Download artifact from previous successful workflow of the same branch

distribute.yml

name: Distribute Latest APK to Firebase

on:
  workflow_dispatch:

permissions:
  actions: read
  contents: read

jobs:
  distribute:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Install GitHub CLI
        run: |
          sudo apt-get update
          sudo apt-get install -y gh jq

      - name: Get latest successful build run ID
        id: get_run
        run: |
          run_id=$(gh run list --workflow build.yml --branch ${{ github.ref_name }} --json conclusion,databaseId -L 10 | jq '[.[] | select(.conclusion=="success")][0].databaseId')
          echo "run_id=$run_id" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
        env:
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}

      - name: Download latest build artifact
        run: |
          gh run download ${{ steps.get_run.outputs.run_id }} -n app -D ./app-artifact
        env:
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}

      - name: Upload to Firebase App Distribution
        uses: wzieba/Firebase-Distribution-Github-Action@v1
        with:
          appId: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
          serviceCredentialsFileContent: ${{ secrets.GCP_CREDENTIAL }}
          groups: Dev
          file: ./app-artifact/app-release.apk

Assumptions (you can change when using in your workflow):

• The workflow we are looking through is named build.yml
• It only checks for workflow runs in the same branch that this current workflow is being run in
• The artifact it downloads is named app