StoreHippo provides you with the feature to build apps on your own in a few easy steps. Please follow the below-mentioned steps to build an app:
Go to Mobile Apps > Mobile apps section in the StoreHippo Admin Panel.
The 4 different tabs containing the information regarding the app are explained below.
Enter the name of the app. The name appears on the device's home screen and within app-store interfaces.
Enter the package here. Specify the app's reverse-domain identifier, e.g. com.storehippo.abc.
Enter the full version number. It is expressed in major/minor/patch notation.
Enter the metadata that may appear in app store listings.
Choose the theme which will be used for the frontend of the app.
Select the domain from the
Upload an image that appears when you launch your app.
NOTE: All the required splash images for different size devices will be automatically generated using this image.
Upload the icon for your mobile app.
NOTE: All the required icon images for different size devices will be automatically generated using this image.
Push notifications are used to send notification messages to your app users to drive user re-targeting and engagement. Push notifications are sent by Firebase Cloud Messaging (according to the latest Google update) for both Android as well as iOS. You get the files from the FCM used to send the notification.
Please refer the Firebase Cloud Messaging documentation for complete information on how to obtain these files.
Select the platform for which you are building the mobile app. It can be either Android or iOS.
StoreHippo uses Phonegap/Cordova to build the mobile apps. You can add a custom phonegap/cordova plugins in this section to extend the functionality of the store mobile apps.
Version: Version of the plugin.
Source: It can either be "pgb", "npm" or "git". Defaults to "npm" (or "git" if a git URL is detected).
Params: If there is any custom tag you want to place in the config file, then you can use the params.
Tag: Name of the tag.
Attributes: Attributes, if any.
Subtag: Whether the tag will be a subtag of some other tag.
Value: Value of the tag.
If you want a tag like <chcp attr="abc">123</chcp>
tag: chcp
attributes
key: attr
value: abc
value: 123
If you want the tag to be like <parent><chcp attr="abc">123</chcp></parent>
subtag: checked
basetag: parent
The Social Login section gives you three options to log in:
You need to specify the Web Client Id in order to use Google Login on mobile apps. You first need to setup google login for mobile app to get the web client id.
In this field, you have to mention your App ID and Application name. For this, you initially have to Setup facebook login for mobile App.
Once you have configured your ID and name enter the details in the respective fields.
How can I have separate mobile apps for different sub-domains?
You can add product sharing on your mobile app through plugins. Using this feature, you can share the products through various apps available in your mobile such as WhatsApp, Instagram, Gmail, etc.
For more information, refer the following topic: How to enable product sharing on Mobile apps?