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

Transcript

1. Jomar Tigcal
   August 26, 2015
   Publishing Android Apps
   on Google Play
   

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2. Jomar Tigcal
   ● GDG Philippines Community Manager
   ● Android Developer
   ● Have personal Android apps on Google Play
   Store
   

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3. Google Play
   ● Official Android store
   ● Available in more than 190 countries.
   Image Source: Wikipedia
   

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4. Publishing Android apps
   on Google Play
   

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5. http://play.google.com/apps/publish
   

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6. Google Play Developer Account
   One-time fee of $25
   ● Credit Card
   ● Debit Card
   ● GCash MasterCard
   ● SMART Money MasterCard
   

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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!
   

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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.
   

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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
   

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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
    

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11. Prepare Store Listing
    ● Provide the title, description, icon, category,
    and privacy policy of the application
    ● Provide screenshots, videos
    ● Provide your contact information
    

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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.
    

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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.
    

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14. Publish the App
    Click the Publish app button
    * It may take hours before the app becomes
    live in the Google Play Store
    

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15. What’s next?
    

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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
    

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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
    

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18. Questions?
    Image Source: http://www.talkandroid.com/35960-google-test-market-accidentally-released-reviewed-quickly-pulled/
    

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19. Thank you!
    http://jomar.tigcal.com
    jomar@tigcal.com
    http://google.com/+JomarTigcal
    @jomartigcal
    

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20. Jomar Tigcal
    August 26, 2015
    Publishing Android Apps
    on Google Play
    

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