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Specify whether your application is an app or a game. ... Add an email address that Play Store users can use to contact you about this application. Createandsetupyourapp StartingAugust2021,newappsarerequiredtopublishwiththeAndroidAppBundleonGooglePlay.Newappslargerthan150MBcanuseeitherPlayAssetDeliveryorPlayFeatureDelivery. Readthis postontheAndroidDevelopersBlogformoredetails. Afteryou'vecreatedyourGooglePlaydeveloperaccount,youcancreateappsandsetthemupusing PlayConsole. Createyourapp Open PlayConsole. SelectAllapps>Createapp. Selectadefaultlanguageandaddthenameof yourappasyouwantittoappearonGooglePlay.Youcanchangethislater. Specifywhetheryourapplicationisanapporagame.Youcanchangethislater. Specifywhetheryourapplicationisfreeorpaid. AddanemailaddressthatPlayStoreuserscanusetocontactyouaboutthisapplication. Inthe"Declarations"section: Acknowledgethe“DeveloperProgramPolicies”and“USexportlaws”declarations. AcceptthePlayAppSigningTermsofService. SelectCreateapp. Setupyourapp Afteryoucreateyourapp,youcanstartsettingitup.Yourapp’sdashboardwillguideyouthroughallthemostimportantstepstogetyourappavailableonGooglePlay.  You’llstartbyprovidingdetailsaboutyourapp’scontent,andenteringinformationforyourGooglePlaystorelisting.Afterthat,youcanmoveontoapprelease;thisguidesyouthroughpre-releasemanagement,testing,andpromotiontobuildpre-releaseexcitementandawareness.ThefinalstepislaunchingyourapponGooglePlay,makingitavailabletobillionsofusers. Tostartsettingupyourapp,selectDashboardontheleftmenu.Forthenextsteps,gotoSetupyourappontheappdashboard. Manageyourappandappbundles GooglePlayusesAndroidAppBundles togenerateanddeliverAPKsthatareoptimizedforeachdeviceconfiguration,providinguserswithmoreefficientapps.Thismeansyouonlyneedtobuild,sign,anduploadasingleappbundletosupportoptimizedAPKsforawidevarietyofdeviceconfigurations.GooglePlaythenmanagesandservesyourapp'sdistributionAPKsforyou. Packagenamesforappfilesareuniqueandpermanent,sopleasenamethemcarefully.Packagenamescan'tbedeletedorre-usedinthefuture. Yourreleasecanhaveoneofthreestatuses: Draft:APKsthathavenotbeenservedtousersyet Active:APKscurrentlybeingservedtousers Archived:APKsthatwereonceactivebutarenolongerbeingservedtousers FindyourAPKfiles Toseeyourappbundlesand APKs: OpenPlayConsoleandgoto theAppbundleexplorer page(Release>Appbundleexplorer). TheAppbundleexplorer pagefeaturesa versionfilteronthetoprightofthepage,whichyoucanuseinconjunctionwiththethreetabs(Details,Downloads,andDelivery)toexploredifferentversionsandconfigurationsofyourapp’sAPKsondifferentdevices.  Note:Thisversionfilteristhefunctionalequivalentofthe“Artifactlibrary”ontheoldversionof PlayConsole. Tolearnmoreaboutmanagingyourartifacts,gotoInspectappversionswiththeappbundleexplorer. Maximumsizelimit AppsonGooglePlayhaveasizelimit,whichisbasedonthemaximumcompressedsizeofyourAPKsatthetimeofdownloadacrossallsupporteddevices. Afteryouuploadanappbundle, PlayConsoleusesgziptoestimatewhatyourapp’sdownloadsizewillbe. GooglePlayusesthebestpossibleadvancedcompressiontoolsmeaningauser’sactualdownloadsizewilloftenbesmallerthantheestimateyouseeinPlayConsole. Themaximumsizelimitsare: 150MB:MaximumcompresseddownloadsizeofAPKsforonedevicegeneratedfromappbundles.Theappbundleitselfcanbemanytimeslargerthanthissize. 100MB:MaximumcompresseddownloadsizeofAPKforappspublishedwithAPKs(onlyapplicabletoappscreatedbeforeAugust2021). ConfigurePlayAppSigning Androidrequiresthatallappsbedigitallysignedwithacertificatebeforetheycanbeinstalled.Formoreinformation,gototheAndroidDeveloperssite. WhenyoucreateyourfirstreleaseyoucanconfigurePlayAppSigningtodecidewhetheryourappshoulduseaGoogle-generatedappsigningkeyoranappsigningkeythatyouchoose. AppversionrequirementsforPlayConsole EveryappbundleandAPKhasaversionCodeinthemanifestfilethat'sincrementedwitheachupdateofyourapp. Touploadyourappto PlayConsole,thegreatestpossiblevalueforversionCodeis2100000000.IftheversionCodeofyourappexceedsthisvalue, PlayConsolewillpreventyoufromsubmittinganewappbundle. WhenselectingtheversionCodeforyourappbundle,keepinmindthatyou'llneedtoincreasetheversionCodeforeveryupdateandstillstaybelowthemaximum. Note:Formoreinformationonversioningyourapp,gototheAndroidDeveloperssite.KeepinmindtheAndroidMAXINTdiffersfrom