Building an iOS app

To create a custom 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.

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 Pega Community article.
Configure mobile app settings.

In the Build your application panel, select the iOS switch.
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.
Optional: Specify custom mobile app versioning by expanding the App version section:
- In the Version field, enter the release version for your app. For more information, see Auto-incrementing app version.
- Select the Set build version check box, and in the field that appears, enter the build version for your app. For more information, see Setting the app build version.
Optional: Select a specific version of the client.
Click Save.
Click Build now.

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