Mobile app builds
Updated 17 July 2026
The Builds page is mission control for your native iOS and Android apps. Kinflo runs the build pipeline for you, so producing a new app binary is a button click rather than an Xcode session.
Current live version
The card at the top shows your current live version at a glance: the version number, when it was built, its platform badge (iOS or Android) and its runtime. View on Expo opens the full build details and logs in the build service if you ever need to dig deeper.
Build history
Every build you have ever run is listed in the Build History table with:
- Version and Platform.
- Profile: what the build was for (for example a preview build versus a production store build).
- Status: Success, Building, Queued, Failed or Canceled.
- Date and Duration.
- Actions: View Logs for the full build output, and Download for the finished artifact where available.
Click Refresh in the table header to pull the latest status while a build is running. Builds typically take a number of minutes; a queued build will appear in the list within a minute of starting.
Start a new build
Click New Build in the page header, choose the platform (iOS or Android) and the build profile, and confirm. The build is queued on Kinflo's pipeline and appears in the history table. You need a new build when native things change: the app name, the app icon, or platform-level capabilities. Day-to-day content and design changes do not need one.
Tip: if a build fails, open View Logs first. The last few lines of the log almost always name the problem, and you can share them with Kinflo support for a fast diagnosis.
OTA updates
The OTA Updates table lists over-the-air updates: improvements delivered straight to installed apps without a new store release. Click Push OTA Update, write a short message describing the change, choose the channel, and publish. Members receive the update the next time they open the app, usually within minutes.
Each published update shows its date, message, channel, platforms and runtime, so you have a full audit trail of what shipped when.
Understanding when to use an OTA update versus a full build is worth two minutes of your time: see Release updates to your live app. And when your app is ready for the stores, head to App store submission.