Publish Lovable App: Your Pre-Launch Checklist

You built something on Lovable — nice. Before you flip the switch on a live app, run through this checklist. It covers the final QA pass, custom domain setup, and the leap from a Lovable web build to a native product on the App Store.

Test before you ship
Set up your domain
How managed hosting works
Ship the web build
Beyond the browser
Go native on iOS
FAQ

Step 1: Test the Lovable App Before You Ship

Click through every flow you generate. Sign up, save data, hit the purchase paths, reload. Confirm the frontend talks to the backend under real conditions and that reads and writes to storage behave. Draw app inspiration from products you admire, but validate against your own numbers. Learn from this step — it catches most of the bugs that would otherwise reach real users.

Step 2: Connect a Custom Domain

The preview URL is fine while you iterate; a custom domain makes the product feel real. Add the domain you own in project settings and point DNS at the target host. A live URL on your own domain also unlocks proper OG previews, email deliverability, and clean analytics attribution — a quick step that is the single biggest jump in perceived quality.

Learn What the Hosting Layer Covers

Lovable ships with managed hosting so you never touch infrastructure. Your build is hosted on a global CDN, TLS is issued automatically, and every push redeploys in seconds. The infrastructure resembles Netlify-style hosting platforms, but you stay inside Lovable Cloud. If you prefer Netlify or another cloud, export the code, self-host, or bring your own code pipeline. Compare the hosting stack to running your own services before you commit to a stack.

Publish From the Lovable Platform

Inside the Lovable platform, one button ships the web build. Verify the domain, review SEO tags, and benchmark your listing with an ASO score before you go live. Lovable applications share the same hosting stack as internal tooling, so cache warmups and rollback take about a minute per deploy. Wire a custom git remote, custom env vars, and custom analytics without touching raw code. Everything scales automatically.

Take Your Live App Beyond Web App Builders

Web app builders stop at the browser. Reaching iOS needs StoreKit, push, restore purchases, and an Apple review pass. See how App Store submission works and how native subscriptions replace webview services. Once you are live, pair the launch with a mobile app growth agency plan to compound installs.

Native Applications for AI-Built Apps

Native apps unlock IAP, Face ID, push, and offline mode — the surfaces AI-built apps cannot ship on their own. Wanilla wraps your Lovable frontend in a native shell, connects the same backend and billing, and manages review. Explore the iOS paywall, the push hub, and the Apple Small Business Program guide.

FAQ

How to publish in Lovable AI?: Open your project, click the top-right button, connect a domain if you have one, and confirm. Your build goes live in a couple of minutes.
How do I publish a Lovable app to the Play Store?: Lovable ships web output. For Android, wrap the project natively — see Convert to Android.
Is it free to publish on Loveable?: You can ship on the free tier; paid plans unlock domains, seats, and higher build minutes.
How to sell your Lovable app?: On web, use Stripe. For iOS, Apple IAP is required — start with the RevenueCat alternative overview.