Building an App

purple manager summary 'building an app' describes the process of generating an app build for a purple app in purple manager so that you can download it for testing or submit it to the app stores after the initial app build, there are changes to the app settings that you can make in purple manager that require the app to be rebuilt to take effect an example is the upgrade of the native app template building an app is done from the app overview in purple manager by clicking 'build app' (see screenshot) this article describes the function in detail preconditions have the app build settings docid\ vlfdwucm1xigdwtcoz8hj configured for your purple app description building an app from the app overview the app build process is started in purple manager > apps > overview > build app 'build app' button in purple manager build app dialogue app version here you can set the toggle on 'release' for building a release version of your purple app, which is supposed to be submitted to the google play store or apple's app store; or a 'preview' version of your app for testing purposes when selecting 'release' there are further configurations to be done, see below in the section 'build app dialogue 'release app' profile in the profile setting, only purple internal users need to select a profile from the dropdown if you are a purple customer, please leave it blank, as shown in the screenshot above plattforms by (de )activating the toggle next to 'ios' or 'android', you can choose which platform you want to (re)build your purple app for it is also possible to select both platforms as the build process can take up to a few minutes depending on the package size of your app, it may make sense to select only one platform to speed up the build process build app dialogue 'release app' when selecting 'release app', you have the option to define the version number of your app built well managed version number help you to keep track of on your app versions submitted to the app store we strongly recommend that you enter the same version as a version number in the app stores as you did in the build settings to maintain a better overview new minor version by activating the radio button, you change the minor number of your app version, e g from version 1 2 to version 1 3 the number is set automatically to one value higher than your current one new major version by activating the radio button, you change the major number of your app version, e g from version 2 0 to version 3 0 the number is set automatically to one value higher than your current one overwrite / set version by activating the radio button, a new configuration option opens (see screenshot below), which allows you to manually set the minor and/or major version number and overwrite the current one building the app build app to build the app, the button 'build app' is used please note that the release app for ios can't be downloaded from purple manager for testing purposes to test a release app for ios before submitting to the app store, follow the process for testflight apps for ios learn how to create a testflight version of an ios app docid\ ne4jdc2cwvwzfbgm0wety building app process building app progress while the app is building, progress spinners will appear next to the ios and android icons once the app build is complete, the spinners will disappear and you can download the app by scanning the qr code