Core concepts

Store Publishing

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Lunadeck can publish your built and signed apps directly to the Google Play Store, streamlining your release process.

Setup

To enable store publishing:

  1. Create a Google Play service account with publishing permissions
  2. Upload the service account JSON to Lunadeck under Settings > Store Connections
  3. Link your app to the correct package name in the Play Console

Publishing workflow

After a successful build:

  1. Click Publish on the build artifacts page
  2. Select the target track (Internal testing, Closed testing, Open testing, or Production)
  3. Add release notes
  4. Confirm and publish

Lunadeck uploads the signed APK/AAB to the Play Console via the Google Play Developer API.

Automatic publishing

You can configure automatic publishing to trigger after every successful build:

  1. Go to Project Settings > Auto-publish
  2. Enable auto-publish
  3. Select the default track
  4. Optionally add approval rules for production releases

Release tracks

TrackPurpose
Internal testingUp to 100 internal testers
Closed testingInvite-only beta testing
Open testingPublic beta
ProductionFull public release

iOS publishing

iOS App Store publishing is coming soon. Stay tuned for updates.