I am looking to hopefully use the Turned Based Multiplayer feature for my android app. Do I need to have the user login with their google+ account? If they have a gmail account, do they need to hit a sign in button anywhere?
Yes, if they have a gmail account, they just click sign in and they're good to go.
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As of late, google play is "reviewing" new apps that were published to google play.
My app requires the reviewer to have a demo account, otherwise the user cannot go past the initial screen.
Where is the place that I provide the reviewer with the demo account?
Actually you could provide extra data for google play by follow the instructions bellow:
Login in your google play developer account.
In the left side menu click on Policy -> App Content
Check the radio button "All or some functionality is restricted"
Click on "Add new instructions".
After enter your data you will be able to edit it by click on link "Manage".
Actually in now days google will reject apps that don't fill the
credentials for testing purposes. See the rejection from google play when you don't inform the demo credentials.
Google play does not open the app at all, they run automated tests on it, that does not seem to include opening the app.
It took 3 days and change but it was approved.
I have a Google Play Developers account, linked my friend's Google account. We want to link it to my Google account, instead. There is any way to re-link the Google Developers account we paid for to my email?
I tried to search on the internet, but I didn't find any solution.
I'm not sure if it is possible, but if it is possible - I will happy to get some help.
Here are steps to Move Account
Invite new user in an existing account
Give him as an Admin role.
Go with new account and revoke access from all other users from that account.
Now You can not access app in older account.
I am not talking about an app for a team, but something like iTunes where a user (say the boss) has a main account and it can choose team member with abilities for publish new apps or updates.
I can not find this option in google play. is it possible?
Yes, you can add multiple Google Accounts. One is the owner and he can give other access. But you have to do this in the Google Developer Console.
Log in into your account. Press Settings. Click the button Invite new user.
Sorry, I use Dutch language, but here is a screenshot:
I am working on a project based on google mobile backend starter. This is set up to authenticate users using their google account - https://cloud.google.com/developers/articles/mobile-backend-starter-api-reference/#secmod
I now want to get a users name and profile image as defaults for their profile. I have implemented the google plus APIs which gives me the information that I want - https://developers.google.com/+/mobile/android/people
Unfortunately at the moment I am asking the user to log in to the application with their google account and then asking them to log in again to get their google plus information. So my question is this: is there a way to modify the google plus login such that it takes the authentication from mobile backend starter rather than requiring a separate login?
This is a similar question Can I use Google Plus sign in to authenticate my OAuth methods in app engine? but I specifically want my standard sign in to authenticate the google plus (rather than the other way around) as very few people have an android phone without a google account but a larger percentage dont have a google plus account
If in your application you provide a "Sign-in with Google" functionality then you can upgrade that functionality with "Google SignIn Plus". Please refer to the document [1].Also go through the document[2], it gives you an idea how to use the Google+Sign In with your android application.
[1]Google SignIn Plus: https://developers.google.com/accounts/docs/OpenID#update-to-plus
[2]Google SignInfor Android: https://developers.google.com/+/mobile/android/sign-in
I am in the middle of working on Android app, and for the user registration bit, I've been reading how they recommend developers to make use of Google+ sign-on integration.
However, I was wondering, will there be any possibility of Android users not having a Google+ account? Will a Google+ account automatically be created for anyone who registered their Android devices with a valid Gmail account?
Thanks!
Google Play requires that users have a Google account to install apps and the new Google+ Sign-In flow works for all Google accounts regardless of them being upgraded to Google+ or not.
yes it is entirely possible for a user to not have a Google+ account. An account does not get automatically created for you. When you first get the device you get prompted to sign-up but that does not mean they will as they can skip that and do it at a later time
A Google+ account is not required for someone to use an Android device. Most people who use them will have one, but there will be some who do not. If you make an app with G+ sign in, add some other way to sign in as well. However, Google is pushing this hard and is even requiring a G+ account to comment on YouTube Videos. See this like for more info: http://readwrite.com/2014/01/10/google-plus-inescapable#awesm=~oya6fZfWHOVNbo
Some users' accounts may not be allowed to have Google+ accounts. For example if the account is a work account, this can be due to the administrator disabling Google+ for their account. In this case the user would receive the message:
"Google+ is unavailable for your account. Please contact your domain
administrator to see if Google+ can be enabled for your account."
Here is some tangential information about how one would go about enabling the Google+ account.