When I login in my console account, my app's Status show draft but when I click on it shows ready to publish.
When you have not completed the entire publishing process for your app and have left it over incomplete at that time, your app is shown under the Draft section.
Now, for hte status 'Ready to publish'...States that the APK that was built was successful and it has no issues with the Package names, Contents, Size of the app, etc. and is ready to be Published after Reviewing the app once.
Go inside of your Release Management section of your app and complete all the pending steps! Click on the Publish button or else check if something is missing then in the steps.
Click on your app, then just go at the Release Management tab inside the menu.
then click on Publish for Production in your app. Because currently, your app is in the draft.
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I have successfully deployed my Android production app on Google Play. I want to remove my testers from internal test so can install and use the production app. When I go into Manage internal testers and click on Remove Users its tells me that it has saved. However when I exit from the page, it tells me that it is not saved and if I then exit and return to the page the Remove Testers button is still active. Also previous testers get the following message when they access Google Play and go to the production app download screen:
You're an internal tester. This app may be un-secure or unstable
If any one could help me to remove this message I would really appreciate it. It looks very unprofessional to some high profile clients who were also app testers previously.
Many thanks
The best way to do this is:
Go to Play Console > Testing > Internal Testing.
Under the "Testers" tab scroll to the bottom and you should see this:
Tap on the "Copy link" button. This will copy the Internal testing's binary link. Now send this to your internal testers. Once they open this link make they will get the "Leave the program" option (see picture below).
Once they tap this, they will have opted-out of your internal testing list!
p.s. If the "Leave the program" option doesn't appear on the top right of the screen ensure that the tester has selected the correct account if they have multiple accounts added on their Play store app! (see the picture below, its the square on the right side under the overflow menu).
After completing the accepted answer's instructions, your internal tester may still see the message. To fix this, first confirm that the test version of the app is uninstalled from the phone and that the Google Play Store app has been closed completely. After confirmation, have your internal tester go into their phone's Google Play Store app settings. To get there, open the phone's Settings app, click on Apps, then click on Google Play Store in the list. Your internal tester now needs to clear this app's cache. To do this, click on Storage, then click on Clear cache at the bottom of the page.
Now have your tester open the Google Play Store app and install your app the standard way. They should be able to get the production version of the app!
I got APK file from my developer saying that, that is all I need. I've been stuck in the part of signing the app. I have read through the articles and from what I understand I need a .ks file or private key to finish the procedure.
I'm not sure if I understand the app signing process or should I download Android studio to sign the app manually.
If the developer has signed the app, what is my procedure henceforth? Would I need a keystore file?
Presuming apk has been signed by the developer.
Step one:
go to the play console:
https://developer.android.com/index.html login to the account you would like to use to publish your app.
Step two:
Once logged in hit the 'create application' button set the default languade & title.
Step three:
complete the form, this is your store listing, which includes images, app description, app name etc.
Step four:
go to the app releases tab, then to 'production', accept T&C, you will then see a button that says 'upload apk' click that button then use the apk file that has been provided by the developer, complete the rest of the form which will complete uploading your app.
I'm trying to publish my ionic2 app on Google play.But still, I cannot do that.It doesn't show any errors.Can you tell me how to do this?
When I press the "Ready to Publish" button then it shows below screen.
The accepted answer is now outdated.
On left side menu select 'Publishing overview'.
Click on 'Review and publish'.
Approve publish.
By the way, this is happening because you've turned on 'Managed publishing status'.
I recommend leaving it on, as it lets control when your app will actually be published after Google's review.
Op's feedback:
Press Mange Releases Button -- > Then go to the bottom of the page --> Click Review Button.After that Publish button will be shown.
Original Answer:
It's similar to App store, Your application need to be accepted by tester for review and install on different device.
"Ready to publish" does not mean you can publish it globally unless you define internal or external (Alpha/Beta)tester, and those how choose to install your app need to review your app.
https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/3131213?hl=en
Good Luck
I was trying to setup Google Play Leaderboards in my app, by following the instructions on googles website.
I created a Leaderboard for my app (not submitted yet).
Downloaded the "Android Basic Samples" code from Github, and copied the four source files "BaseGameActivity","BaseGameUtils","GameHelper","GameHelperUtils".
Updated my AndroidManifest.xml, strings.xml, ids.xml and build.gradle
In my app activity, I changed the class to extend BaseGameActivity.
On launching my app, my app immediately tries to sign into google play or something (it shows a Google Play Games Logo "connecting to"), and then shows a message
"Create a profile. Unfortunately, Google+ couldn't set up your
profile. Try again later."
If I click on "Done", then Google Play Games prompts me to choose an account. So I click on my developer account (the other option being to create an account), and the same thing happens again (It shows the google now message)!
I've never created an Android App before, or used Google Play before, so all this is new to me. How should I fix this ?
EDIT: If I just click outside the "Google+" dialogue box, then it disappears and my game starts. Likewise in the loop if I press "cancel" when it asks me to choose an account, my game starts. But I can't test if leaderboards is working then! How do I fix this ? Why do I need a google+ profile ?
EDIT: And why is it having trouble setting one up ? Is there some setting I need to use to disable Google plus? I am using Android 4.4.4 and android-10, Google Play Services 7.5.0
You should try logging in to your g+ profile before starting the game. The problem is not with your app, but with how the leader boards are authenticated. Hence why g+ is needed. : )
Edit: If the above fails, I would try to recreate another g+ profile. And if that fails, contact the play team at: https://support.google.com/googleplay#topic=3364260&contact=1
Best of luck!
I have a test draft on Google Play developer console. It is empty, no apk files on it and no description, I just created it for check something.
Now the draft is here and I can't find a button for delete it.
How can I delete that draft? I can't find any documentation about it.
Thanks.
1) if you notice this:
2) go into the release page, then click "discard" as below:
3) then you remove the "draft"
I searched around and find no way to delete a draft.
However, you can change it's name to your future application (go to Store Listing - Title) and leave your worries behind ^^
There is an option to delete app in the menu available in the right upper corner
As of August 2017, the only way to delete the app is to click on the trash can icon in the list view. The previous answers reference UI that has been removed.
Now you have to contact the support to delete an app plus this app needs to be marked as unpublished in Google Play Console > Version > Configuration > Advanced Settings > Application availability.
Delete an app or game
You can permanently remove draft apps or games from your Play Console. You can also delete:
Published apps or games that haven't been installed on any devices
Published apps or games that no users are entitled to re-install
In these cases, contact our support team to request that your app's or game's data be permanently deleted.
Quoted from https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/9023647
On the Apps Listing Page there is a Delete Trash Icon. Click on that and confirm Delete.
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Go to All Applications tab, then click the trash button on your app list to delete the draft app.
there is a way.
Say you already have a draft and you want to upload another draft. Upload the 2nd draft and save it. It might complain that you cant have two drafts as users can have multiple APKs installed ..fine.
Now archive the original APK (press the archive button). Now press save. Now you can use this draft and the other gets archived.