gearing up towards a working build pipeline

frontend/ios/fastlane/Fastfile

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+
+default_platform(:ios)
+
+platform :ios do
+  before_all do
+    load_asc_api_token
+  end
+  
+  desc "Load the App Store Connect API token"
+  lane :load_asc_api_token do
+    app_store_connect_api_key(
+      key_id: ENV["ASC_KEY_ID"],
+      issuer_id: ENV["ASC_ISSUER_ID"],
+      key_content: ENV["ASC_KEY_P8"],
+      is_key_content_base64: true,
+      in_house: false
+    )
+  end
+
+  desc "Push a new beta build to TestFlight"
+  lane :deploy_testing do
+    api_key = lane_context[SharedValues::APP_STORE_CONNECT_API_KEY]
+    sync_code_signing(
+      api_key: api_key,
+      type: "appstore",
+      readonly: true,
+    )
+
+    sh(
+      "flutter",
+      "build",
+      "ipa",
+      "--release",
+      "--build-name=1.0.10",
+      "--build-number=4"
+    )
+    # sign the app (whithout rebuilding it)
+    build_app(
+      skip_build_archive: true,
+      archive_path: "../build/ios/archive/Runner.xarchive"
+    )
+    upload_to_testflight
+  end
+end
+
+