Publish your app

Bilt gives you three ways to release a finished app: publish it directly to the web as a Progressive Web App (PWA), submit it to the Apple App Store, or release it through Google Play.

Overview

Web publishing is the fastest option. Bilt builds the current version of your app, puts it at its own web address, and makes it installable from a phone’s browser. It does not require an app-store account. Store publishing creates native iOS and Android releases. Bilt handles cloud builds and signing, while Apple and Google provide the developer accounts, store listings, testing tracks, and review process.

What Bilt handles

Destination	What Bilt manages
Progressive Web App (PWA)	PWA setup, web build, a permanent URL, updates, and unpublishing
App Store	App Store Connect API keys, bundle ID, distribution certificates, provisioning profiles, cloud builds, TestFlight, and App Store submission
Google Play	Package name, Google Play service account, Android upload key, signed app bundles, and Play Console upload or publishing

Where to start

Open Deploy & Share in your Bilt project.

Choose Quick install to publish to the web as a PWA.
Choose Release on App Store to open the native publishing settings for Apple and Google Play.

Publish to web as PWA

Deploy the app online, share its URL, and install it from a phone’s browser

Publish to App Store

Step-by-step guide for Apple Developer enrollment, signing, TestFlight, and App Store review

Publish to Google Play

Step-by-step guide for Play Console setup, service accounts, signing, and release tracks

What you need

For the web (PWA)

A working Bilt app
Workspace-owner access
No separate hosting or app-store account

For the App Store

Apple Developer account ($99/year)
App Store Connect API key
App name, bundle ID, and store listing details

For Google Play

Google Play developer account ($25 one-time)
Android package name
Google service account JSON key with Play API access
Android upload key and completed Play Console policy setup

Public and private web apps

The PWA uses the project’s visibility at the time it is published:

Visibility	Who can open it
Public	Anyone with the URL
Private	The owner, or another device using a generated single-use access link

Change visibility in Settings → General → Project Visibility, then republish so the web version uses the new setting.

PWA limitations

In-app purchases do not work in PWAs.
PWAs can’t be published to the App Store or Google Play.
Some device-specific native features may behave differently or be unavailable in a PWA.

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​Overview

​What Bilt handles

​Where to start