Building an iOS app

Make sure that you have configured the Pega 7 Platform settings required to build an app. To create an iOS mobile app from a Pega 7 Platform-based web application, navigate to the Mobile Apps form in Designer Studio.

To build, run, or distribute a mobile app for the iOS platform, you must generate several certificates in the Apple Developer Portal: distribution, mobile provisioning, and optionally, Apple Push Notification service (APNs) that are used for push notifications. You then must upload the generated certificates to the Pega 7 Platform and save them in a certificate set, see the Generating mobile certificates for the iOS platform PDN article.

To create an iOS mobile app from a web application, follow these steps:

1. In Designer Studio, click the name of your Pega 7 Platform application and click Open Mobile Apps.

2. Choose one of the following options.

   If the custom mobile app exists:

   1. Click a custom mobile app icon.
   2. Click the Build tab.
   3. In the Configuration section, verify the required fields.
   If you did not create a custom mobile app:

   1. Click New to create a mobile app.
   2. In the Configuration section, enter a name for the iOS mobile app.
   3. In the Mobile app type property, click Custom.

3. In the Platforms section, turn on the iOS switch.
4. Set up a certificate set for the app:
   • Create a certificate set
   • If a certificate set has already been defined, in the Certificate set list, select an existing certificate set. To display the list, you might have to click Modify build.
     
5. Optional: Expand the Advanced section within the iOS Platform section:
   • In the Version field, enter the release version for your app. See also Auto-incrementing app build version.
   • Set up debugging options.
6. Optional: Expand the Advanced section below the App branding section:
   • Set up a password enforcement option.
   • Set up alternative server URL.
7. Click Build now or click Modify build, if you have already built the app at least once. The files are sent to the build server and are used to build the .ipa file for the iOS app.

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