Quickstart: your first build

BuildStack builds and signs your mobile apps in the cloud, so you don't maintain an Android SDK, a Mac, or signing machinery yourself. This walks you from zero to a signed build.

1. Create a project

A project is one app. Open Projects → New project, give it a name and the app's package name (for example com.acme.app).

2. Get your source to BuildStack

Two ways:

• Connect a GitHub repo (recommended) — builds run automatically on every

push. See Connect your GitHub repo.

• Upload a source archive — a one-off .tgz of your project, straight from

the dashboard or the dbs CLI.

3. Add signing (once)

• Android: upload a keystore, or let BuildStack generate and manage one for

you. See Android signing & keystores.

• iOS: add your Apple signing credentials. See Apple credentials.

You only do this once per project — credentials are sealed and reused.

4. Build

Open the project and press New build. Pick the platform (Android or iOS), the variant (debug/release), and the output format (APK or AAB). BuildStack runs the build on managed compute and hands you the signed artifact when it's done.

5. Ship it

• Android → Google Play: see Publish to Google Play.
• Share a build: send an install link or QR code to testers.

What's next

• Wire builds into your pipeline with the API keys & the `dbs` CLI.
• Run your existing GitHub Actions on BuildStack compute — see

Run CI on BuildStack.

• Understand the moving parts in How BuildStack works.