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--- title: Submit to app stores description: Learn how to submit your app to Google Play Store and Apple App Store from the command line with EAS Submit. hasVideoLink: true --- **EAS Submit** is a hosted service that allows uploading and submitting app binaries to the app stores using EAS CLI. This guide describes how to submit your app to the Google Play Store and Apple App Store using EAS Submit. ## Apple App Store <Requirement number={1} title="Sign up for an Apple Developer account"> An Apple Developer account is required to submit your app to the Apple App Store. You can sign up for an Apple Developer account on the [Apple Developer Portal](https://developer.apple.com/account/). </Requirement> <Requirement number={2} title="Include a bundle identifier in app.json"> Include your app's bundle identifier in **app.json**: ```json app.json { "ios": { "bundleIdentifier": "com.yourcompany.yourapp" } } ``` </Requirement> <Requirement number={3} title="Install EAS CLI and authenticate with your Expo account"> Install EAS CLI and login with your Expo account: </Requirement> <Requirement number={4} title="Build a production app"> You'll need a production build ready for store submission. You can create one using [EAS Build](/build/introduction/): Alternatively, you can build the app on your own computer with `eas build --platform ios --profile production --local` or with Xcode. </Requirement> Once you have completed all the prerequisites, you can start the submission process. Run the following command to submit a build to the Apple App Store: The command will lead you step by step through the process of submitting the app. ## Google Play Store <Requirement number={1} title="Sign up for a Google Play Developer account"> A Google Play Developer account is required to submit your app to the Google Play Store. You can sign up for a Google Play Developer account on the [Google Play Console sign-up page](https://play.google.com/apps/publish/signup/). </Requirement> <Requirement number={2} title="Create a Google Service Account"> EAS requires you to upload and configure a Google Service Account Key to submit your Android app to the Google Play Store. You can create one with the [uploading a Google Service Account Key for Play Store submissions with EAS](https://github.com/expo/fyi/blob/main/creating-google-service-account.md) guide. </Requirement> <Requirement number={3} title="Create an app on Google Play Console"> Create an app by clicking **Create app** in the [Google Play Console](https://play.google.com/apps/publish/). </Requirement> <Requirement number={4} title="Install EAS CLI and authenticate with your Expo account"> Install EAS CLI and login with your Expo account: </Requirement> <Requirement number={5} title="Include a package name in app.json"> Include your app's package name in **app.json**: ```json app.json { "android": { "package": "com.yourcompany.yourapp" } } ``` </Requirement> <Requirement number={6} title="Build a production app"> You'll need a production build ready for store submission. You can create one using [EAS Build](/build/introduction/): Alternatively, you can build the app on your own computer with `eas build --platform android --profile production --local` or with Android Studio. </Requirement> <Requirement number={7} title="Upload your app manually at least once"> You have to upload your app manually at least once. This is a limitation of the Google Play Store API. Learn how with the [first submission of an Android app](https://expo.fyi/first-android-submission) guide. </Requirement> Once you have completed all the prerequisites, you can start the submission process. Run the following command to submit a build to the Google Play Store: The command will lead you step by step through the process of submitting the app. ## Build and submit automatically You can automatically create builds and submit them to the app stores with [EAS Workflows](/eas/workflows/get-started/). First, you'll need to [configure your project](/eas/workflows/get-started/#configure-your-project), add a file named **.eas/workflows/build-and-submit.yml** at the root of your project, then add the following workflow configuration: ```yaml .eas/workflows/build-and-submit.yml name: Build and submit on: push: branches: ['main'] jobs: build_android: name: Build Android app type: build params: platform: android profile: production build_ios: name: Build iOS app type: build params: platform: ios profile: production submit_android: name: Submit Android type: submit needs: [build_android] params: build_id: ${{ needs.build_android.outputs.build_id }} submit_ios: name: Submit iOS type: submit needs: [build_ios] params: build_id: ${{ needs.build_ios.outputs.build_id }} ``` The workflow above will create Android and iOS builds on every commit to your project's `main` branch, then submit them to the Google Play and Apple App Store respectively. You can also run this workflow manually with the following EAS CLI command: Learn more about common patterns with the [workflows examples guide](/eas/workflows/examples). ## Manual submission to app stores You can also submit your app manually to the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. ## Next step