Updated Runner and Removed Deprecated Code

[MusaMisto]

Updated the Upload runner to use the Linux runner instead.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Refactor
  • Simplified iOS TestFlight deployment by removing support for legacy upload methods; now exclusively uses App Store Connect REST API.
  • Updated build environment configuration for consistency.
  • Streamlined credential handling and removed unnecessary input parameters.

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Run ID: 7e8cac02-175c-4f48-9ced-996242fd46bc

📥 Commits

Reviewing files that changed from the base of the PR and between 1ecffc1 and 475c438.

📒 Files selected for processing (2)

• .github/workflows/ios-build.yml
• workflow-templates/ios-app.yml

💤 Files with no reviewable changes (1)

• workflow-templates/ios-app.yml

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The reusable iOS build workflow removes all altool/transporter upload support, restricts upload-tool to appstoreapi only with a runtime failure for any other value, switches the release_with_environment job to ubuntu-latest, removes the Xcode setup step, and updates credential decoding and file-size commands to GNU tooling. The caller template drops the now-redundant explicit upload-tool: appstoreapi override.

Changes

iOS TestFlight: restrict to App Store Connect REST API on ubuntu-latest

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Public contract: input, secret, and header docs .github/workflows/ios-build.yml	upload-tool input restricted to appstoreapi only (altool/transporter references removed), appstore-key-format input removed, appstore-api-private-key-base64 secret description updated, and workflow header comments reflect REST-API-only upload path.
Release job: ubuntu-latest runner, Xcode removal, credential validation .github/workflows/ios-build.yml	release_with_environment switches from ${{ inputs.macos-runner }} to ubuntu-latest, removes Xcode setup, adds UPLOAD_TOOL env to the validate-credentials step, and fails fast with a migration message for any non-appstoreapi value.
Credential decode, stat, and upload steps unified to REST-only path .github/workflows/ios-build.yml	Decode API key step loses its appstoreapi-conditional guard and switches base64 -D to base64 -d for GNU compatibility; Prepare upload switches to GNU stat -c%s; Confirm upload loses its upload-tool conditional; the Upload (altool) step is deleted entirely; upload-step comments updated.
Caller template: remove explicit upload-tool override workflow-templates/ios-app.yml	development and production job configurations drop upload-tool: appstoreapi, relying on the reusable workflow's now-enforced default.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 2 (Simple) | ⏱️ ~10 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• simplify9/.github#28: Adds iOS TestFlight reusable workflows that pass upload-tool and appstore-key-format inputs — directly coupled to the inputs this PR removes and restricts.
• simplify9/.github#84: Also updates the iOS TestFlight upload workflow to use upload-testflight-build@v4 with base64-decoded appstore-api-private-key-base64, removing prior altool/transporter paths — same migration trajectory.
• simplify9/.github#87: Modifies upload-tool defaults/validation and appstore-key-format/key decoding in the same reusable workflow — directly overlapping with the inputs and steps changed here.

Suggested reviewers

• omarghatasheh

Poem

🐇 Hop, hop, no more altool to drop,
The rabbit switched runners — ubuntu on top!
One key, one path, base64 -d it goes,
stat -c%s now, as the ubuntu wind blows.
The pipeline is clean, the API reigns free —
AppStoreConnect REST, just the way it should be! 🍎

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 inconclusive)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Title check	❓ Inconclusive	The title 'Updated Runner and Removed Deprecated Code' only partially addresses the main changes. While it mentions runner updates, it doesn't reflect the significant API migration (appstoreapi-only), removal of altool support, or key input changes.	Consider a more specific title like 'Switch iOS TestFlight upload to REST API only and migrate to Ubuntu runner' to better reflect the scope of changes and migration from altool.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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