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Move to production

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Deploying to production involves making your project available to your end users while maintaining a secure working environment for future updates.

This is the first step required when exporting or publishing your application.

Before you begin

  1. Have tested your project in PandaSuite Studio and through PandaSuite Viewer.
  2. Have an active Publishing plan (Web / Single / Multi / Full / Ultra).

Understanding the concept

Learn about the technical terms used by PandaSuite:

  • App: the distributed shell or package (web URL, web package, IPA, APK / AAB, EXE, DMG, or Linux package).
  • Project: the content created in PandaSuite Studio.
  • Development version: the version of your project you are working on in PandaSuite Studio.
  • Production version: the frozen copy visible to users.
Diagram: the development version (PandaSuite Studio) moves to production in the app, as the production version: IPA, APK, URL…

Deploying to production allows you to move the development version of your project within the application. It then becomes the production version.

When you add a single project, the app directly launches on it. With multiple projects (available in Multi, Full, or Ultra plans), your app becomes a content hub; a list screen automatically appears.

Create or select the application

  1. Open your dashboard › Apps.
  2. Click New app to create an app or select an existing one.
  3. Enter the name and icon (you can modify these later).

From PandaSuite Studio, Publish in the top bar offers the same choice: when the project is in no app yet, the panel says This project is not in any app and offers Create an app, plus Add to an app when one of your apps can still take the project.

While an app has no project, it shows nothing to your users. The page of an active app reminds you with Add a project to your app (at most once a day), the Apps list marks the app No project, and its web, mobile and desktop versions cannot be generated until you add a project.

  1. On the app page, click Add a project.
City Guide app page in the dashboard with no project yet, and the framed Add a project button in the center City Guide app page in the dashboard with no project yet, and the framed Add a project button in the center
  1. Choose your project from the list.
  2. Confirm: it immediately appears in the app’s project grid.
  3. If the project has never been published, adding it puts it in production: PandaSuite creates its production version. A project that already has a production version keeps it: if it shows Publish to Production, click it, then confirm with Publish to send your latest changes. When production matches your last saved version, the button shows Up to date.
Promenades Marseille app in the dashboard: its project, Marseille Interactive Sound Walk, shows the framed Up to date button, greyed out Promenades Marseille app in the dashboard: its project, Marseille Interactive Sound Walk, shows the framed Up to date button, greyed out

The Services section of the app page shows the state of each service (hosting, analytics, push notifications, security…):

  • Production required: none of the app’s projects is in production yet. Analytics, push notifications, and security stay blocked until a production version exists. Hosting can be configured right away.
  • Not configured: the service is available but not set up yet.
  • Upgrade required: the service is not included in the app’s plan. Click Upgrade to unlock to change plan.

Distribute the application

Depending on your plan, several formats are accessible in the interface:

PlatformQuick ActionDocumentation
WebActivate next to Web app to generate a URL, or Export ZIPPublish to the Web • Export a web package
iOSGenerate next to iOSExport an IPA file • iOS app deployment methods
AndroidGenerate next to AndroidExport an APK / AAB file • Publish your Android app
WindowsGenerate next to WindowsExport an EXE File • Install your EXE File • Standalone EXE for offline installation
macOSGenerate next to macOSExport a DMG file • Install your DMG File • Standalone DMG for offline installation
LinuxGenerate next to LinuxExport a Linux package • Install your Linux package • Standalone Linux package for offline installation

Update after publishing

Stay At Home app in the dashboard: the project was edited after its last deployment, and the Publish to Production button with Update ready is framed Stay At Home app in the dashboard: the project was edited after its last deployment, and the Publish to Production button with Update ready is framed
  1. Continue your modifications in PandaSuite Studio (development version).
  2. Save; the Publish to Production button reappears in the dashboard, with Update ready.
  3. Click again when you’re ready.

If a new feature of the PandaSuite engine is used, a new export may be required to ensure the update stays compatible: IPA, APK / AAB, EXE, DMG, Linux package, or a new web package depending on your distribution method. Learn more

Publish from PandaSuite Studio

You can put the project in production without leaving the Studio. Click Publish in the top bar: the panel shows what is waiting, layout by layout.

Studio Publish panel: Desktop shows Update; Publish and Publish to Production are framed Studio Publish panel: Desktop shows Update; Publish and Publish to Production are framed
  1. Check the status of each layout: New Layout, Update, Up to date, or Layout deleted.
  2. Click Publish to Production, then confirm with Publish. Every layout that is waiting goes live. To publish a single layout when several are waiting, hover over its row and click its Publish button.
  3. When nothing is waiting, the panel shows Production is up to date.

Publishing applies to the project: every app the project is in receives the new version.

Below, Apps lists the apps the project is in. Click an app to open its page in the dashboard. Inactive apps are folded under one line, and Search an app… appears when the project is in more than six apps.

  • Add to an app lists the apps that can still take the project. Choose one to open its page and add the project there.
  • Create an app creates a new app for the project, starting with the choice of its plan.

The same panel opens from the rocket icon at the bottom right of the project card in the dashboard.