How to get your Shopify store on Huawei AppGallery (and why nobody else does it)

If you compare the main Shopify mobile app builders — Tapcart, Shopney, Superfans, Apptile — you will notice they all publish to exactly two stores: the Apple App Store and Google Play. Huawei AppGallery, the third-largest app marketplace in the world, is simply missing from every feature list.

That is a gap, and it is bigger than most merchants think.

Why AppGallery matters for e-commerce

Since 2019, new Huawei devices ship without Google Mobile Services. No Google Play means those users get their apps from Huawei AppGallery, which counts hundreds of millions of monthly active users globally.

While Huawei market share in Western Europe has declined, the installed base is still significant — and in export markets like the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe, Huawei devices remain popular. If you sell internationally, a slice of your potential customers cannot install your app at all today.

There is also a competition angle: AppGallery is far less crowded than the App Store. Ranking for your brand and category keywords is dramatically easier when your competitors are simply not there.

Why app builders skip it

Publishing on AppGallery requires supporting Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) alongside Google services: push notifications must go through Huawei Push Kit instead of Firebase Cloud Messaging, and the build pipeline needs a separate signing and submission flow.

For US-based platforms focused on the American market, that engineering effort has never been worth it. For a European platform built with export markets in mind, it is a natural differentiator.

How OgniStore does it

OgniStore publishes your Shopify store as a mobile app on all three stores — App Store, Google Play and Huawei AppGallery — from a single setup. The catalog syncs in real time with Shopify, push notifications are delivered through the right channel on each platform, and checkout stays on the secure Shopify web checkout, with zero commissions on your sales.

Plans start at €49/month with a 14-day free trial, and the initial setup is done by our team. Request a demo and see your store as an app before you commit.