CDN for mobile apps
Mobile clients are already global. The origin should not be the bottleneck.
Mobile apps fetch binaries, images, config JSON and media from a handful of URLs. Those URLs often still point at one region.
Cache app assets, OTA updates and public config GETs at Cloud CDN. Bypass authenticated APIs. Use token authentication for paid or pre-release artefacts.
Why teams use Aptranet
What CDN for mobile apps looks like on this network.
Cloud CDN caches and accelerates eligible content on 210+ points of presence, with Origin Shield when the origin must stay out of the way.
Assets next to the handset
Images, video and config files are served from 210+ PoPs.
OTA updates off origin
Large update payloads use large-file optimisation on 200+ Tbps.
Signed URLs for private binaries
Token authentication can gate artefacts that should not be public.
How to set it up
A cutover you can validate before DNS moves.
Create the Cloud CDN configuration, prove it on an Aptranet hostname, then point production DNS when the path looks correct.
- 1Put asset hostnames on Cloud CDN
Pull the existing mobile asset origin over HTTPS.
- 2Cache public GETs
Config, content and media that every install shares.
- 3Keep user APIs dynamic
Authenticated REST or GraphQL bypasses cache.
- 4Version OTA payloads
Hashed update files avoid purge. Pointer files can be purged.
Outcomes
What changes once the hostname is on Aptranet.
- Mobile assets are cached globally
- Updates do not saturate origin
- User APIs remain dynamic
- Pre-release binaries can be token-gated
Keep reading
Related pages
More CDN use cases on the same Cloud CDN footprint.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. Stores still deliver the store binary. Cloud CDN delivers in-app assets, OTA packages and APIs you host.
Yes, when the config JSON is identical for a build or cohort and can tolerate the TTL.
Pin the Cloud CDN or custom certificate you actually terminate, and plan rotations.
Yes. Request density-specific sizes from one source instead of shipping every raster in the binary.