PlayConsoleuploadrequirements. TargetAPIlevelrequirementsforPlayConsole EveryapphasatargetSdkVersioninthemanifestfile(alsoknownasthetargetAPIlevel)whichinformshowyourappisrunondifferentAndroidversions. ConfiguringyourapptotargetarecentAPIlevelensuresthatusersbenefitfromsignificantsecurityandperformanceimprovements,whilestillallowingyourapptorunonolderAndroidversions(downtotheminSdkVersion). Whenyouuploadanappbundle,itneedstomeetGooglePlay’stargetAPIlevelrequirements.Herearethelevelsthatappscurrentlyneedtotargetandwillneedtotargetinthefuture. APIlevelrequirement Startingdate Android8.0(APIlevel26) August1,2018:Requiredfornewapps November1,2018:Requiredforappupdates Android9(APIlevel28) August1,2019:Requiredfornewapps November1,2019:Requiredforappupdates Android10(APIlevel29)* August3,2020:Requiredfornewapps November2,2020:Requiredforappupdates Android11(APIlevel30)* August2,2021:Requiredfornewapps November1,2021:Requiredforappupdates *WearOSappsarenotsubjecttotheAPIlevel29orAPIlevel30requirements. Oncetheserequirementscomeintoeffect, PlayConsolewillpreventyoufromsubmittingnewappbundlesusingoldertargetAPIlevels. Tip:Fortechnicaladviceonhowtochangeyourapp’stargetAPIleveltomeettheserequirements,refertothemigrationguide. Setupyourstorelisting andsettings Yourapp'sstorelistingisdisplayedonGooglePlayandincludesdetailsthathelpuserslearnmoreaboutyourapp.Yourstorelistingissharedacrosstracks,includingtestingtracks. Productdetails OpenPlayConsoleandgotothe Mainstorelisting page. Fillinthefieldsunder"AppDetails." Field Description CharacterLimit Notes Appname Yourapp'snameonGooglePlay. 50characterlimit Youcanaddonelocalizednameperlanguage. Shortdescription Thefirsttextusersseewhenlookingatyourapp'sdetailpageonthePlayStoreapp. 80characterlimit Userscanexpandthistexttoviewyourapp'sfulldescription. Fulldescription Yourapp'sdescriptiononGooglePlay. 4000characterlimit   Note:Repetitiveorirrelevantuseofkeywordsintheappname,description,orpromotionaldescriptioncancreateanunpleasantuserexperienceandresultinanappbeingsuspendedonGooglePlay.PleaserefertofullguidelinesintheGooglePlayDeveloperProgramPolicies. Previewassets Learnmoreaboutaddingpreviewassets(includingashortdescription,screenshots,andvideos) toshowcaseyourapp. Languagesandtranslations Addandmanagetranslations Whenyouuploadanapp,thedefaultlanguageisEnglish(UnitedStates,en-US).Youcanaddtranslationsofyourapp'sinformation,alongwithin-languagescreenshotsandothergraphicassets.GotoTranslateandlocalizeyourapptolearnhow. Localizedimagesandvideos Tomarketyourappindifferentlanguagesmoreeffectively,youcanaddlocalizedgraphicassetstoyourapp'sMainstorelistingpage. UserswillseethelocalizedgraphicassetsonGooglePlayiftheirlanguagepreferencesmatchthelanguagesthatyou'veadded. Automatedtranslations Ifyoudon'taddyourowntranslations,userscanviewanautomatedtranslationofyourapp'sGooglePlaystorelistingpageusingGoogleTranslateorthedefaultlanguageforyourapp. Forautomatedtranslations,therewillbeanoteexplainingthatthetranslationhasbeendoneautomatically,alongwithanoptiontoviewtheapp'sdefaultlanguage.Keepinmindthatautomatedtranslationsaren'tsupportedforArmenian,Raeto-romance,Tagalog,andZulu. Categorizationandtags YoucanchooseacategoryandaddtagstoyourappsorgameinPlayConsole.CategoriesandtagshelpuserstosearchforanddiscoverthemostrelevantappsinthePlayStore.  Learnmoreaboutchoosingandaddingacategoryandtagsforyourapporgame. Contactdetails Whenyouprovideanemailaddress,website,orphonenumberforyourapp,yourcontactinformationisavailabletousersonyourapp'sstorelisting. Acontactemailaddressisrequired,buttoprovideyouruserswiththebestsupportexperience,wealsohighlyrecommendincludingawebsitewhereuserscancontactyou. Toaddyoursupportinformation: Open PlayConsole andgotothe Storesettingspage(Grow>Storepresence>Storesettings) Scrolldownto"ContactDetails." Addyoursupportemailaddress(required),aphonenumber,andawebsiteURL. Tip:Learnmoreaboutprovidingsupportforyourusers. Nextsteps Prepareyourappforreview. Discoverbestpracticesforcreatingacompellingstorelisting. Publishyourappusingstandardormanagedpublishing. Optimizeyourstorelistingwithexperiments. 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