Learn to update your Branded App in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
In this article:
Triggering a new app build in Kajabi
To update your app, first trigger a new app build for each app store in your Kajabi Branded Mobile App Settings.
To trigger a new app build:
- Click Settings at the lower left of your Kajabi dashboard.
- Then, select Branded Mobile App Settings.
- Click both the Build iOS App and Build Android App buttons.
This will trigger a new app build that includes all the latest features:
It will typically take between 30 minutes to 8 hours for the build process to complete and show up in Apple/Google.
Follow the steps below to submit an app update to Apple and Google.
Update your iOS app
After triggering a new app build and waiting for the new build to show up, you can update your iOS app.
To update your app in the Apple App Store:
- Log into App Store Connect.
- Click on My Apps:
You should see your Branded App on the following screen.
- Click on the title of your Branded App to open it for editing.
- Inside your app, navigate to the top of the left sidebar menu.
- Click the blue + icon next to “iOS App”:
A “New Version” modal popup window will appear.
- Enter a Store Version Number.
This can be any number, but it should be larger than the previous version number (for example, if your prior app version was 1.1, you could input 1.2). - Click Create:
A new app version will be created.
- (Optional) Make any desired changes to your description, screenshots, etc.
- Scroll down to “What’s New in This Version”.
- Enter a comment in the What’s New in This Version field:
- Next, scroll down to the “Build” section.
- Click Add Build:
An “Add Build” modal popup window will appear.
- Select the highest/most recent build number from the list.
(For example, the highest build number in the screenshot below is 41. However, your highest number may be different. You may also see more than two build numbers). - Click Done:
Your selected app build will appear in the “Build” section.
- Click Save at the top right of the page:
After saving, the “Add for Review” button at the top right of the page will be activated.
- Click Add for Review:
- On the next page, confirm that you see the text “Ready for Review” at the top left just below “Confirm Submission”.
- Click Submit to App Review at the top right of the page:
You should see a confirmation message that “Your submission has been submitted to App Review”:
You’ll also receive an email notifying you that your submission is under review, then another email after the review process is complete notifying you that your app is ready for sale.
Update your Android app
After triggering a new app build and waiting for the new build to show up, you can update your Android app.
To update your app in the Google Play Store:
- Log into Google Play Console.
(Note: We recommend logging in via an incognito browser window. If you’re logged into more than one Gmail account in the same browser window, you’ll encounter trouble completing the update procedure). - Click the title of your Branded App to open it for editing:
- Inside your app, navigate to the “Release” section of the left navigation menu.
- Click Production:
- Next, click Edit release at the top right of the page (or, click “Create release” if you see that text on the blue button instead):
- On the next page, confirm that you see an app bundle version number listed under “App bundles”:
The most recent/highest number app version available should appear here by default.
- Scroll down to the Release details.
- A release name will be generated automatically. We recommend that you keep the suggested release name.
- Enter a note in between the language tags in the Release notes field:
- Click Next at the lower right corner of the page.
On the following page, you’ll see information about supported devices and release delivery details. If you see a warning message at the top of the page, it can be ignored (any error messages will need to be addressed).
- Scroll down to the “Staged roll-out” section at the bottom of the page and confirm that your Roll-out percentage is set to 100%:
- Click Save at the lower right corner of the page.
A modal popup window will appear asking if you want to go to the Publishing overview.
- Click Go to overview:
- Click Send 1 change for review at the right side of the Publishing overview page:
- When prompted, click Send changes for review to confirm your submission:
- To verify that your app is in review, click Releases overview in the left navigation menu.
- Confirm that your latest release has a release status of In review:
And that’s how you can update your Branded App! Please vote below and let us know if you found this article helpful. We value your feedback. Thanks for being the best part of Kajabi!