Publishing Android Apps on Google Play

Slides I used during my talk at the Thesis/Capstone Commercialization Seminar 2015 of University of Perpetual Help System Laguna on August 26, 2015

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1. Jomar Tigcal August 26, 2015 Publishing Android Apps on Google Play
2. Jomar Tigcal • GDG Philippines Community Manager • Android Developer • Have personal Android apps on Google Play Store
3. Google Play • Official Android store • Available in more than 190 countries. Image Source: Wikipedia
4. Publishing Android apps on Google Play
5. http://play.google.com/apps/publish
6. Google Play Developer Account One-time fee of $25 • Credit Card • Debit Card • GCash MasterCard • SMART Money MasterCard
7. Google Payments Merchant Account • If you want to sell apps, in-app products or subscriptions • Not available in all countries • Available in the Philippines!
8. Google Payments Merchant Account From the side navigation in the Google Play Developer Consoleclick the Reports icon Click Financial Reports Click Setup a Merchant Account now.
9. Google Play Developer Console To publish a new application: • Click the Add New Application button. • Provide the default language and the name of the application • Upload APK or Prepare Store listing
10. Upload APK • Create Android Package (APK) file signed with your release keystore • Upload the APK file • Provide the title, description, icon, screenshots, videos, category, and privacy policy of the application, along with your contact information and other details
11. Prepare Store Listing • Provide the title, description, icon, category, and privacy policy of the application • Provide screenshots, videos • Provide your contact information
12. Pricing and Distribution • Set if the app is free or paid (and the cost) • Select the countries where it can be available • Other distribution options.
13. Content Rating You will need to answer a set of questions related to the app. It will then give your app a content rating.
14. Publish the App Click the Publish app button * It may take hours before the app becomes live in the Google Play Store
15. What’s next?
16. Pre-launch • Core App Quality Guidelines: https: //developer.android. com/distribute/essentials/quality/core.html • Launch Checklist: https://developer.android. com/distribute/tools/launch-checklist.html
17. Post-launch • Check usage using Google Analytics • Promote App with Adwords, Admob • Drive installs from Google Search: Use App Indexing • Monetize using Ads: Admob • Update app: Bug fix, Feautures, Improvements
18. Questions? Image Source: http://www.talkandroid.com/35960-google-test-market-accidentally-released-reviewed-quickly-pulled/
19. Thank you! http://jomar.tigcal.com jomar@tigcal.com http://google.com/+JomarTigcal @jomartigcal
20. Jomar Tigcal August 26, 2015 Publishing Android Apps on Google Play