Android App Deployment: Why Publish Your App With OREOPS?

Smart way to get your app out!

If you’ve been struggling to publish an app for a long time, we have some good techniques that will help you get your app up and running in a matter of minutes.

Want to know the quickest and most efficient method to deploy the same software on both Android and iOS without rewriting it for each platform? You’re in the right place to start building your app. OREOPS is a mobile app development platform that will help you enhance your project’s build performance. It takes less time to develop a React Native app, and it’s also simple to integrate.

Even if you don’t have any technical knowledge, OREOPS allows you to create apps with rich features. OREOPS allows entrepreneurs to quickly construct full-scale working models, receive feedback, and launch their products with minimum effort and money.

You should be prepared for the next wave of upgrades as soon as your app goes live, with a strategic vision for big changes your app will get in the future.

We hope you are going to create something tangible with OREOPS!

Go live in just a few clicks

The launch of an app is a significant milestone for your company. You’ve spent months, if not years, perfecting your app, and once it’s out there, there’s no turning back. Although the most difficult and time-consuming aspect of your task is now complete, the next phase of the effort is just beginning.

How you launch, support, and expand your app after its live will have a significant influence on its long-term profitability, and it all starts with the steps you do as soon as it’s live.

But with OREOPS, everything from designing to deploying your Android and iOS app is very simple, and you can do it in a few clicks.

OREOPS android & iOS App Builder tool has the potential to offer everyone access to indiscriminate opportunities. It is here to bring a major revolution in the field of application development. Without writing a single line of code, OREOPS enables anybody to quickly design, develop, customize, and deploy apps.

We’re here to highlight how to publish a completed app design. Let’s take a sneak peek at the steps you’ll need to do to get your app ready to go live.

Make your app available to the public

The process of making your Android and iOS apps available to consumers is referred to as “publishing.” When you publish an Android app, you have two major steps to complete:

Build the app and get it ready for distribution– You create a release version of your app during the preparation process, which users may download and install on their devices.

Release the app and make it accessible to users- You publish, market, and distribute the release version of your app to users during the launch process.

Check out our YouTube video to help you effectively publish your app.

One click to publish your app!

Minimize the app configuration complexity with OREOPS

App Configuration is a service that allows you to manage application settings and feature flags from a central location. The configuration settings should be maintained external to the executable and read from the runtime environment or another source.

The following situations are facilitated by using the application configuration:

• Manage and distribute hierarchical configuration data for different environments.
• Change application settings without having to re-deploy or restart the app.
• Control the availability of features in real-time.

App settings at OREOPS allow both technical and non-technical developers to easily and securely centralize their application configurations. It provides the key components for assuring the developed app’s compatibility across several mobile platforms.

The first stage of app configuration is to provide general information about the developed app, such as the Display Name, Logo, Description, available orientations, Framework Version, supported languages, etc. Whenever required, you can change the information as needed.

Keys and values- Configuration data is stored as key-values in App Configuration.  Developers use key-values as a simple and flexible representation of application parameters.

Key is used to store and retrieve associated values and act as identifiers for key-values. The developer can add the key and values to the app configuration page.

Release/debug configurations- Android Studio determines how to execute, debug, or test your code using a release/debug configuration.

The default setup is usually adequate for running or debugging an app. However, you can customize and create new setups and change the default templates to fit your development workflow.  Details like version code, version name, app icon, bundle id, min android app SDK and target SDK are specified in release/debug configurations. You may save Android configuration after you’ve defined the required details. In both Debug and Release modes, update the configuration details.

Image configuration- It is used to upload the image displayed in the app.

Select the environment type either as debug or release mode and then upload the image of the app. You can also change the image’s background color and set the display type of image to circle or square.

Download source code- To preview the app design on the mobile device, you can download the source file.

After updating the parameters in the app settings, you can download the app’s source code and install it on the required mobile device. Once you’ve downloaded the source code, make sure you have all of the required applications and files installed on your local machine.

Taking an Android build

During the development and release phases of an Android application, we typically require a variety of APKs or different versions of APKs. Would you create separate projects for each of these versions, or will one project suffice? Because the code will mostly remain unchanged, with just a few APIs or build configurations going to change.

In OREOPS, you can easily change the app configuration and take the build in three types- Debug, Release (APK), Release (Bundle)

Debug- You can use the debug .apk file to install and test your app before releasing it to the app store. Keep in mind that this isn’t yet ready for publishing, and there are a few things you’ll need to accomplish first. However, it will be helpful for early distribution and testing.

It’s a lot easy than you think to debug apps using our platform, and it only takes a few steps.

Release (APK)-  You can download the release .apk and test it on your phone, but you cannot publish it on the Play Store. To create a release on Android, you need to upload the required files and credentials in the Apps settings (Android configuration).

Release (Bundle)-  You can get the JS bundle and publish the app in the Play Store.

Before introducing the Android App Bundle, to release your Android app through Google Play, it must first be digitally signed with a release key, which can be used for any future upgrades.

In 2018, Google introduced the Android App Bundle (AAB), a new app publishing format. The extension of an AAB file is .aab. An Android App Bundle is a publishing package for your app that includes all of its compiled code and resources and defers APK generation and signing to Google Play.

Google’s app bundle generates and serves optimized APKs for each user’s device setup, ensuring that they only get the code and resources they need to execute your app. You won’t have to create, sign, or manage multiple APKs to support different devices, and consumers will benefit from smaller, more efficient downloads. There is also an extension for AAB files .aab.

Understanding the massive benefits of App Bundle, we are enhancing our platform with this feature to optimize the size of your app.

You can easily publish your app if you follow the entire process. If you’re stuck in the middle of anything, check this document and complete it.

Want to see the designed app without .apk?

Just go to the Play Store or the App Store, depending on your mobile device, and download the Oreview app. To log in to the app, use the same credentials you used to access the OREOPS app. It allows you to preview an app without having to download and install an APK.

If you’re looking for the best low-code platform to launch your next React Native app, OREOPS is the place to go.

OREOPS platform makes app development and deployment easy. It’s time to build and publish your app in the best possible way!