====== [hemmerling] Google Android 7/14 - App Publishing ======
Related pages:
  *Google Android:
    *[[android.html|Android 1/14]].
    *[[android02.html|Android 2/14 - Apps]].
    *[[android03.html|Android 3/14 - App Development I]].
    *[[android04.html|Android 4/14 - App Debugging & Testing]].
    *[[android05.html|Android 5/14 - Simulators, Skins, Operating Systems, System Images]].
    *[[android06.html|Android 6/14 - App Protoyping]].
    *[[android08.html|Android 8/14 - Hardware]].
    *[[android09.html|Android 9/14 - Amazon Fire TV]].
    *[[android10.html|Android 10/14 - TV compatible Apps ( for Android TV, Google TV, Amazon Fire TV]].
    *[[android11.html|Android 11/14 - Browsers & Internet Apps ( for Android TV, Google TV, Amazon Fire TV )]].
    *[[android12.html|Android 12/14 - Google Android, Suggestions for Smartphone Apps to be installed on any Android Smartphone]].
    *[[android13.html|Android 13/14 - App Development II]].
    *[[android14.html|Android 14/14 - App Development III]].


===== My published and unpublished Apps =====
==== My Apps published at Appstores ====
==== My Apps just published at Code Repositories ====
  *[[gameapp.html|My first 3D VRML Android App, made with Unity]].
===== Google Play ======
  *[[http://play.google.com/apps/publish/|Google Play Developer Console]].
==== Google Play Developer Console - APK "Upload new APK to Production" ====
  *"Upload error. You uploaded an APK that is signed with a different certificate to your previous APKs. You must use the same certificate. Your existing APKs are signed with the certificate(s) with fingerprint(s): [ SHA1: ... ] and the certificate(s) used to sign the APK you uploaded have fingerprint(s):[ SHA1: ... ]" :-(.
==== Google Play Developer Console - Store Listing ====
  *[[http://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/1078870|Google Developer Console Help "Graphic assets, screenshots & video"]].
=== Screenshot Photos ===
  -Phone. 
    -General photo:"You need to resize your screenshot. Min length for any side: 320px. Max length for any side: 3840px. Max aspect ratio: 2:1.
    -Hi-res icon: "512 x 512, You need to reduce the size of your image to 1MB".
    -Feature graphic: "1024 w x 500 h".
    -Promo Graphic: "180 w x 120 h".
    -TV Banner: "1280 w x 720 h".
    -Promo Video: YouTube video URL.
  -Tablet.
    -7-inch tablet.
    -10-inch tablet.
  -Android TV.
  -Android Wear.
  -General photo.
=== Privacy Policy ===
  *"If you wish to provide a privacy policy URL for this application, please enter it below".
  *Third-party privacy resources.
    *[[http://www.iubenda.com/blog/privacy-policy-for-android-app/|iubenda blog "Privacy Policy for Android Apps"]].
      *[[http://www.iubenda.com/en/mobile|iubenda "Mobile App Privacy & Cookie Policy Generator - iOS, Android, WP"]].
        *"So, once you have registered, you can use our online generator which allows you to generate a customized privacy policy autonomously, starting from $27/year per site/app and per language. In order to get started, you just have to follow our 3-steps process".
        *[[http://www.iubenda.com/en/help/posts/1177|iubenda "iubenda Cookie Solution – Introduction and Getting Started"]] - "We have recently launched an all-in-one cookie law solution to comply with the EU cookie policy (always required if you want to use Google products such as AdSense)"
    *[[http://www.termsfeed.com/blog/privacy-policies-android-apps/|TermFeed "Privacy Policies for Android Apps"]].
    *[[http://www.quora.com/What-are-some-examples-of-a-mobile-app-privacy-policy|Quora "What are some examples of a mobile app privacy policy?"]].
    *[[http://www.freeprivacypolicy.com/|FREE PrivacyPolicy]].
    *[[http://www.appprivacy.net/|App Privacy]].
=== Android TV ===
  *"Reimagine your app for the biggest screen in the house with Android TV. To submit your app for review, you need to include a 'Leanback launcher intent' in your app".
  *[[http://developer.android.com/training/tv/start/start.html|Android Developers "Develop Training / Building Apps for TV / Building TV Apps / Get Started with TV Apps"]].
