Build, test, and publish your branded apps.
Configure your Customer, Business, and Driver apps from the Dashboard, test a build before you submit it, and rebuild with one click whenever your platform's base version updates. Your website and Dashboard update automatically, with nothing to build or publish.
App publishing and updates
What you can do
Branded app builder
Set your app's name, package or bundle identifier, version, and description, then add branding images, theme colors, icons, and splash screens from the Dashboard.
Android and iOS builds, with a QR code
Generate Android and iOS builds for the Customer, Business, and Driver apps, each ready to install from a QR code.
Test builds before you submit
Install a test build on a registered iOS device or through TestFlight, and check sign-in, maps, notifications, and payment before public submission.
Closed testing on Google Play
Add testers by email or Google Group to a Google Play closed test and share the opt-in link before your release goes public.
A notice when a new base version is ready
The Dashboard tells you when a new base version is ready for your branded apps, so you know when to rebuild them.
Rebuild and republish your apps
Your website and Dashboard update automatically. Generate a new app build with one click, then upload it to the App Store or Google Play to bring the update to customers.
An introductory tutorial before sign-in
New customers see a short set of slides on account choices, business discovery, and checkout before they sign in; it does not repeat once completed.
Staff and driver profiles
Business App and Driver App accounts manage their profile, photo, and password from the app.
Dashboard
Configure the app before you build it
Set the basic details and branding for the Customer, Business, and Driver apps, then generate the build from the same screen.
- Basic app settings: name, package or bundle identifier, version, and description.
- Constants such as a Google Maps API key and login identifiers, configured without publishing their values.
- In-app images, including the home hero, logotype, empty-state art, tutorial images, and order-type icons.
- Theme colors set from a color palette or color code.
- Store build resources: app icons, Android notification icons, and splash screens.
- Android builds (Build Test, Build AAB PRO) and iOS builds (Build Test, Build PRO) for the Customer, Business, and Driver apps, each producing an installable file and a QR code.
Dashboard, App Store Connect, and Google Play Console
Test before your release goes public
A test build lets you check the app on real devices before it reaches customers.
- Build a test version to install and check before public submission.
- Register an iPhone or iPad's UDID in Apple Developer, or use TestFlight, to install a test build on that device.
- On Google Play, add testers by email or Google Group to a closed test and share the opt-in link so they can install the release.
- Test sign-in, maps, notifications, and payment on the test build before submitting to the stores.
- Publish pending tester or track changes and wait for Google's review before asking testers to install.
Dashboard
Rebuild and republish your apps after a base-version update
Your website and Dashboard pick up a new base version automatically; the Dashboard tells you when it's time to rebuild your branded apps and bring the update to customers.
- Your website and Dashboard update automatically, with nothing to build or publish
- A Dashboard message tells you when a new base version is ready for your branded apps
- Update your app's version setting to the base version shown in that message
- Generate a new build with one click; the update reaches app customers only once you upload it
- Upload the resulting build to the App Store or Google Play so customers receive it
- You can require customers to update to the latest version of your app before they keep ordering
Customer app
An introduction before customers sign in
New customers see a short set of slides before they sign in, previewing how ordering works.
- Slides introduce account choices, business discovery, menus, products, checkout, and order completion.
- Next and Skip controls, plus progress dots, move through the slides.
- A final control closes the tutorial and continues into the app.
- Once completed, the tutorial does not repeat on a later launch.
Business App and Driver App
A profile for every staff and driver account
Business App and Driver App accounts manage their own profile from the app.
- Profile shows the account's configured contact fields, a masked password row, and a photo chosen from the device photo library.
- Update contact details and password from Edit; a password change can close the account's other open sessions.
- Driver App adds Schedule and Sessions destinations alongside Profile.
- Sign out from Profile; the Driver App blocks sign-out while the driver has an assigned order.
- Some projects enable a Remove account control in Profile for Business App and Driver App accounts.
How it works
From setup to the next order.
- 01Configure the build
Set names, branding, and constants in the Dashboard, then generate an Android or iOS build for the app you need.
- 02Test before you submit
Install the build on a registered device, through TestFlight, or with Google Play closed testers.
- 03Publish and keep it current
Upload the approved build to the stores, and generate a new one whenever the Dashboard flags a base-version update.
Good to know
- Apple and Google control their own review timing and approval; a completed build does not guarantee publication.
- Your website and Dashboard update automatically; only your branded apps need a rebuild and a new upload to the stores.
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Product guide: Build your branded apps