How do I publish to an actual app

Hello all,

I am currently getting close to the point of launch and have hit a snag. We intended to launch the program as an actual app, like one you could get from the app store on mobile, but after looking at how the ‘deploy to live’ works, this only seems to make a website. I want to know how to get it to publish as an app for mobile. I have looked at some suggestions from other similar forum posts, but they seem to mainly consist of things that put an ugly watermark on it, require hiring a third party, or using some form of what looks like a Java code library. I do not have any rigorous coding experience, so that is not really an option. How should I move forward?

I was actually rather disappointed, as everywhere on Bubble it made it seem like publishing to an actual app would be simple, so seeing that is not the case this late in development is heartbreaking.

Thank you all

Jasonelle or wrapping your app is your only choice. I use NextJS and wrap bubble that way.

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I used BDK Native to publish my Bubble app to iOS and Android (https://thebdk.com/) and loved the experience. I created a single page app (recommended) but I believe BDK allows for multi-page apps as well.

I’m sorry I forgot to actually include that because I thought you were already trying to implement a BDK solution. The only down-fall (I can think of) with the BDK way, is you’re paying for something that is very easy to do on your own if you just understand it a little (no offense to the creator of it, I’m just a dev thinking dev things).

With a wrapped method, you don’t need to worry about “single-page-apps”, it can run whatever you give it.

This is not fully true, as there are many apps you likely use that are rendered in segments and pages.

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All the steps have been explained by bubble this article. Make sure to make your app mobile ready first as described in the article and then use a wrapper.

Please read this article carefully. Your solution is found here:

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