Building mobile apps
Convert your application into a mobile app that users can install on their mobile devices. You can generate both Android and iOS apps, which helps you meet the needs of a wide array of mobile users.
- Open your mobile channel:
- In the navigation pane of App Studio, click Channels.
- In the Current channel interfaces section, click the tile that represents a mobile channel for your app.
- In the mobile preview on the right side of the screen, select the operating system for
your app:
- To generate an iOS app, click the Build iOS app icon.
- To generate an Android app, click the Build Android app icon.
The Build iOS app and Build Android app icons in the mobile preview 
- In the Certificate set list, select the certificate set for your
app.
- In the Logging level list, select which events appear in the
log:
- To turn off logging, select Silent.
- To receive logs about serious errors, select Error.
- To receive logs about events that might have negative consequences, select Warning.
- To receive logs about run-time events, select Info.
- To receive logs about all events for debugging, select Debug.
- To receive logs about all available events, such as localization updates, select Verbose.
- For Android apps, if you want to publish the app on the Google Play Store, select the
Build Android App Bundle (Google Play) checkbox.From August 2021, Google Play Store accepts new apps only in the Android App Bundle format. For more information, see the Android for Developers documentation.
- For Android apps, if you want to debug the Android app, select the Enable
debugging checkbox.
- Optional: To assign a specific version number to your app, select the Set explicit
build version checkbox, and then enter the exact version and build of the
app.By default, the first app build is marked as version
0.0.1, and the final number increments by one with every rebuild. By entering an explicit build version, you override this setting. - Click Build app.You can follow the status of your app build by reviewing the build status icons next to the operating system buttons:
- Check mark icon
- The build is up-to-date.
- Refresh icon
- The build does not include the latest changes.
- Clock icon
- The build is in progress.
- Warning icon
- The previous build has failed.
In the following example, the iOS app build is up-to-date, while the Android build does not include the latest changes:
Build status icons 
- Configuring mobile build server settings
Ensure that you properly configure your build server settings before you generate an Android or iOS application package for your mobile app. Incorrect or missing build server credentials disable the option to build an app in the mobile channel.
- Default security settings for mobile apps
Pega Platform includes default security mechanisms that help you generate secure mobile apps.
- Preparing mobile apps for signing
Before you generate an installation package for your Android or iOS app, you must prepare the app for signing by creating a certificate set. With a complete certificate set, you can build the app and ensure that users can install the app on their devices.
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