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Configuring application package-based mobile app

Updated on March 3, 2022

You develop an SDK mobile app outside of the Pega Platform by using the integrated development environment (IDE) of your choice, which also uses the Pega Mobile SDK. By later creating a definition for your SDK mobile app within the Pega Platform, you can configure the app for push notifications. You develop an SDK mobile app outside of App Studio by using the integrated development environment (IDE) of your choice, which also uses the Pega Mobile SDK. By later creating a definition for your mobile app within App Studio, you can configure the app for push notifications.

Pushing notifications to a mobile device lets you directly send important information to the users. You can create multiple definitions for your SDK apps in the Pega PlatformApp Studio.
Note: You can also optionally upload the binary files for your iOS apps to later distribute the mobile app by using a QR code.
Before you begin: Open the mobile channel interface.
  1. If you are building an app for the Android platform, set up the options for the Android platform.
  2. If you are building an app for the iOS platform, set up the options for the iOS platform.
  3. Click Save.
  • Incorporating Pega into external mobile apps

    Further improve the user experience and automate business processes by bringing elements of your Pega Platform applications into external, customer-facing mobile apps.

  • Setting up application package options for Android

    To push notifications to your SDK mobile app from the Pega Platform , you must set up a certificate set that has push notifications enabled. Information that push notifications are enabled is displayed when you select a certificate set that has push notifications enabled.

  • Setting up application package options for iOS

    To push notifications to your SDK mobile app from the Pega Platform , you must set up a certificate set that has push notifications enabled. Information that push notifications are enabled is displayed when you select a certificate set that has push notifications enabled.

  • Uploading an icon for an application package

    You can change the default icon for an Android or iOS SDK mobile app by uploading a custom icon from a local directory.

  • Previous topic Enabling the mobile authentication service for Pega Mobile Client authentication against an external OIDC server
  • Next topic Incorporating Pega into external mobile apps

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