I had an app released on Google Play Store. I recently decided to change the icon and update the screenshots.
I changed the icon by going through the below steps:
1- Login to Google Developers Console.
2- From the dashboard selected: "Store presence" -> "Store listing".
3- Upload a new icon.
4- Clicked on "Submit Update".
Even though a couple of hours has passed from changing the icon, but I still see the old icon of Google Play Store.
Is there another step that I should be taking?
Short answer: no.
if you didn't receive any error during the upload of the images, or during the submit of the update, the update is pending, and should be visible in a couple of hours, sometimes it can take up to a day.
Side menu, 4th item "publishing overview" seemed to do the job
In the left sidemenu go to publishing overview if you have any unpublished changes, they should be listen under the "Changes ready to publish" section.
If there are changes, click the publish changes button on the right corner of the section. It might take a couple of hours before the changes are visible.
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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.
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The accepted answer is now outdated.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 understand we can setup a time for our app update to go live using timed publishing.
I am also wanted to update the 'Store Listing' info at the same time (i.e. update the screenshots of the app, and update the description) will this information also be published at the same time of the app using timed publishing? Or does this update go live straight away. Thanks for the help
All that information won't be published until you press the Go Live button. Until that moment no changes will be released and store listing or screenshots changes will be saved as a draft.
Google play itself shows you an alert explaining it when you perform a change:
To ensure which changes are included in your Timed publishing release, you can check the changelog link beside the Go live button, and you will be able to see there those store listing, screenshot or whatsoever changes.
I want to update the description of the app plus the screenshots on play store but the app remains the same viz same version number(I don't want to publish new app since nothing in app is changed)
Is that possible or will google ask for app to be updated as well.
You can update the description and can change screenshot also and your app will remain same only the description and screen will be updated within two hours, and you don't need to update apk.
google will never ask to update the apk file when you change description or distribution. below is the screen shot where yoiu have to edit description and change screen shot.
This is how you can update the description in Google Play console New UI August 2020
Store presence -> Main store listing
Using this [keywords] Search app in play store easliy
Link:-
https://play.google.com/apps/publish
You can edit the app description and screenshots without updating the application itself. Just go to "Store Listing" in the Android developer console, make your changes, and save them.
You can edit the app description and screenshots without updating the application itself. Just go to "Store Listing" in the Android developer console, make your changes, and save them.
As of June 2022, Store presence -> Main store listing is no longer the last step. Then you need to go to Publishing overview => Send for review
First do as described by #AmrDeveloper in https://stackoverflow.com/a/63350488
Then this screenshot:
Within Play Developer Console click on the app, then choose Store Presence then Store Listing on the left side menu and you'll be able to edit your short and long descriptions.
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.