Setup a native app
Preview Apps and Release Apps
Testing a Preview App
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purple apps summary this article will walk you through the steps you need to take to test your purple app as a preview version on your devices for ios and android preconditions understand the difference between preview app and release app in purple manager preview apps and release apps docid\ i3tammjaszj2tkm6rwfnv preparations for testing a preview app csr (certificate signing request) (per certificate creating device) create a csr per device that is supposed to create the certificate create a csr docid\ deen2gxqepdwqliehgzwx add udids to the apple developer account (per test device) add the udid for each desired device on which you would like to test your preview app udids docid\ rlfq3ltldjgbnvnyigav8 build settings test configure the app build settings docid\ vlfdwucm1xigdwtcoz8hj (test) in purple manager to be able to build and download a "test version" of the purple app for ios private key & certificate (p12) + password (per purple app works for preview and release) to distribute your purple app on the app store, the ios distribution certificate (p12) digitally signs your app, similar to a passport or id while exporting it, a password is generated create an ios distribution certificate (p12) https //app archbee com/docs/qtjkvew7g556yo3qfoyay/vlfdwucm1xigdwtcoz8hj#nu1xsgciff5ikz fsnlup ad hoc provisioning profile (per purple app works for preview) enables you to distribute your app to a specific group of testers outside of the app store create a mobile provisioning profile for your test app docid 2lu2zjq 41jr0hidxy5mm build the app in purple manager after all configurations are set up you can start to building an app docid\ qat8c0sj2kqtc0en52a f invite users in purple manager you have the option to invite users to your preview app for testing the app learn more test user management docid 336hg8jt5kklabnzy1g8h download the preview app learn in this article how to download the preview app from purple manager to your device and test it download a preview app to your device docid\ uivfxnyzuub4fl7b ohvj