Question 1

Can LaunchLayer generate an IPA?

Accepted Answer

LaunchLayer generates a Capacitor project and cloud-build configuration. Producing an IPA requires connected GitHub, Apple signing credentials, a successful build, and verification on a device or TestFlight.

Question 2

Can LaunchLayer publish directly to Apple?

Accepted Answer

With the exact App Store Connect app and required credentials configured, LaunchLayer can upload matching builds and automate supported App Store Connect work including listing metadata, localizations, review information, age rating, accessibility, TestFlight setup, availability, pricing, IAP/subscriptions, release controls, and App Review submission. Apple still controls processing, review, and approval.

Question 3

Does LaunchLayer support Google Play publishing?

Accepted Answer

Yes. LaunchLayer supports matching Android binary deployment plus API-driven Google Play listing text, contact details, supported store images, Data Safety submission, tester groups, release tracks, staged rollout settings, and one-time product/subscription catalog management. Google Play Console-only declarations remain clearly marked for manual completion.

Question 4

Does LaunchLayer work with Base44?

Accepted Answer

LaunchLayer accepts supported Base44, React, and Vite projects through a live URL, GitHub repository, or ZIP. Source inspection determines the available workflow.

Question 5

Do I need a Mac?

Accepted Answer

A local Mac is not required when the GitHub cloud-build workflow and Apple signing credentials are configured. Apple account, signing, and device or TestFlight verification are still required.

Question 6

Can LaunchLayer generate app icons?

Accepted Answer

LaunchLayer can generate and resize source icon assets. The icon inside a signed IPA changes only after the native asset catalog is rebuilt and the new binary is signed.

Question 7

Can LaunchLayer create privacy policies?

Accepted Answer

LaunchLayer can generate draft privacy policies, terms, support pages, and account-deletion pages tailored to an app for human review.

Question 8

Can LaunchLayer check App Store and Google Play compliance?

Accepted Answer

LaunchLayer checks privacy, permissions, content, and policy risks before submission, then supports structured store workflows where provider APIs allow them. Legal declarations are never silently inferred, and final review or approval remains with Apple or Google.

Question 9

Can LaunchLayer help set up in-app purchases and subscriptions?

Accepted Answer

Yes. LaunchLayer can manage supported Apple and Google monetization catalog setup including Apple IAP and subscription metadata and pricing plus Google Play one-time products, subscriptions, base plans, regional pricing, and activation controls. It also guides RevenueCat configuration and purchase/restore testing. Store product approval and real-device or sandbox verification remain external requirements.

Question 10

Can LaunchLayer help after an App Store or Google Play rejection?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Reviewer Recovery uses the exact rejection evidence, current project and connected-store facts when available, decision-changing clarification questions, and preserved architecture intent to produce a focused fix plan, reviewer response, and source-appropriate implementation guidance.

Question 11

Does LaunchLayer support TestFlight and Google Play testing tracks?

Accepted Answer

LaunchLayer supports Apple TestFlight configuration and Google Play tester-group and release-track workflows where provider APIs allow them. It also keeps the tested build identity, version, signing, listing, and reviewer access requirements visible before submission or promotion.

Question 12

Can LaunchLayer manage store releases after upload?

Accepted Answer

LaunchLayer can monitor provider processing, preserve deployment history, safely retry failed stages, submit eligible Apple versions for review, manage supported Apple release controls, and promote verified Android version codes across Play tracks with staged-rollout controls. Apple and Google still control processing and approval.

Question 13

Does LaunchLayer track store policy changes?

Accepted Answer

LaunchLayer includes project-aware Policy Watch reminders from a dated official Apple and Google policy baseline. It highlights relevant requirements such as current Google Play target API expectations and Apple screenshot or age-rating changes, but users should verify the current provider rule before submission.

Question 14

Can LaunchLayer check my screenshots before store submission?

Accepted Answer

LaunchLayer can audit stored screenshot records for missing platform coverage, invalid or review-required states, missing dimensions or Apple device-family metadata, and likely duplicates. Visual content quality and final acceptance still require human and provider review.

Question 15

Can LaunchLayer test in-app purchases and subscriptions for me?

Accepted Answer

LaunchLayer provides a Purchase and Subscription Test Lab that records real sandbox, TestFlight, or Google Play test outcomes for catalog loading, purchase, entitlement unlock, restore, renewal, cancellation, billing retry/grace, and tier changes where applicable. It does not initiate purchases or infer a passing result.

Question 16

Can LaunchLayer compile any GitHub or ZIP project?

Accepted Answer

LaunchLayer can inspect GitHub and ZIP source and now produces a deterministic Source Build Readiness Contract from the exact source snapshot and controlled build configuration. Arbitrary-source compilation remains planned and disabled until the isolated runner, artifact validation, signing verification, and fixture coverage are production-ready.

Question 17

Can LaunchLayer warn me before signing certificates expire?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Signing Renewal Intelligence uses non-secret certificate and provisioning-profile expiration metadata to flag 90-day, 30-day, and 7-day risk windows. It does not issue, renew, or replace credentials automatically.

Question 18

Does LaunchLayer monitor crashes and app health after launch?

Accepted Answer

LaunchLayer can record and compare dated health snapshots from App Store Connect, Google Play Console, or another provider report, including crash rate, ANR rate, ratings, installs, active users, and uninstalls. These are recorded evidence snapshots, not live provider telemetry.

Question 19

How does LaunchLayer keep a complex release workflow easy to follow?

Accepted Answer

Every workspace uses the same human-facing release language, project identity, release journey, evidence-backed next action, and freshness cues. Detailed Apple, Google, build, and provider states remain available underneath without forcing users to decode different status systems on every page.

Question 20

What can the LaunchLayer Project Agent actually do?

Accepted Answer

Each project has a project-scoped AI Agent that can read current LaunchLayer evidence, explain blockers and next steps, and prepare narrowly allowlisted local-setting proposals. A short-lived server scope token binds agent tool calls to the signed-in user and exact project. The AI cannot silently apply its own proposal, change signing or credentials, upload binaries, start paid builds, or make store-review decisions; supported mutations require explicit approval and server revalidation.

Question 21

What is the LaunchLayer Release Command Center?

Accepted Answer

It is the project-wide release preflight at the top of a project. It summarizes readiness as Ready, Working, Needs you, or Blocked; checks current release evidence; recommends one next action; calculates a suggested next build number from recorded LaunchLayer history; and groups unresolved items in a Smart Fix Center.

Question 22

What does Check everything verify?

Accepted Answer

Depending on the project path and platform, it checks release identity, build configuration alignment, exact store-app matching, store connections, deployment credentials, signing readiness, app icon and screenshot evidence, listing metadata, privacy confirmation, current artifact identity, unresolved rejections, and active release jobs. It does not predict Apple or Google approval.

Question 23

What does Reconcile status do in LaunchLayer?

Accepted Answer

Reconcile status refreshes recorded evidence through existing screenshot, cloud-build, and deployment status workflows when external work appears complete but the workspace looks stale. It does not start a paid build, upload a binary, change signing or credentials, answer legal/privacy declarations, or submit an app for review.

Question 24

Are the Release Command Center and Project Agent available on every plan?

Accepted Answer

The unified release workspace, Release Command Center, and project-scoped AI guidance are included in the core workflow. Plan limits still govern project counts, QA scans, package generations, direct deployment, and other metered or higher-tier operations.

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