Configuring a mobile app

After you create a Pega Platform application, you take the following steps to build a mobile app. Each of the steps links to the corresponding procedure. You can build multiple mobile apps for both mobile platforms, Android and iOS.

  1. Open the mobile channel interface.
    Fore more information, see Navigating to the mobile channel.
  2. Optional: Configure the offline support.
  3. Optional: Configure the security settings.
    For more information, see Selecting an authentication service.
  4. Optional: Configure branding and layout.
    For more information, see Mobile app branding and layout.
  5. Optional: Configure the native search.
    For more information, see Configuring search in mobile apps.
  6. Optional: Configure push notifications support.
  7. Optional: Configure the advanced features.
    For more information, see Custom modules.
  8. Optional: Configure the debugging options.
  9. Optional: Fine tune the mobile app by setting properties that are not directly available in the mobile channel interface. See the Overriding Channels and interfaces form settings with custom parameters Pega Community article.
  10. If you are building a mobile app for the Android platform, build the app for the Android platform.
    For more information, see Generating installation packages.
  11. If you are building a mobile app for the iOS platform, build the app for the iOS platform or export an unsigned app for the iOS platform. For more information, see Generating installation packages or Exporting an unsigned iOS app.