To publish an app using Mobile Publisher for Experience Cloud, sign up for the Mobile Publisher program and create developer accounts with the app platforms where you plan to distribute. Select the Experience Cloud site you want to turn into an app, and then build your app and package it for distribution. Test your app thoroughly before distribution.
Required Editions
| Setup for Mobile Publisher available in: Lightning Experience |
| Setup for Mobile Publisher available in: production only (not sandbox) |
| Available in Lightning Experience in: Enterprise, Performance, and Unlimited Editions |
| User Permissions Needed | |
|---|---|
| To create and modify a Mobile Publisher project: | Manage mySalesforce Apps |
| To create and modify a site: | Create and Set Up Experiences |
- Sign up for the Mobile Publisher program. Contact your Salesforce sales rep for more information.
- If you plan to distribute your app publicly, create developer accounts with Apple and Google for application store distribution.
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Identify the Experience Cloud site from which you want to create a Mobile Publisher
app. You can create up to five iOS Mobile Publisher apps and five Android Mobile Publisher
apps per org.
Experience Cloud sites are built on one of two frameworks—Lightning Web Runtime (LWR) or Aura. Each framework supports specific templates. Mobile Publisher for Experience Cloud supports all Aura templates and the Build Your Own (BYO) LWR template.
- Choose your app distribution method and type.
- Prepare your branded assets.
- Create a new Mobile Publisher project.
- Build your Mobile Publisher for Experience Cloud app.
- Request the beta version of your mobile app.
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Thoroughly preview and test the beta version of your
branded app.
To preview and test your mobile app, use Publisher Playground and the Playground App Virtual Device.
- Submit your app to Google Play and the Apple App Store for approval. The application store approval process can take from one day to two weeks.
- See your branded app listed in Google Play and the App Store.
After your app is available to download from Google Play and the App Store, maintenance is easy. For example, if your app branding changes, you can make an unlimited number of edits to your assets. After you’ve completed the changes to your branding, submit the app again and the branding updates.