The complete guide to Flutter Code Push

A critical bug hits production. Your fix is committed and tested within the hour — then App Store review makes you wait 24 to 48 hours to ship it. This comprehensive technical guide explains exactly how Shorebird's Code Push solves Flutter's AOT compilation constraints, letting you bypass app store reviews and ship compliant, over-the-air Dart patches to your users in under 30 minutes.

18-minute read · For Flutter & mobile engineering teams · Beginner → Advanced

What's inside:

• How Shorebird solves OTA and maintains compliance with the stores.
• The difference between Releases and Patches.
• Advanced concepts including staged rollouts, patch signing, and audit logs.
• The exact five-step CLI workflow — install, init, release, patch — to ship your first over-the-air fix in under 30 minutes.

"Our speed to release updates has skyrocketed. It used to take four days to two weeks depending on urgency. Now it's way faster. The reliability of shipping fixes is night and day." — Allan Wright, Senior Mobile Developer, PushPress