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This course teaches software developers how to distribute their completed Android apps to users, with a focus on distributing through the Google Play Store.
So youâve built an Android app, and youâre ready to share it with the world. Now what? There are many ways you can distribute your app, and in this course, Jon-Luke West shows you how to use the primary distribution channel, the Google Play Store, as well as the Amazon Appstore. Jon-Luke covers how to prepare the app for distribution by cleaning up and optimizing the code, creating a security certificate, and uploading an APK file. He then shows how to create multiple flavors of your app to include different features, how to register as a Google Play and Amazon developer, set the app description and pricing, and publish the app. Lastly, Jon-Luke looks at the post-publishing aspects, including how to track app usage, usage statistics, revenue, and crash reporting.
Overview
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Share your app with the world
- What you should know
- How to use the exercise files
- Android application files
- The Google Play store
- Amazon App Store
- Other app stores
- Installing from unknown sources
- Explore the sample app
- Clean up your code
- Manage the app version
- Minify the app with R8
- Configure build types
- Configure multiple app flavors
- Create build variants
- Build signed packages
- Register as a Google Play developer
- Create a new app listing
- Describe app content
- Finish the store listing
- Authorize testers
- Internal and closed testing
- Pre-launch reports
- Launch the app
- Register as an Amazon developer
- Test app compatibility
- Create the store listing
- Descriptions
- Add graphics and content ratings
- Upload an APK and publish
- Google Play dashboard and statistics
- Google Play Android Vitals
- Google Play App Ratings
- Google Play reviews
- Amazon usage reports
- Next steps
