Buildfire

This article will walk you through each step in the new automated publishing process

Automated Publishing Process

Android APK Delivery Automation

Learn what Google’s Android 15 deadline means for your Buildfire app and how to ensure your app stays compliant.

How to comply with Google Play's Android 15 (API 35) requirement

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Important information and instructions about the app publishing process.

Publishing

In this article we’ll give you an overview of everything you need to do to get your app published in the Apple and Google app stores.

How to Publish Your App

In this article we'll go over how to fill out the Publishing Information for your app in the "Publishing Info" page

What Information Do We Need In The Publishing Info And How To Fill It Out

Apple and Google have some very specific policies regarding what is and what is not allowed. So we've put together this guideline to help.

Publishing Guidelines

Publishing Basics

In order to send push notifications to iOS devices, you'll need to complete the following steps.

How to Set up your Apple Push Notification Key for your iOS Firebase Certificate

Accepting the latest license agreement in your Apple Developer account is required to keep your app live on the App Store.

How to accept the Apple Developer Program License Agreement

Use TestFlight to test your iOS app on real devices before it’s published to the App Store.

How to test your app with Apple TestFlight before it goes live

Before you can publish your app to the App Store, make sure your Apple Developer Program enrollment is complete.

How to confirm you’re fully enrolled in the Apple Developer Program

Invite Buildfire’s publishing team to your Apple Developer account so we can submit your app to the App Store on your behalf.

How to add Buildfire as an admin to your Apple Developer account

You can move an app between Apple Developer accounts without removing it from the App Store, ideal for ownership changes or consolidation.

How To Transfer Your App From One Apple Developer Account To Another

Use the App Store Connect API to streamline app management & automate tasks like uploading builds, managing users, and retrieving analytics.

How to set up the App Store Connect API

Apple-Specific Articles

A step-by-step guide on how to create a Google Play Developer Account for your Android App(s).

How to Create a Google Play Developer Account

In this article we’ll go over how to add us as a Release Manager so that we can submit your app to Google.

How to Add Our Publishing Team to Your Google Developer Account

A step-by-step guide to find your Google Play account information.

How to find your Google Play account name and developer URL

In order to send push notifications to Android and iOS devices, you'll need to complete the following steps.

How to Set up Your Firebase Certificates for iOS and Android

How To Transfer Your App From One Google Developer Account To Another

Google Play now requires a publishing key when publishing Android apps. To find your key, we've put together some instructions for you.

How to access your Google Play Publishing Key

Find the unique ID used when publishing your Android app or setting up tools like Firebase and push notifications.

How to Locate Your Android Bundle Id

Google-Specific Articles

Most apps are free to download, but what if you wanted to charge people to download your app? In this article we’ll go over how to do this.

How To Charge Users For Your App

In this article we’ll go over what information we need in order to replace a pre-existing live app with the one you built in our system.

What Information Do We Need to Update Your Existing App?

In this article we will explore 4 post-launch tasks to help your app see both initial and ongoing success.

My App Is Live. What Should I Do Next?

General Publishing Articles

In this article we’ll go over how to manually trust an iOS Enterprise App once you’ve downloaded it to your phone.

How to Manually Trust an iOS Enterprise App

In this article we’ll go over how your users on Android can install your app if you chose to not submit it to the Google Play Store.

How Do Users Install Your Internal App Onto Their Android Phones?

Internal App Articles

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