Uploading your first build

Every build starts the same way: drag an .apk or .ipa onto the box on the homepage, or tap it to browse. There’s no form to fill in first — App Dropper reads the app’s name, icon, version, build number and bundle ID straight out of the binary once it lands.

What happens after you drop a file

1. Sign in.If you’re not signed in yet, App Dropper asks for that first — your file stays selected while you sign in or create a free account, and the upload continues automatically once you’re verified.
2. Upload.The file transfers to your account’s storage with a progress bar. Larger builds naturally take longer; free accounts can upload up to 150 MB per file, Pro up to 500 MB.
3. Parsing.A background job unpacks the binary to pull out the app name, icon, version string, build number, and bundle ID (for iOS, also the provisioning profile’s registered device UDIDs). This usually takes a few seconds.
4. Ready.You get a share link and QR code immediately, plus a button to jump into the app’s dashboard page.

Projects, not just files

You’ll never see a flat list of uploads. Every build is grouped into a projectautomatically, matched by its bundle ID — so v1.0.1 and v1.0.2 of the same app land in the same place, with full version history, instead of you having to organize anything by hand. Upload a build with a bundle ID App Dropper hasn’t seen before and it creates a new project for it on the spot.

What if parsing fails?

If a file isn’t a valid signed .apk or .ipa, or it’s hit a plan limit (like the number of builds a project can hold on the free plan), the upload card shows the reason directly instead of leaving you guessing, with a retry action once you’ve sorted it out.

Once your first build is up, see how share links and expiry work or how to invite testers to it.