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Building Custom Client For Release

Build and package your Mobile Development Kit client for publishing to the Apple App Store, iOS Enterprise App Store or Google Play.

Prerequisites

You have generated a custom client project. For details please see custom client guide.

Building App For Release in iOS

You can publish a Mobile Development Kit app in the App Store the same way you would release a purely native iOS app.

  1. Verify that the iOS native project inside your app contains your latest changes and resources by running the following command. tns prepare ios --release
  2. Open the iOS native project in Xcode. Your native project is located at: <app_name>/platforms/ios/<app_name>.xcworkspace.
  3. Configure the project for distribution.
  4. Upload the app to App Store.
  5. Submit it to the App Store.

Note

For enterprise distribution you can refer to: Develop and distribute an enterprise app.

Building App For Release in Android

You can publish a Mobile Development Kit custom client in Google Play the same way you would release a purely native Android app.

  1. Make sure that you have a .keystore file to sign your app with. For more information, see How to create a .keystore file?.
  2. Go to your create-client generated project folder in Terminal or Command Prompt

  3. Build your project in release mode by running the following command: tns build android --release --key-store-path <path-to-your-keystore> --key-store-password <your-key-store-password> --key-store-alias <your-alias-name> --key-store-alias-password <your-alias-password>

    Note

    At the end of <path-to-your-keystore> you should also add the exact name of your keystore.

    Example(Windows): tns build android --release --key-store-path C:\keystore\myapp.keystore --key-store-password sample_password --key-store-alias MyApp --key-store-alias-password sample_password

    Example(Mac): tns build android --release --key-store-path ~/Desktop/keystore/myapp.keystore --key-store-password sample_password --key-store-alias MyApp --key-store-alias-password sample_password

  4. Obtain the release .apk located at <app_name>/platforms/android/app/build/outputs/apk/<app_name>-release.apk.

  5. Publish your Android app by uploading the .apk file to the Google Developer Console. For more information, see How to publish an Android app?
Last update: April 14, 2021