Documentation

Everything from a first upload to shipping a JavaScript fix without a store release. If you are new here, start with getting started — it is about ten minutes end to end.

Getting started

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Getting started

From an empty account to a build on someone's phone, in about ten minutes.

Uploading builds

From the browser, from curl, or from a CI pipeline.

Install links and QR codes

How people who are not on your team get the app.

Platforms

iOS distribution

Ad Hoc, UDIDs, device enrolment, and why apps stop launching.

Android distribution

APKs, unknown sources, and what the install page does for you.

Channels

Dev, QA, Prelive and Live — and what a share link follows.

Working with people

Team and roles

Who can do what, and how to bring a client in without giving them your workshop.

Build review and sign-off

Let the person paying for the work say whether it is right.

In-app feedback

Get the build, the device and a screenshot with every bug report.

Shipping faster

Instant updates (OTA)

Ship a JavaScript fix to installed apps without a store release.

Branding and custom domains

Put your name on the portal, on your own hostname.

Plans and limits

What is counted, when you are told, and what never stops working.

Reference

API reference

Every endpoint, what authenticates it, and what it answers.

Troubleshooting

The things that actually go wrong, and what they mean.

Guides

How to install an .ipa over the air

The mechanism Apple has always supported for installing an app outside the store, what it requires, and the four reasons it usually fails.

How to share an APK with someone

Five ways to get an Android build onto someone else's phone, what breaks with each, and which to use when.