How to re-enable the menu Build Native Mobile App in Mendix Studio Pro

Vinicius Strugata Ambrosio
2 min readNov 9, 2024

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For some reason, maybe after you install or uninstall a given version of Studio Pro, the Build Native Mobile App menu item becomes unable. This article describes an easy procedure to re-enable such a menu item.

The Problem

Your Build Native Mobile App menu item is disabled, so you can’t execute the Native Builder UI! As a consequence, you can’t create or update the React Native Template project code with the Mendix bundle.

Build Native Mobile App is disabled!
Build Native Mobile App is disabled 😢!

Before proceeding with the solution, be sure that your Mendix project has the Native Profile properly configured.

Native Mobile Profile

The Solution

In order to solve this issue, you must re-install the Native Builder UI. Download the latest version of this tool by using the link below:

https://appdev-mx-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/native-builders/latest.exe

This link seems weird, huh 🤨? But it is official, you can check in the Mendix documentation:

https://docs.mendix.com/refguide/mobile/getting-started-with-mobile/prerequisites/#air-gapped-development

If you have Studio Pro open, please close it. Then, install the tool latest.exe as usual:

Native Builder UI re-installation

Finally, after installation, execute Studio Pro and hopefully, you will be able to use Native Builder UI again by clicking on the Build Native Mobile App menu item!

Build Native Mobile App is enabled again!
Build Native Mobile App is enabled again 🎉🥳!

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Vinicius Strugata Ambrosio
Vinicius Strugata Ambrosio

Written by Vinicius Strugata Ambrosio

Mendix Developer, Python Enthusiast and Flutter/Dart Learner — https://www.linkedin.com/in/vstram/

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