App Publish¶

Introduction¶

To release an app that users can log in to, you must publish it. You must do this any time there are changes to the app that you want users to see.

When you publish an app for the first time, you choose the environment to publish to, and the email address to use as the app's admin account. (If you haven't used the admin account before, you will set one up as part of the publish process.)

When you publish an already published app, you need to choose only the environment.

This page shows you how to publish an app for each case.

First Publish¶

Follow these steps to publish an app that has not yet been published (the app's version is 1):

1. Click the Publish button on any build page. This dialog appears:

   

   Click the Environment menu and choose one from the list, then click Next.

2. This dialog appears:

   

   Enter the email address for the app admin's account, then click Next.

   Important

   You must have access to this email account.

3. This dialog appears:

   

   Enter the verification code sent to the app admin's account and click Verify. (If you need a new code, click Resend.)

   • If you've used the app admin email before, you will see this dialog:

     

     Click I Know the Password to continue.

   • If you haven't used the app admin email before, you will see this dialog:

     

     Enter values for all fields and click Next.

   In both cases, this dialog appears:

   

   Click Publish to publish the app.

4. This dialog appears:

   

   You can watch the progress or click Close and return to the app build pages where the publish progress is shown in the Latest Releases panel.

5. When the progress dialog completes, you will see this:

   

   Click Ok or Close to close the dialog.

   To open the app, click Go To App.

After First Publish¶

To publish an app that has already been published (version 2 or higher), follow these steps:

1. Click the Publish button on any build page. This dialog appears:

   

2. Click the Environment menu and select one from the list.

3. Click Publish.

Publish Button¶

You can see the Publish button on all build pages. There are two versions of the button, wide and narrow. Which one you see depends on the width of your browser:

Wide publish button	Narrow publish button