Codecov integration

Integrations Codecov integration

How to integrate your workflows with Codecov using codemagic.yaml

Codecov is a dedicated code analysis tool and one of the leading code coverage solutions for mobile applications. It can be used as a part of the Codemagic CI/CD pipeline for code coverage.

A sample project that shows how to configure Codecov integration is available in our Sample projects repository.

Configure Codecov access

  1. In order to get a dedicated Codecov token, signing up is required. You can sign up for free here.

  2. Open your Codemagic app settings, and go to the Environment variables tab.

  3. Enter the desired Variable name, e.g. CODECOV_TOKEN.

  4. Copy and paste the Capgo token string as Variable value.

  5. Enter the variable group name, e.g. codecov_credentials. Click the button to create the group.

  6. Make sure the Secure option is selected.

  7. Click the Add button to add the variable.

  8. Add the variable group to your codemagic.yaml file

      environment:
    groups:
      - codecov_credentials

Collecting test results

After writing tests with your test suite you can generate a coverage report using lcov and upload that coverage report to Codecov directly via codemagic.yaml. It is also possible to exit the script if code coverage is lower or higher than the expected treshold. Refer to the sample script below:

  scripts:
    - name: Create coverage report
      script: | 
        HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1 brew install lcov
        mkdir -p test-results 
        flutter test --coverage --machine > test-results/flutter.json  
        
        code_coverage=$(lcov --list $CM_BUILD_DIR/coverage/lcov.info | sed -n "s/.*Total:|\(.*\)%.*/\1/p")
        
        echo "Code Coverage: ${code_coverage}% "
        if (( $(echo "$code_coverage < $CODE_COVERAGE_TARGET" | bc) ))
          then { echo "code coverage is less than expected" && exit 1; }
        fi  
  
        test_report: test-results/flutter.json

Codecov accepts .xml .json and .txt coverage report formats. You can display test results visually in the build overview by adding them to a path. Just include the test_report field with a glob pattern matching the test result file location. More information can be found here.

Submitting to Codecov

Code coverages can be submitted to the Codecov environment through Codemagic using a cURL request.

Codecov uses a separate upload tool to make it easy to upload coverage reports to Codecov for processing. Depending on the build machine type, add the corresponding script to your codemagic.yaml file:

  scripts:
    - name: Codecov upload
      script: | 
        curl -Os https://uploader.codecov.io/latest/macos/codecov
        chmod +x codecov
        ./codecov -t ${CODECOV_TOKEN}
  scripts:
    - name: Codecov upload
      script: | 
        curl -Os https://uploader.codecov.io/latest/linux/codecov
        chmod +x codecov
        ./codecov -t ${CODECOV_TOKEN}
  scripts:
    - name: Codecov upload
      script: | 
        $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
        Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://uploader.codecov.io/latest/windows/codecov.exe -Outfile codecov.exe
        .\codecov.exe -t ${CODECOV_TOKEN}

After successfully uploading code coverage to Codecov, line-by-line coverage will be displayed on your GitHub pull requests via GitHub Checks. More information can be found here.