Our app just published just now on google playstore but if we type the full name it doesn't even show. We have to type the developers name instead in able to show it from the list down below when you scroll down. The app was published via Beta test at the moment, I'm not sure if its the reason or we need to make it publsh to production in able to see. Or do I missed something?
This also happened to my App before. There are guidelines provided by Google Support though.
In most cases maybe you are searching in a mobile device that is not supported by your app. Check targetSdkVersion in your AndroidManifest. In my case it took atleast a day for it to be totally visible in the Google Play Store.
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The name of my App is Gestión Escáner. I search "Gestión Escáner" (without quotes) and I see a lot of apps less mine. I have another app in published and if I go into it in the store I can access to the creator (Me) and then see my 2 apps (Gestión Horario and Gestión Escáner) witch I couldn't find in the searcher.
Is ridiculous that I search my app by it name and I found nothing. I published the app 2 days ago and in the web page Google says that the publishing take as maximum 24 hours.
My app is published, it can be checked in the Google Play Console, and in the Google Play Store (if you know how to exactly search it).
There is a Google failure or something? I can't reach understand why I cannot find my App by its name.
I want to specify that there no exists another application with the same name as mine.
Thanks a lot for the help.
The time of 4 to 24 hours is the time to get app published.
After the app has been published, it needs to be indexed by google to be visible in the search. Also, the search results also depend upon the ASO(App Store Optimization). Sometimes, you can't see your app even with the full name without that. Make sure your Title/Description convey the idea.
You can read the following links App visibility & discovery issues and Get discovered on Google Play search
I have uploaded an application in Google play. Application is available region specific. Application is uploaded in production with full-roll out.
In one of the device, application is visible and user installed it. After some X duration, same user in same device when he searches the application, application is not visible.
It's a strange behavior but why this behavior is seen?
Above scenario is searched in device Google play application only.
It might not always show if your app doesn't have enough unique keywords in the name. As stated in this thread, you can change your name in the Play Store Console and try some different combinations of words.
Also, there's possibility that your app that you're trying to search is not compatible with the device. This might be a reason why it is not showing up in your device. If you will sign into your Google account, then you click the install button (on the desktop site) it will show you the devices that are associated with that account asking with their compatibility. [Source.]
You can also check these related SO posts:
Google Play is not showing my app
It took almost couple of days for my app to show up. Just a small note, if you cannot find your app in the play store, try putting the name in double quotes like "Park The Car" or "Relationship Guru" and then search it. Even when Play store started showing my app, if I just search with the app name with no double quotes, I could not find it. I saw almost 500 apps and still I could not find my app. But on using double quotes, I got a perfect string match.
After 4 days app is still not indexed in Google Play search
Hope this helps!
Each time you release an app, the search ranking in the play store will be temporarily hit.
However, it will be restored within a day or two.
If your search visibility went out of ranking soon after the new update got to live in the play store, then there is nothing to worry about. It will be back soon.
Google Play search is a key tool for users to find relevant, and popular apps for Android devices. Ensuring that your app and store listing are thorough and optimized is an important factor in getting discovered by users on Google Play and you can optimize your search by following the steps in the following official link by Google.
https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/4448378?hl=en
I have a dev version of my app that is not published in the Play Store. I would like to test dynamic links with it, but whenever I click a dynamic link, it opens the play store, and I get a not found error (because there is no corresponding package in the Play Store).
What's the recommended way of testing this? It would also apply to staging environments, etc... that are not published.
I was able to test it like this:
I published a closed alpha version of an app - open only to my email (beta should work just the same)
Opted in via the opt-in link in the developer console (it's on the APK section)
After that, clicking the dynamic link I created on the Firebase console worked as expected, without having my app out in the open.
Caveats:
Connected Google users - might cause a problem if only one is on the alpha group list
It takes a bit of time to get started. Make sure you can see the app in Google Play before trying to click the link
Updates, fixes and changes take time until they actually appear on Google Play. Google Play now offers internal testing, a level below alpha that propagates updates quicker.
The other answer above is technically correct, but you can get close to simulating the real behavior without putting anything on the Google Play Store.
If your application is installed, the dynamic link will open your application. This is true even if your app is not listed on the Play Store. If this is not working for you, your app is not properly set up to receive dynamic links.
If your application is not installed, you will be taken to the Play Store and you will see app not found. After, you can sideload the app to simulate a Play Store install.
So it's been a day, almost, 22 hours after I published an app to the play store and I still can't find it when searching it by name. Should I be worried? Min API and Target API are good, and the majority of devices are supported.
Do have a look at this:
https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/troubleshooter/3055329?hl=en#ts=3056739
This is the play store's explanation to your problem
Usually it wont take that long. For me it takes couple of hours. Did you search the app by its full name. Usually there are alot of apps in the market and it would be difficult to find the one you just published.
I would also check in the excluded devices section of the playstore. If you are searching this in a device which is in excluded devices, chances are that it wont be shown.
On Tuesday, I released my first app to the Android Market. Since then I found a few bugs which I have fixed and uploaded a new version.
In the Developer Console, it still shows the version number as the original (v0.8.0) but the last version uploaded is different (v0.9.0).
If I check the market on my phone, then the update is not even showing.
How long before they show?
Can I check if there are any errors with my upload process? Does a different filename for the apk matter?
Cheers
Summary: It seems to take an hour.
From the developer publishing tool
"Your application has been published. It can take several hours
until it is available throughout Google Play."
After publishing through the Developer Console, if I search through the web interface of the Android Market, I still get the old version for a while. It seems to take maybe an hour for the app to make it through the Developer Console and display the updated version in the marketplace.
It's definitely not instantaneous for me. Perhaps it used to be.
It's instantaneous. Did you click the "Publish" button? It's possible to upload an .apk without actually publishing it (if you click "Save" rather than "Publish").
The update occurs immediately. The question is the cache of your market application :)
A reboot or a forced kill of the market app with a task manager should bring the update to your device...
The market checks your versionCode (stored in the manifest) and not the versionName to determine if there is an update.
May it depend on the populatiry of the app? It can for sure take also a couple of hours to appear and still there might be no notification on a device about the update.