how can one set which screenshot will be displayed when a link to a game/app in Google Play is shared?
Example: I want to share in Facebook a link to my new game:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.dragonslabs.battlesnake
What appears on the wall, is the screenshot for the alternative movement settings, which is good to gain basic understanding what are the supported movement options, but by far now that I want to show as first impression of the game.
Is there any way to specify which screenshot appears - either via the share link, or to specify in the Developer Console?
Thanks!
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I have implemented signing-in functionnalities in my Android game (which uses libgdx) via the BaseGameUtils class, but I saw a neat feature in a game (Jetpack Joyride) that I'd like to reproduce. On their homescreen, if the user is logged in, the "sign in google" button opens the Google Play account's settings (where the user can change his image, sign out and see his Google Play Services version).
I would like to have something similar, but have no idea how to call and open this page. I browsed the whole Google Play documentation but couldn't find anything about it.
What should I use to open this specific page ?
Note that you must follow the branding guidelines if you want to implement that. See Building a custom Google Sign-In button for more information.
Also, you may want to use the following approaches discussed in providing a sign-in button:
Include a com.google.android.gms.common.SignInButton on the main activity layout as described in the previous section; or
Design a custom sign-in button according to the Google Sign-In branding guidelines.
I have an app which opens Google Maps from where the user is likely to start the Google Navigation from point A to B. Is it possible to open Google Maps and therefore Google Navigation only in specific proportion of the screen and display some additional (but minimal) information from my app next to the navigation?
I am thinking of something like this:
Additionally, is it possible to receive a broadcast when during the Google Navigation the user has arrived to her destination?
I know it is a bit far fetched, but maybe there are some ideas.
If you are still interested in knowing about this after 2 years.
Short answer: Yes (with a but).
If you are asking about displaying a full Navigation experience with turn by turn instructions, a puck, routines on Google Maps, then the answer is: It's illegal to do it without Google's permission. If you look at the Lyft app for drivers, they do have a full navigation experience on top of Google Maps because they partnered with them. So, it's possible, but requires direct communication with Google engineers.
For a workaround, you could show an embed Google Maps view in your apps, and show Markers, Polylines. They also have these APIs to get directions from one place to the other one. For example:
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json?origin=Disneyland&destination=Universal+Studios+Hollywood4&key=<YOUR_API_KEY>
NOTE: Fees will apply when using these APIs. Check their documentation for more details about the workaround.
You can but you need to contact google personally this is google explanations about this subject and the contract page specially for your request https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/ridesharing/
Not directly from Google map's navigation . But you can create your own by using
Direction API.
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/directions/start#sample-request
yes ,
you can use point an geography point by polygone and line canvas for routing the path between two point on google map.
for more reference reffer this Link.
Google Play application on mobile devices, has the Feature Graphic at the top of selected application view.
Unfortunately it isn't shown on the play.google.com website. e.g. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.instagram.android
Is it possible to obtain this graphic without using Google Play mobile application?
Thanks for help.
Ok, its bit of hackish and very simple
get to know the package name , here which is com.instagram.android
in google image search , search for this name
in size settings, make it exact 1024*500
Bang on! The first image you'll get is 99% the feature image
:D enjoy
So Google has just released a new feature for Google Now called Now on Tap. It enables a user to get contextual help from different apps (The Verge video example).
Does it simply take a screenshot of the current app and use OCR to extract the text?
Does it have "special Google permission" which allows it to read the values within the views?
Primarily, it should work using the assist API added to the M Developer Preview. However as "Now on Tap" is proprietary and unreleased, we can only really guess at this time.
I know you can embed the google maps view in an android activity, but is it possible to plug anything into the actual google maps app. say if somebody clicked on a result in the map, and instead of the standard screen show a list of options, like when you share an image. Like "tag this". Something like that.
I can't seem to find any info on that. Its all on integrating MapView into your app.
To my knowledge that's not possible. You cannot program your own copy of Google Maps (that would incorporate the features that you want to add) either, because it's one of the proprietary Google Apps (like the Gmail-, YouTube-, and Market-apps), for which they don't release the code.