Ii 1500-publishing your android application
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The document discusses publishing an Android application. It provides an overview of MoDevAcademy, an upcoming class schedule, and online resources. The bulk of the document outlines the steps for publishing an Android app, including why to publish, researching the market, preparing the app, uploading to stores, signing with a key, and exporting the project. Screenshots and graphics are required. The presentation concludes with a Q&A.
![Publishing your Android application
Why Publish your App?
Android apps can be installed directly from:
Web site [internal or external]
Email atachment
USB cable…
Example:
apps.worldbank.org
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![Publishing your Android application
Preparing Application-Clean up-1
Choose a good package name:
com.mycompanyname.myapp1 is good for the entire life
of the app [can’t be changed!]
Turn off logging & debugging
Remove android:debuggable attribute from the
<application> tag in your manifest file
Clean up your project directories
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![Publishing your Android application
Preparing Application-Clean up-2
Review and update your manifest settings,
Increment Version#
Review permissions to add or delete
Address compatibility issues [screen sizes]
Update URLs for remote servers & services [if any!]
Compile & Test Your Application for Release
Did you Register for a Maps API Key?
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![Publishing your Android application
Publishing Application-3
Set prices for your products
Free or priced? In-App billing?
Free apps must remain free!
Prepare store graphics, (all 24 bit PNG unless noted)
Screenshots* [2!] 320w x 480h, 480w x 800h, or 480w x 854h
Application Icon* 512x512, 32-bit PNG
Promotional graphic: 180w x 120h
Feature Graphic : 1024w x 500h
Video Link (Optional) YouTube video URL
* Required
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Ii 1500-publishing your android application
- 1. Publishing your Android application Presented by Adrian Mikeliunas [email protected] TASKMobileSolutions.com
- 2. Publishing your Android application MoDevAcademy MoDevAcademy will offer professional training across platforms that include beginner, intermediate and advanced courses. The format will be one day courses that can be taken individually or paired for a multi-day experience. The Academy intended to fill a much needed void in the market for in-depth mobile developer training. 2
- 3. Upcoming Classes Schedule: • January 22nd: Starting up with iOS Development • January 23rd: Expert Objective-C • January 24th: Advanced Xcode Development Register at MoDevAcademy.com/Registration
- 4. Online Resources The references in this presentation, and many other resources are available at: http://Gomodev.com/MoDevAcademyResources
- 5. Publishing your Android application Agenda Why Publish your app? Android SDLC Publishing Steps Pre-work Re-compile Upload Publish 5
- 6. Publishing your Android application Why Publish your App? Android apps can be installed directly from: Web site [internal or external] Email atachment USB cable… Example: apps.worldbank.org 6
- 7. Publishing your Android application Android Stores Play.Google.com 30% Cut! www.amazon.com/mobile-apps/b?node=2350149011 apps.opera.com www.getjar.com www.appbrain.com Many foreign markets… 7
- 8. Publishing your Android application Android Revenue Models Ads in application Paid apps Freemium Notifications In apps purchases Pay per download 8
- 9. Publishing your Android application 9
- 10. Publishing your Android application Android App Research Play.Google.com www.distimo.com www.visionmobile.com 10
- 11. There is an app for every need… Source: 148Apps.biz, iTunes App Store (iOS), updated 2012-03-26 Application categories as percentage of the number of iOS apps
- 12. Publishing your Android application Android SDLC SDLC = Software Development Life Cycle 12
- 13. Publishing your Android application Android SDLC-2 13
- 14. Publishing your Android application Android SDLC 2B 14
- 15. Publishing your Android application Application Screen Prototype Online tools to build the Graphical User Interface (GUI) www.mobjectify.com www.fluidui.com www.droiddraw.org 15
- 16. Publishing your Android application Publishing Your Application Clean up work Build Market entry Text Graphics! Upload & Publish 16
- 17. Publishing your Android application Preparing Application-Clean up-1 Choose a good package name: com.mycompanyname.myapp1 is good for the entire life of the app [can’t be changed!] Turn off logging & debugging Remove android:debuggable attribute from the <application> tag in your manifest file Clean up your project directories 17
- 18. Publishing your Android application Preparing Application-Clean up-2 Review and update your manifest settings, Increment Version# Review permissions to add or delete Address compatibility issues [screen sizes] Update URLs for remote servers & services [if any!] Compile & Test Your Application for Release Did you Register for a Maps API Key? 18
- 19. Publishing your Android application Publishing Application-1 Understand Entire Process before you start! Understand Google Play Policies Test for Core App Quality Copy Protection Determine your app's content rating Yes, Android has an adult market as well… 19
- 20. Publishing your Android application Publishing Application-2 Determine country/language distribution Do you support multi-language? (localized resources in the app) Localized app description in the Developer Console Legal requirements specific to certain countries Time zone support, local pricing, and so on… Confirm the app's overall size (<50MB) Large apps can use the APK Expansion Files, which Google Play will host for free on its server infrastructure Confirm the app's platform / screens 20
- 21. Publishing your Android application Publishing Application-3 Set prices for your products Free or priced? In-App billing? Free apps must remain free! Prepare store graphics, (all 24 bit PNG unless noted) Screenshots* [2!] 320w x 480h, 480w x 800h, or 480w x 854h Application Icon* 512x512, 32-bit PNG Promotional graphic: 180w x 120h Feature Graphic : 1024w x 500h Video Link (Optional) YouTube video URL * Required 21
- 22. Publishing your Android application Publishing Application-4 Build and upload the release-ready APK Click Publish! Wait 3 to 4 hours… Start Marketing your app! Get reviews, go social! Start supporting your app via web site or email… 22
- 23. Publishing your Android application Signing Your Applications-Eclipse Behind the scenes when you export your project from Eclipse: After you finish configuring your application you can build it into a release-ready .apk fle that is signed and optimized. The JDK includes the tools for signing the .apk file (Keytool and Jarsigner); Eclipse does this for your automatically… Select File Export from the Eclipse menu If it’s the first time you will create a key to sign your app Otherwise you will enter your password to access your keyfile 23
- 24. Publishing your Android application Signing Your Applications-Ant Behind the scenes when you export your project from ant: $ ant release $ keytool -genkey -v -keystore my-release-key.keystore -alias alias_name -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000 http://developer.android.com/tools/publishing/app-signing.html 24
- 25. Publishing your Android application Exporting Android Project-1 From Eclipse menu, Select the project you would like to export, then select from the File menu, Export Select “Export Android Application” 25
- 26. Publishing your Android application Exporting Android Project-2 Confirm Project Name Select Keystore 26
- 27. Publishing your Android application Exporting Android Project-3 Confirm Project Name Enter your self- signing key and password 27
- 28. Publishing your Android application Exporting Android Project-4 Export your application to a directory you’ll remember 28
- 29. Publishing your Android application Exporting Android Project-5 Upload your apk to the Google market now! 29
- 30. Publishing your Android application 30
- 31. Publishing your Android application Publishing your Android application Q& A 31
- 32. Publishing your Android application Demo-1 32
- 33. Publishing your Android application Demo-2 33
- 34. Publishing your Android application Demo-3 34
- 35. Publishing your Android application Demo-4 35
- 36. Publishing your Android application Demo-5 36
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