App Center

App Center is the build list inside the tapflow dashboard. It has nothing to do with Microsoft App Center. The iOS and Android builds your team uploads collect here by app and version, and this is where you pick one and start a QA Session. It is the first screen you see after signing in.

How to use

1. Pick an app from the Apps list on the left. An app is identified by its bundle ID (the iOS bundle identifier or the Android package name) and platform.
2. Builds are grouped by version name into collapsible releases. A build whose version name could not be read goes under Unversioned.
3. Press Start QA on the build you want to test. The build's QA Session opens.

Each build row shows the build number, platform, review status badge, scheduled-deletion badge, uploader, and upload date.

Find a build

• Type part of a version name into Search version… to see only builds whose version contains it.
• Pick Backlog, In Progress, Done or Rejected in the status filter (default All statuses) to see only builds with that status.

When nothing matches, the list shows No matching builds.

Upload a build

1. Press Upload build at the top right of the screen.
2. Click the File area to choose a file, or drag one onto it.
   • iOS: a simulator build, .app.zip or .tar.gz/.tgz. A .app.zip is the .app folder built from the command line and zipped. Upload a cloud simulator build's .tar.gz/.tgz, such as one from EAS, as it is.
   • Android: .apk
3. Optionally pick a review status under Status (optional). With the default, None, the build has no status.
4. Press Upload. A Build uploaded notice appears and the build joins the list.

iOS .ipa files are not supported

.ipa is the format for real devices. tapflow accepts .app.zip and .tar.gz/.tgz for simulators. If an upload fails, see Builds & uploads troubleshooting.

An uploaded build is linked to an app by its bundle ID. If no app has that bundle ID, a new one is created. Uploading while an app is selected links the build to that app. If the build's bundle ID differs from the selected app's, it goes to the app for its own bundle ID instead.

You can also create the app first with Add App below the Apps list, giving its Name, Bundle ID and Platform (iOS, Android or Both).

To upload builds automatically from a CI pipeline, see Upload from CI.

Review status

The review status tells the team how far a build has been checked. Change it from the status menu on the build's row.

Status	Meaning
—	No status
Backlog	Not yet ready
In Progress	Ready for review
Done	Stakeholders approved
Rejected	Issues found, needs fixes

• A build marked Done has its Start QA button disabled. To test an approved build again, change its status first.
• In a QA Session, the status badge sits next to the breadcrumb at the top until you pick a Mac.
• When the status changes to Done or Rejected, any review webhooks your operator registered are called.

Schedule deletion

Schedule a build you no longer need for deletion with the trash icon (Schedule deletion). Press Schedule deletion in the confirmation and the build files are deleted after 7 days. The row gets a countdown badge such as Deletes in 6d.

Until then you can cancel it any time with the timer icon (Cancel scheduled deletion). Scheduled deletion is independent of the review status.

Platform support

	iOS	Android
Upload file	.app.zip, .tar.gz/.tgz (simulator build)	.apk
What identifies the app	Bundle identifier	Package name

Limits

• The Viewer role is read-only. When a Viewer presses Upload build or Add App, a notice says QA or Developer access is needed instead of opening the dialog. A Viewer sees no status menu and no deletion button, only Start QA and the status badge. For what each role can do, see Team, roles & tokens.
• The list shows each app's 100 most recently uploaded builds. Search by version to find older ones.
• App Center cannot rename or delete an app. The Admin, Developer and QA roles can do both from the Apps card in Settings → Default. Deleting an app deletes all of its builds.
• The deletion confirmation always says 7 days. If your operator changed TAPFLOW_BUILD_TTL_DAYS on the relay, the real period follows that value.

Troubleshooting

• If an upload fails with a 400 error, see iOS build upload errors.
• If an APK shows as Unversioned or merges into another app, see Builds & uploads.

Related

• QA Session: picking a Mac and a device after pressing Start QA
• Upload from CI: uploading builds automatically from a pipeline
• Review webhooks: notifying another system when a review status changes