Publish your app to the App Store and Google Play

Publishing has a clear split. Vunda builds your app and uploads the binaries to your own App Store Connect and Google Play accounts, and you do the final submit for review inside those store accounts. We never submit on your behalf, because Apple and Google require the app owner to do it.

What you will need

• A paid Vunda plan. Building and previewing are free, but publishing is a paid plan.
• An Apple Developer account, with App Store Connect access for your app.
• A Google Play Console account, with your app set up.

Step 1: subscribe to start the build

Open the Publish page in Vunda. You track the whole process from the Publish status section here. If you are not on a paid plan yet, Vunda shows a Subscribe to publish button. That takes you to Shopify's hosted pricing page to pick a plan.

The subscribe and pricing screen is hosted by Shopify, not by Vunda, so its exact wording is owned by Shopify. The plan covers building and submitting your app. Once your subscription is active, Vunda can build.

Step 2: let Vunda build and upload

Vunda builds your iOS and Android binaries and uploads them to your store accounts. The build runs on Expo EAS, our build service, and the Publish page shows the progress (queued, building, then uploaded) while it runs.

When the binaries are uploaded and ready for you to submit, the headline on the Publish page reads Your build is ready. Submit it in your store accounts to go live. That is your cue to move to your store accounts.

Step 3: submit your app in your store accounts

When your build is ready, Vunda shows an in-app guide titled Submit your app in your store accounts. It confirms we have uploaded your app to your App Store Connect and Google Play accounts, and walks you through the submit in each store.

This step happens inside App Store Connect and Google Play Console, not in Vunda, so the exact screens are owned by Apple and Google. Verify each step against their current guides (linked below) before you rely on it.

• iOS (App Store). Open App Store Connect and select your app. Open the build we uploaded (it appears under TestFlight or your app version), then submit it for review. Apple reviews every submission against the App Store Review Guidelines before it can go live, so allow time for review and respond to anything they flag. (Source: Apple App Store Review Guidelines.)
• Android (Google Play). Open Google Play Console and select your app. Open the release we uploaded (it is saved as a draft), review it, and roll it out to production. (Source: Google Play - prepare and roll out a release.)

Step 4: confirm back in Vunda

Vunda does not track store review status automatically yet, so you tell it where things stand using two buttons on the Publish page.

1. After you have submitted in both App Store Connect and Google Play, press I have submitted in both stores. Vunda then shows your app as waiting on store review.
2. Once your app actually shows as live in your store accounts, press My app is live.

If a store rejects your submission you will hear from them directly. Fix the issue and re-submit in that store, then come back and confirm here.

After you publish

Your app is live on the App Store and Google Play under your own developer accounts. To ship changes later, publish a new version from the Publish page and repeat the submit-and-confirm steps. Each new version goes through store review again.