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 The iOS and Android app for [SplitPro](https://splitpro.app), built with Expo (SDK 58) and Expo Router. It
 talks to the same tRPC API as the web app and reuses the web's pure logic from `../src`.
 
+Releasing, store accounts and beta status: see [RELEASING.md](RELEASING.md).
+
 ## Run it
 
 ```sh
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+# Releasing the SplitPro apps
+
+How the iOS and Android apps get built, tested and shipped, and where things stand. Keep the status
+section up to date when it changes.
+
+Keys, account emails and other private details are not in this repo. They live on the maintainer's
+machine in `~/.appstore/` (see `~/.appstore/README.md` there).
+
+## Status (2026-11-10)
+
+Both apps are in public beta. The web app links to both betas: the landing hero has "iOS (beta)" and
+"Android (beta)" buttons, the Balances page has a dismissible card, and the "Download App" drawer
+lists both. The links live in `src/components/Site/constants.ts`.
+
+**iOS**
+
+- TestFlight build 1.0.0 (4) is in external testing.
+- Public link: https://testflight.apple.com/join/FURvpmbH (no cap). 12 testers have installed it,
+  with 0 crashes so far.
+- Apple has no tester minimum, so the App Store submission can go in whenever the app is ready.
+
+**Android**
+
+- The first Play review is approved. versionCode 3 (1.0.0) is on internal and closed testing.
+- The closed test uses the Google Group `splitpro-beta@googlegroups.com`
+  (https://groups.google.com/g/splitpro-beta, open to anyone).
+- To join:
+  1. Join the group.
+  2. Open https://play.google.com/apps/testing/app.splitpro and tap "Become a tester", with the
+     same Google account.
+  3. Install from Play.
+- **Production access needs 12 opted-in testers for 14 days in a row.** 5 had opted in on
+  2026-11-09. The count only shows on the Play Console dashboard; the API doesn't return it.
+
+## Next
+
+1. Get Android to 12 opted-in testers. The 14 days only start counting once there are 12.
+2. Android push notifications need a Firebase project with an Android app `app.splitpro`. Then:
+   - add `google-services.json` (`android.googleServicesFile` in `app.config.ts`);
+   - upload the FCM V1 key to EAS;
+   - add a 96×96 notification icon;
+   - rebuild and release.
+3. Before the public launch:
+   - retake the store screenshots with realistic demo data;
+   - use native Android confirm dialogs;
+   - fix the split selector wrapping at font scale 1.3.
+4. Submit iOS to the App Store.
+5. Later: in-app purchases. This needs a Play merchant profile and Apple's Paid Apps agreement,
+   with billing through something like RevenueCat.
+
+## Accounts
+
+- Expo: owner `koushikdotdev`, project `@koushikdotdev/splitpro`. The project ID is in
+  `app.config.ts`.
+- Bundle ID and package name: `app.splitpro`.
+- App Store Connect app: "SplitPro: Split Expenses" (`ascAppId` in `eas.json`). TestFlight external
+  group: "Friends".
+- Google Play: the Free app `app.splitpro`, rated 18+, category Finance, with no ads and no
+  advertising ID.
+- Store reviewers sign in as `review@splitpro.app` with a fixed code. The server reads it from
+  `REVIEW_LOGIN_EMAIL` / `REVIEW_LOGIN_CODE`, and no email is sent.
+
+## Building and shipping
+
+Run from `mobile/`, with the EAS env vars loaded (`set -a; . ~/.appstore/splitpro.env; set +a`).
+
+**iOS**
+
+```sh
+npx eas-cli@latest build -p ios --profile production --non-interactive
+npx eas-cli@latest submit -p ios --id <buildId> --profile production --non-interactive
+~/.appstore/scripts/asc/testflight-friends.sh <buildNumber> "<what to test>"
+```
+
+- EAS's `--auto-submit` has failed before, so submit by hand.
+- `testflight-friends.sh` waits for Apple to process the build. Then it sets the "What to test"
+  note, adds the build to the Friends group and submits it for beta review.
+
+**Android**
+
+```sh
+npx eas-cli@latest build -p android --profile production --non-interactive
+node ~/.appstore/scripts/asc/play-release.mjs <file.aab> "<release notes>"
+```
+
+- `play-release.mjs` uploads the bundle once and releases it to internal and closed testing.
+- versionCode is incremented remotely by EAS.
+
+**Both at once**
+
+```sh
+npx eas-cli@latest build --platform all --profile production --non-interactive --no-wait
+~/.appstore/scripts/asc/ship-builds.sh <iosBuildId> <androidBuildId>
+```
+
+`ship-builds.sh` waits for both builds, then submits iOS and releases Android.
+
+## Play API limits
+
+The Play publishing API can upload and release builds, but some things only work in Play Console in
+a browser:
+
+- store listing edits return 403;
+- the closed test's testers return 403 ("upgraded to closed testing");
+- the opted-in tester count isn't exposed.
+
+`~/.appstore/scripts/play-driver/` drives the maintainer's Chrome over CDP for these.
+
+- Chrome needs "Allow remote debugging" turned on at `chrome://inspect/#remote-debugging`.
+- Chrome asks to Allow every new connection, so someone has to click it within about 2 minutes.
+- Changes to tester settings go to Google for review, which usually takes a few hours.
+
+## Server side
+
+- The mobile auth endpoints live in `src/server/mobileAuth.ts` and `src/pages/api/mobile/auth/*`.
+  Account deletion lives in `src/server/api/services/accountDeletion.ts`.
+- Production runs on Railway and deploys from `main`, which takes about 7 minutes.
+- `/api/mobile/auth/start` intentionally has no cross-site check. Android Custom Tabs arrive as a
+  cross-site navigation with no Referer, so a check blocked every Android Google sign-in. The
+  trade-off: another site can sign someone out of the web app.