  *[[http://developer.android.com/distribute/essentials/quality/tv.html|Android Developers "TV App Quality"]].
  *[[http://developer.android.com/distribute/googleplay/tv.html|Android Developers "Distribute / Google Play / Distribute to Android TV"]].
  *[[http://www.github.com/googlesamples/androidtv-Leanback|GitHub "googlesamples/androidtv-Leanback"]] - "Android TV Leanback Support Library sample app [[http://developer.android.com/training/tv/|http://developer.android.com/training/tv/]]".
  *[[http://www.stackoverflow.com/questions/32493868/how-to-launch-leanback-launcher-in-android-tv|StackOverflow "How to launch leanback launcher in Android TV?"]].
=== Android Auto ===
  *[[http://developer.android.com/auto|Android Developers "Android Auto"]].
  *[[http://play.google.com/about/auto/developer-distribution-agreement-addendum.html|Google Play "Google Play Android Auto Addendum" / "Android Auto-Zusatz zur Vereinbarung für den Entwicklervertrieb"]].
  *"Upload your Auto-enabled apps to distribute them to Android Auto. To remove your app from the Android Auto program, please remove the 'Auto' manifest entry from your APK and re-upload". 
=== Designed for Families ===
  *[[http://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/6231938|Google Developer Console Help "Designed for Families"]].
  *[[http://play.google.com/about/privacy-and-security.html|Google Play Developer Policy Center "Privacy and Security"]].
  *[[http://developer.android.com/distribute/googleplay/families/about.html|Android Developers "Designed for Families]].
  *[[http://play.google.com/intl/ALL_us/about/families/developer-distribution-agreement-addendum.html|Google Play "Designed for Families Addendum"]].
  *[[http://developer.android.com/distribute/googleplay/developer-console.html|Android Developers "Distribute / Google Play / Developer Console"]].
  *[[http://play.google.com/about/storefront-promotional.html|Google Play "Developer Policy Center / Store Listing and Promotion"]] - "Metadata".
  *[[http://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/188189|Google Support "Google Developer Console Help "Content ratings for apps & games"]].
  *[[http://play.google.com/about/developer-content-policy.html|Google Play "Developer Policy Center" - "Let's build the world's most trusted store for apps and games"]].
  *[[http://play.google.com/about/spam.html#impersonation-intellectual-property|Google Play Developer Policy Center "Intellectual Property, Deception, and Spam"]].
  *[[http://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/113469|Google Developer Console Help "Upload an app"]].
  *[[http://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/2663268|Google Developer Console Help "View & diagnose Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) statistics"]]
  *[[http://developers.google.com/mobile/add|Google Developers "Let's set up your mobile app with some of these Google services!"]] - "Pick a platform", "Enable Services for my Android App".
  *[[http://developer.android.com/reference/android/speech/package-summary.html|Android Developers "android.speech"]].
  *[[http://play.google.com/about/monetization.html|Google Play Developer Policy Center "Monetization and Ads"]].
  *[[http://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/privacy-and-security/children's-privacy|Federal Trade Commission (FTC) "Children's Privacy"]].
  *"Target audience: Mixed Audience (targets children and older audiences)".
=== Optimisation Tips ===
  *Design your app for tablets.
  *[[http://developer.android.com/distribute/essentials/quality/tablets.html|Tablet App Quality]] - "8. Target Android Versions Properly".
    *"4. Use Assets Designed for Tablet Screens".
    *"8. Target Android Versions Properly".
    *"10. Declare Support for Tablet Screens".
===== Certificates / Keys ======
  *See [[android06.html|Google Android 6/7 - App Protoyping]].
===== Google Play Developer Console - Ratings and Reviews =====
==== Write your own Ratings and Reviews ====
  *At [[http://play.google.com/|Google Play]] **website**, you can't write reviews.
  *You may write reviews **in the "Google Play" app**, for each app on the app page. You must not have installed the app to write a review!
==== View and analyze your App's Ratings and Reviews ====
  *[[http://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/138230|Google Support "View and analyze your app's ratings and reviews"]].
    *Browse ratings.
    *Browse reviews.
      *Using the Play Console website.
      *Using the Play Console app.
===== Resources ======
  *Especially with "Android Inventor 2" apps, you should process the ".apk" file by the "AppToMarket" desktop application -> See [[android06.html|Google Android 6/6 - App Protoyping]].
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