Google and Apple provide programs that give your organization the ability to thoroughly test your Android and iOS apps before publishing them.
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 |
Note Mobile Publisher frequently checks to ensure that the Terms and Conditions are up to
date in the stores. If the Terms and Conditions require acceptance, Mobile Publisher sends
notifications. To avoid delays with your app going live, keep your Terms and Agreements up
to date.
- From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter Mobile Publisher, and then select Mobile Publisher.
- Click Continue next to the listing for the iOS app.
- Click Request Binary..
- Click Done.
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Repeat the same steps for the Android app.
Important For Android private distribution, the BETA status is misleading and not related to providing a beta app to testers. To make the app available for testing, the app status needs to be in LIVE status.
After Mobile Publisher creates the beta versions, we submit them to the App Store and Google Play for approval. This approval process is for the beta version only, and the app isn’t listed in the application stores.
When the beta is available for testing, Mobile Publisher notifies the admin and the designated beta testers. It can take time before Apple or Google approves the apps (Salesforce can’t give a realistic estimate on Apple or Google’s review timeline).