed beta track using the r0adkll/upload-google-play action
• Version bump automation: Enhanced bump-version.js script to automatically commit version changes, create a git tag, and push to origin — triggering the mobile CI/CD workflow without manual intervention

Implementation Details

• The deploy-android job depends on the android build job and runs on ubuntu-latest
• Deployment uses Google Play service account credentials stored in GOOGLE_PLAY_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_JSON secret
• The version bump script now handles the full release workflow: version file updates → git commit → tag creation → push (which triggers CI/CD)
• Error handling in the bump script provides clear guidance if git operations fail
• The workflow maintains separation of concerns: build and deploy are distinct jobs that can be monitored independently

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Summary

The PR establishes Android CI/CD using the Triplet Play Publisher Gradle plugin — a clean approach that avoids uploading/downloading AAB artifacts between jobs. A couple of issues need addressing.

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Findings

1. Misleading comment in bump-version.js — the tag does not trigger CI

scripts/bump-version.js:7 and scripts/bump-version.js:68:

// After bumping, commits the changed files and pushes a v<version> tag,
// which triggers the mobile CI/CD workflow to build and deploy to Play Console.
// ...
console.log(`\nTagged and pushed ${tag} — mobile CI/CD workflow triggered.`)

Both the file header and the success log say the tag push triggers the workflow. But mobile.yml triggers on push: branches, not push: tags. It's actually the git push origin HEAD on line 66 (the commit push) that triggers CI — the tag push on line 67 is a no-op from a CI perspective.

This is either a stale comment from an earlier version of the design, or the workflow trigger should be switched to tags: ['v*.*.*']. Right now a developer running the bump script will see "mobile CI/CD workflow triggered" and believe the tag was the cause — then be confused when they look at the Actions tab and see the run associated with the commit, not the tag.

Fix options:

• Correct the comments to say "the commit push triggers the workflow"; or
• Add a tags: ['v*.*.*'] trigger back to mobile.yml (and remove the push: branches: [main, release/*] trigger if tag-only releases are the intent)

Fix this →

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2. PR description is out of sync with the final implementation

The PR description documents three things that don't exist in the current code:

• "Changed from push: [main, release/*] to tag-based triggering (tags: v*.*.*)" — the current mobile.yml still uses branch-based triggers.
• "New deploy-android job" — there is no separate job; deployment is a step inside the existing android job.
• "Added locate-aab step" — this step does not appear in the workflow.

The description reflects the initial design, which was refactored during review. Not a code bug, but it will confuse future readers of the commit history and anyone reviewing via the GitHub UI.

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3. Every push to main triggers a Play Store deployment (confirm this is intentional)

mobile.yml:4-6:

on:
  push:
    branches: [main, release/*]

With the deploy step gated on github.event_name != 'pull_request', every commit pushed directly to main — not just version bumps — will attempt a Play Console publish. If hotfixes, docs updates, or other non-release commits land on main, they'll trigger a deployment too. This is a deliberate "continuous deployment" pattern, but worth a conscious acknowledgement. Using tag-based triggering (which the original PR description intended) would give explicit control over what triggers a Play Store upload.

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No issues with

• Triplet Play plugin setup (com.github.triplet.gradle:play-publisher:3.11.0 in root build.gradle, play { track = 'alpha' ... } block in app/build.gradle) — clean integration.
• Signing parameter injection via -P flags is standard practice for CI and secrets are correctly referenced.
• bump-version.js version parsing and file update logic is robust.
• The PR/non-PR split (github.event_name == 'pull_request' → unsigned debug build vs signed release bundle) is a good pattern.

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