Mobile app (Android)
The Intigra mobile app gives you the same SaaS on your phone — running natively, with offline-friendly caches and the same sign-in flow you use on the desktop. iOS support is being prepared separately; this page covers Android.
Installing the APK
The Android build is distributed as an APK, downloaded directly from the same page as the desktop installers:
- Open /app/download on your phone's browser.
- Tap the Android card and choose APK. Your phone will download the file (around 30–60 MB).
- When the download finishes, tap the notification or open the file from Downloads. Android will warn you that the file came from outside the Play Store — that is expected. Approve Install anyway (you may need to allow installs from your browser in Settings → Apps).
- Open Intigra and sign in with the same credentials you use on the web.
If your firm has already installed Intigra on your phone, future updates will arrive automatically — you do not need to keep downloading the APK.
How updates work
Most updates ship over the air. The check happens silently in the background as soon as you open the app — you'll see the app and can start using it right away. If a new version is found, the app pauses on a full-screen Updating Intigra… screen with a progress bar; you cannot tap anything during that moment. As soon as the update has downloaded, the app restarts itself into the new version automatically — no taps, no prompts, no manual reload.
If you're offline or the update server can't be reached, the app skips the update and opens normally on the version you already have. The next time you open it on a working connection, the same flow tries again.
Two kinds of updates exist:
- Background updates — UI changes, new features, bug fixes. These flow through the auto-update screen described above. The app picks them up on the next launch.
- Reinstall updates — only when something deeper changes (the underlying app shell or a new native capability). In that case, you'll see a small notice that a new version is required, and you'll be sent back to /app/download to install the new APK. This is rare.
The app is signed with our release key. Future APKs are always signed with the same key, so Android upgrades them in place — your data and login stay intact.
Things to know
- Same data as the web. Anything you do on the phone shows up immediately on the web app, and vice versa.
- Single device per user. If you sign in on a new phone, the previous session is automatically signed out (you'll see a Logged in from another location screen on the older device). This is the same single-session rule used on desktop.
- Camera and storage permission. The app asks for camera permission when you first scan a barcode or attach a photo. It does not access your photos or contacts otherwise.
- Battery. The app does not run in the background between sessions. There is no battery cost while it is closed.
Troubleshooting
- The APK won't install — your phone may be blocking installs from outside the Play Store. Open Settings → Apps → Special access → Install unknown apps, find your browser, and turn on Allow from this source. Then try the install again.
- The app says "Update required" — open /app/download and reinstall the latest APK. This only happens for the deeper kind of update.
- The app shows the Updating Intigra… screen for a while — it's downloading a new version. This usually takes a few seconds on Wi-Fi, longer on a slow mobile connection. The app will restart by itself once it's done; you don't need to tap anything. If it sits there for more than a minute, force-close the app and reopen it — the next launch will retry on the version you already have.