---
title: "Configure a Builder app"
description: "Review app settings, checks, signing, and which changes need a new build."
canonical: https://docs.ordering.co/docs/products/dashboard/builder/configure-app/
---

# Configure a Builder app

Open **Catalog → Builder** as an administrator with editing access and select the app. The product’s base determines which platforms, files, settings, and tabs are available. The product status is shown beside its name.

[![Fictitious Marketplace App in Builder with General and Theme tabs](https://docs.ordering.co/assets/images/builder-app-222b6faa9ea25dda02f0d38a8659eebe.webp)](https://docs.ordering.co/assets/files/builder-app-222b6faa9ea25dda02f0d38a8659eebe.webp)

## Choose the right tab

| Tab                    | What to review                                                                                                                                                 | When the change applies                                                                                                                                                          |
| ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **General**            | App name for the stores, description, version, and package identifier. Review iOS or Android overrides where available.                                        | App settings apply on the next build. Renaming the product in Ordering takes effect right away in the Dashboard.                                                                 |
| **Appearance**         | Build colors for apps that use this tab.                                                                                                                       | On the next build.                                                                                                                                                               |
| **Theme**              | Visual settings for a theme-enabled app such as a compatible Marketplace App. It replaces Appearance.                                                          | After publishing the active theme. Customers see it the next time they open the app. See [Theme editor](https://docs.ordering.co/docs/products/dashboard/builder/theme-editor/). |
| **Images and files**   | The images and files required by the base. Check the listed formats and sizes.                                                                                 | On the next build.                                                                                                                                                               |
| **Constants**          | Values the app base uses in its build.                                                                                                                         | On the next build.                                                                                                                                                               |
| **Credentials**        | Signing information for supported platforms. Keep signing files and passwords in an approved location. The Dashboard does not display them again after saving. | On the next build.                                                                                                                                                               |
| **Push notifications** | The Firebase account used by the app, including a project account if available. Use the Firebase project that the app is configured to use.                    | On save, without a build. Check delivery with a test device.                                                                                                                     |
| **Builds**             | Platform builds, results, and downloads.                                                                                                                       | See [Build an app in Builder](https://docs.ordering.co/docs/products/dashboard/builder/builds/).                                                                                 |

## Review the checks and status

Use **Before the next build** when it appears. Fix the items assigned to you and check the affected platform. The Dashboard distinguishes customer action from issues Ordering is reviewing. **Activate** can be blocked by incomplete required settings. An archived app needs to be restored before building again. Check status, build readiness, and app store release separately.