Buildfire

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

Automated Publishing Process

Android APK Delivery Automation

Ehab AbuMallouh

Amr Alshareef

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

Information on why BuildFire requires access to the Username and Password of Developer Accounts for iOS and Android.

Why does BuildFire Require Access to your Developer Account Username & Password?

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

A step-by-step guide on how to create your Apple Developer account and enroll in the Apple Developer Program for your iOS app(s).

How to Create an Apple Developer Account and Enroll in the Program

Ready to test your app as close to live as you can? With Apple Testflight 
 you can do exactly this before it goes live on the App Store!

How to test your app with Apple Testflight before it goes live!

Not sure if you're fully enrolled in the Apple Developer Program? Here's how you can check to make sure you are!

How To Make Sure You’ve Fully Enrolled In The Apple Developer Program

In this article we’ll go over how to add our publishing team to your Apple developer account.

How To Add Our Publishing Team To Your Apple Developer Account As An Admin

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

This Article will help you locate your Bundle ID for your iOS Apps.

How to Locate your iOS App Bundle ID

This article will cover the steps it takes to enable the Apple App Store Connect API and add it to the BuildFire Control Panel.

How to utilize 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

This article will walk you through how to locate your Android Bundle ID from your Google Play Console Account.

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 employees who have iPhones can install your app using iTunes on their computer.

How Can iPhone Users Install Your Internal App Using iTunes?

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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