How can I test custom app on a live store?

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Hello,

I am new to Shopify and I have some doubts regarding distribution. So I am building a Shopify app for my organisation and have tested it on my live store and I thought let’s distribute it as custom distribution and test the app in the theme of my organisation’s store. So I have the access of the admin panel as a staff member and I installed the app through single merchant link and tried running npm run dev to check whether I can customize or not and it’s working with my app’s admin panel and I couldn’t find a way to see changes of my theme app extension in the org’s draft theme. Will that be possible? Can I test my theme app extension in a live store after installing it through custom distribution?

And in Apps and sales channels I can see custom app development and can create an app there. Is that the same thing like creating an app and custom distributing it? Explain me

Hello,

I am new to Shopify and have some questions about distribution. I am building a Shopify app for my organization and have tested it on my live store. I decided to distribute it through custom distribution to test the app within my organization’s store theme. I have access to the admin panel as a staff member and installed the app using a single merchant installation link.

I ran npm run dev to check if I could customize it, and the app works with my admin panel. However, I couldn’t find a way to see the changes made by my theme app extension in the organization’s draft theme. Is it possible to test a theme app extension in a live store after installing it through custom distribution?

Additionally, under Apps and Sales Channels, I noticed an option for Custom App Development, where I can create an app. Is this the same as creating an app and distributing it via custom distribution? Could you please explain?

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Thank you so much for the response.

I would like to confirm if, by going with custom app development, I can test my theme app extension the same way I do in my development store. If so, could you explain how I can convert the app I’ve already built to a custom app for my organization’s store?

I’ve tried adding a custom app in a live store. All I could do was create an app, install it by selecting some scopes, and receive the API credentials. Now, I’m confused about how to link the custom app I’ve added in the store to the app I previously built and distributed using custom distribution.

Thank you again!

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