Custom Branded App (Agency)

Launch your own custom-branded mobile app powered by YourGPT. Your brand, your identity — we handle the technical implementation.

This guide covers everything you need to provide to get your branded app live on the App Store and Google Play.

What You Get

• Fully branded iOS and Android apps with your logo, colors, and identity
• Published under your own App Store and Play Store accounts
• Push notifications for real-time customer engagement
• Google Sign-In with your own Firebase project
• Deep linking with your custom URL scheme
• All YourGPT Chatbot features with your branding

Requirements Overview

To set up your custom branded app, you'll need to provide:

1. Brand Identity — App name, bundle ID, URL scheme
2. Firebase Project — For push notifications and Google Sign-In
3. Apple Developer Account — For iOS app distribution
4. Android Signing Key — For Play Store distribution
5. Image Assets — App icon, splash screen, logos
6. Brand Colors — Your color palette
7. App Content — Text strings and links
8. App Store Listing — Screenshots and descriptions

1. Brand Identity

2. Firebase Project

You need a Firebase project for push notifications and Google authentication.

2.1 Create Firebase Project

1. Go to Firebase Console
2. Create a new project (or use an existing one)
3. Register two apps with your Bundle ID:

2.2 Enable Firebase Services

• Authentication → Sign-in method → Enable Google
• Cloud Messaging → Enabled by default

2.3 Credentials to Provide

2.4 Files to Deliver

google-services.json       (Android)
GoogleService-Info.plist   (iOS)

3. Apple Developer Account

Required for iOS App Store distribution.

3.1 Account Requirements

3.2 APNs Key for Push Notifications

1. Go to Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles → Keys
2. Create a new key with APNs capability
3. Download the .p8 file (save it securely — you can only download once)
4. Note the Key ID

3.3 Register Bundle IDs

Register these App IDs in Apple Developer Portal:

3.4 Create App Group

1. Go to Identifiers → App Groups
2. Register: group.<your-bundle-id>.shared
3. Assign this App Group to both Bundle IDs above

3.5 Files to Deliver

APNs Auth Key (.p8 file)
Key ID
Team ID

4. Android Signing Key

Required for Google Play Store distribution.

4.1 Generate Keystore

Run this command to create your signing key:

keytool -genkeypair -v -storetype PKCS12 \
  -keystore your-app-release.keystore \
  -alias your-app-key \
  -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000

4.2 Get SHA Fingerprints

keytool -list -v -keystore your-app-release.keystore

Copy the SHA-1 and SHA-256 fingerprints.

4.3 Add Fingerprints to Firebase

1. Firebase Console → Project Settings → Your Android app
2. Add both SHA-1 and SHA-256 fingerprints

4.4 Files to Deliver

5. Image Assets

5.1 App Icon (Required)

5.2 Splash Screen (Required)

5.3 In-App Logos (Required)

5.4 Android Adaptive Icon (Optional)

For Android's adaptive icon system:

6. Brand Colors

Provide all colors in hex format (#RRGGBB):

7. App Content

7.1 Onboarding Text

7.2 Links

8. App Store Listing

8.1 App Information

8.2 Screenshots

Delivery Checklist

Use this checklist to ensure you have everything ready:

Credentials & Config

• Firebase google-services.json (Android)
• Firebase GoogleService-Info.plist (iOS)
• Google OAuth Web Client ID
• iOS Reversed Client ID
• Apple Developer Team ID
• APNs Auth Key (.p8) + Key ID
• Android keystore file + passwords
• SHA fingerprints added to Firebase

Apple Developer Portal

• Main Bundle ID registered with Push capability
• Notification Extension Bundle ID registered
• App Group created and assigned to both

Assets

• App icon (1024x1024, no transparency)
• Splash logo (PNG, transparent background)
• Logo, white logo, bot avatar
• 6 brand colors in hex format

Content

• 4 onboarding text strings
• 3 URLs (terms, privacy, contact)
• App Store listing content
• Screenshots for both platforms

Next Steps

Once you have all the requirements ready:

1. Submit your assets — Send all files and information to the YourGPT team
2. Review — We'll review and confirm everything is correct
3. Build — We build and configure your branded app
4. Test — You receive a test build for approval
5. Publish — We submit to App Store and Play Store under your accounts