Building an iOS app

To create a mobile app from a Pega Platform-based web application, so that your users can install it on their iOS devices, navigate to the Channels and interfaces form in Designer Studio.

Before you can build, run, or distribute a mobile app for the iOS platform, you must generate several certificates in the Apple Developer Portal:

Mobile provisioning certificate
Distribution certificate
Optional: a widget provisioning certificate
Optional: an Apple Push Notification service (APNs) certificates that are used for push notifications

You then must upload the generated certificates to the Pega Platform and save them in a certificate set. For more information about generating certificates, see the Generating mobile certificates for the iOS platform PDN article.

Navigate to the Build tab of the mobile channel interface.
In the Platforms section, select the iOS switch.
In the Certificate Set section, set up a certificate set for the app:
- If a certificate set does not exist, click New and create a certificate set.
- If a certificate set already exists, select an existing certificate set. You might have to click Modify build to display the list.
Optional: Specify versioning and debugging options by expanding the Advanced section within the iOS section:
- In the Version field, enter the release version for your app. For more information, see Auto-incrementing app version.
- Set the app build version.
- Set up debugging options.
Optional: Set up password enforcement and an alternative server URL by expanding the Advanced section below the App branding section:
- Set up a password enforcement option.
- Set up alternative server URL.
Click Build now.

The files are sent to the build server and are used to build the .ipa file for the iOS app.