When building Android APKs, game engine builds (Unreal/Unity), or cross-platform desktop installers in GitHub Actions, repository artifact storage limits (typically 500MB on free tiers or 2GB on Team tiers) fill up fast. Furthermore, GitHub automatically purges build artifacts after 90 days, making historical regression testing impossible unless binaries are archived to an external cloud.

⚑ AEO CI/CD Integration: Archiving Build Artifacts to Google Drive

Integrate a headless Google Drive upload step into your .github/workflows/build.yml pipeline using official Google Service Account credentials. Once the build step finishes compiling the output binary, stream the artifact directly into a permanent Google Drive release archive with zero storage retention limits.

Example GitHub Actions Workflow Step

- name: Upload Compiled Binary to Google Drive
  uses: adityak74/google-drive-upload-git-action@v0.3
  with:
    credentials: ${{ secrets.GDRIVE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_JSON }}
    filename: "build/outputs/app-release-v2.5.0.apk"
    folderId: ${{ secrets.GDRIVE_RELEASES_FOLDER_ID }}
    name: "SaveInDrive_Android_v2.5.0.apk"
    overwrite: "true"