- Introduction to Publishing Apps 1:39
- Removing Log Calls 4:23
- Building a Release-Ready APK 4:25
- Review: Getting An App Ready for Google Play 5 questions
- The Google Play Developer Console 3:08
- Uploading an APK 7:26
- Review: Publishing on Google Play 5 questions
- Creating the Store Listing 4:59
- Updating an Existing App 4:22
- Review: Publishing and Updating an App 5 questions
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Creating the Store Listing
4:59In this video we'll cover the rest of the details required to create a store listing, including a high res app icon, featured image, countries to publish in, and more.
We just our screenshots into our story
listing, but
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we need a few more details to round it
out.
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Next up, if we scroll down, are a few more
graphic assets.
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The first is a high resolution application
icon,
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which should be a 512 by 512 version of
the app icon.
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Then, we have a feature graphic.
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This by means guarantees that our app will
be featured, but again it's nice to have.
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There is an old blog post that is still
relevant about the feature graphics, and
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it shows how it should be gold and
enticing.
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Here is a do and don't with two different
version of a Unicorn Radar featured image.
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This is linked to in that launch check
list we saw a while ago.
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Remember if we go to the distribute
section, here in the tools and
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reference, is a lunch check list.
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And we've actually been working through
most of this in the course of
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these videos.
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Remember to check it out if you have any
additional questions,
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that aren't covered here.
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The perma graphic over here is only used
on older devices running versions of
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Android earlier than 4.0.
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Fun Facts is targeting 4.0 and up, so we
can safely ignore this field.
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All of these assets for the Fun Facts app
are available for
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download in the teacher's notes below this
video.
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We can upload them, just like the screen
shots.
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So, first I'll start with the icon, and
I'll select icon five 12.
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Then for the feature graphic, your gonna
select picture graphic.png.
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I'll skip the promo graphic, and finally
I'll add a you tube URL for a promo video.
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It's highly recommended to include a video
for
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marketing purposes that shows off how your
app is used.
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Hey, next down here, are some pretty
self-explanatory fields.
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For fun facts, select application as the
application type.
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Select entertainment for the category.
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And then select everyone for the content
rating.
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Now, the CONTACT DETAILS down here should
be automatically filled from your
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Developer profile.
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But, if not, you might need to add them
here.
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This Website field is especially useful,
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if you've created a special landing page
for your app.
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Finally, down here near the bottom, check
this box that says,
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Not submitting a privacy policy URL at
this time.
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But, do read more about it, if you think
this would apply to your app.
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Okay, so now what?
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We're at the bottom.
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Look back up here.
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There's a save button.
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So, click it Saving.
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And we're good.
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But we aren't done yet.
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We need to go to the pricing and
distribution section over here.
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This is where we control where this app is
available, and
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how much we want to charge for it.
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And now Fun Facts is a free app.
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But we can see a link to set up a merchant
account,
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which is required if we want to charge
anything for the app.
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Now, it's important to note that once an
app is set as free like this,
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it must remain free for all time.
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We can't come back and start charging for
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it in the future, although we could add in
app purchasing in a future update.
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Moving on, if we want to limit our app
geographically then we can do that here.
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But let's leave Select All Countries
checked.
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This life-changing fun facts app, should
be available to everyone everywhere.
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Okay.
If we scroll down below this section,
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there is a check box to opt into Google
Play for android.
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There's more information on the Android
developer site about the extra conditions
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required to do this.
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So, lets ignore this, and then for
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the consent field, let's leave this first
box unchecked.
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We want the opportunity to be promoted on
Google Play.
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This is an opt out of any kind of such
marketing.
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Next, we want to check the boxes for
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the content guidelines that we meet the
Android guidelines here.
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And also the US export laws, we'll check
that box too.
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These are both pretty straight forward,
but
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there's more info here, if you have any
questions about them.
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Okay?
Save at the top, up here again.
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And now, if we close that little dialog
and
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scroll back up, notice that the button up
here, is now Ready to Publish, hooray!
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There are two more sections over here, but
they're optional.
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The first is for IN-APP PROUDUCTS.
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And the second is for
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additional services, like Google Cloud
Messaging, or Google Play Game Services.
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Let's skip these for the fun facts ad.
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Now, lastly, before we publish, this is
important.
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Always check this optimization tips
section here,
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to see if there are any recommendations
for your app.
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Notice that the recommendation here is to
design fun facts for tablets.
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Our app intentionally ignores tablets, but
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it does look okay on tablets, so we're
going to ignore this optimization tip.
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But, again, it's a good idea to check this
and try and
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improve your app in any way that's
recommended.
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Okay, so we are ready to publish.
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Now, we can leave it in this ready, but
unpublished state as long as we like,
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which is helpful if we want to pre-load
data and then publish an app or
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an update on some specified date.
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But we are finally ready to share our app,
so let's publish this app.
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That's it.
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Now it just takes a little while for the
app to make its way into the Google Play
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search results, like we just saw in the
message that disappeared.
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The last few apps I submitted took about
an hour to become available by
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searching or by direct link.
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We can keep an eye on things with a direct
link to the app.
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The link format is shown here.
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We have
play.google.com/store/apps/details.
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And then specifically the id parameter
here,
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is the package name that we used for our
app.
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I'll give this a little time, and then
we'll verify it in the next video.
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