--- description: Automatically build and submit your app to the Apple App Store or Google Play on every push or tag with a Capawesome Cloud automation. title: Auto-Submit to a Store - Capawesome image: https://capawesome.io/docs/assets/images/social/cloud/automations/auto-submit.png --- [Skip to content ](#auto-submit-to-a-store) [πŸ” Introducing the **Capacitor Vault** plugin β€” store secrets behind biometrics or a device passcode. ](/blog/announcing-the-capacitor-vault-plugin/) * [ SDKs ](/docs/sdks/) * [ Formbricks ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/formbricks/) * [ Geocoder ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/geocoder/) * [ Google Sign-In ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/google-sign-in/) * [ Grafana Faro ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/grafana-faro/) * [ libSQL ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/libsql/) * [ Live Update ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/live-update/) * [ Managed Configurations ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/managed-configurations/) * [ Media Session ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/media-session/) * [ ML Kit ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/mlkit/) * [ 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Create a [store destination](/docs/cloud/app-store-publishing/) (Apple App Store or Google Play). 2. Create an [automation](/docs/cloud/automations/trigger-on-tags/) β€” tags (`v*`) are a natural fit for releases. 3. In the automation's [build settings](/docs/cloud/automations/attach-build-settings/), select the **destination**. Now every matching tag (or branch push) builds your app and submits the artifact to the store β€” to TestFlight for Apple, or to the configured track for Google Play. Pair with signing Store submissions require a signed build. Attach the matching [signing certificate](/docs/cloud/native-builds/certificates/) to the same automation so the triggered build is signed correctly. ## What happens after submission[ΒΆ](#what-happens-after-submission "Permanent link") The automation's job ends once the build is submitted. The stores then run their own processing and review, so a finished submission means the build _reached_ the store β€” not that it's live yet. Track the result on the [Deployments](https://console.cloud.capawesome.io/apps/%5F/deployments) page, just like a manual submission. See [Submit a Build](/docs/cloud/app-store-publishing/submit-a-build/#after-submitting) for what each store does next. ## Next steps[ΒΆ](#next-steps "Permanent link") * [Submit a Build](/docs/cloud/app-store-publishing/submit-a-build/) β€” how submissions work and how to track them. * [Trigger on tags](/docs/cloud/automations/trigger-on-tags/) β€” the recommended trigger for releases. * [Auto-publish a Live Update](/docs/cloud/automations/auto-publish-live-update/) β€” the over-the-air equivalent for web builds. June 8, 2026 Back to top