{"slug":"introduction","title":"Introduction","summary":"FluxNative builds real iOS and Android apps from a description, a Figma flow, or a template. You get an Expo project you can preview, edit, build, publish, and export.","body":"FluxNative is a workspace where an AI assistant writes a mobile app with you. You describe the product, the assistant writes an Expo and React Native project in TypeScript, and a compiled preview shows the result in a device frame while it works.\n\nWhat you end up with is source code, not a mockup. You can read every file, change it yourself, sign it as an APK, App Bundle, or IPA, send it to TestFlight or Google Play, and download the whole project to keep working somewhere else.\n\n## How a project moves\n\n1. **Describe.** Write what the app is for, answer a short guided brief, fork a template, or import a Figma flow. See [Start a project](/docs/start-a-project).\n2. **Review.** Watch the preview update as the assistant builds screens. Click through the app, switch devices, and read the console.\n3. **Refine.** Ask for changes in chat, adjust brand and type in **Design**, or edit files in **Code**. Every change is a revision you can undo.\n4. **Connect.** Add a backend, in-app purchases, and secret keys under **Connections**. The assistant creates tables and functions without seeing the secret values.\n5. **Build.** Compile a signed APK to install on a phone, an App Bundle for Google Play, or an IPA for TestFlight.\n6. **Publish.** Work through the store checklist, write the listing, and approve a release.\n\n[How FluxNative works](/docs/how-it-works) explains each of these steps and the words the product uses for them.\n\n## What FluxNative is good at\n\n- Going from an idea to a working, navigable app in one conversation.\n- Apps with real data: sign-in, lists, detail screens, uploads, and subscriptions backed by Supabase, Firebase, Cloudflare, or your own API.\n- Recreating designed screens from Figma instead of guessing at them.\n- Teams: projects, credits, and store accounts belong to an organization with roles.\n\n## What stays yours\n\nThe full source can be exported at any time, so the app is not locked to this workspace. Credentials you add under Connections stay encrypted on the server. The assistant never sees secret values.\n\n> [!WARNING]\n> Never paste an API key, token, or password into chat. Add it under [Connections](/docs/connections) instead.\n\n## Where to go next\n\n- New here? Follow the [Quickstart](/docs/quickstart).\n- Want a map of the screen first? Read [Tour the workspace](/docs/the-workspace).\n- Ready to ship? Jump to [Android builds](/docs/android-builds) or [iOS builds](/docs/ios-builds).","sectionSlug":"get-started","sectionTitle":"Get started","updatedAt":"2026-09-23T22:51:25.250Z","previous":null,"next":{"slug":"quickstart","title":"Quickstart"}}