I am closing my app programatically on a button click. If anyone can suggest this is ok with google's android app publishing guidelines. I am concerned if it gets rejected because of this. Please suggest.
Rejected? Nope... Google Play Store is nothing like the Apple App Store. As long as you're not publishing a malicious app, Google doesn't care what your app's functionality is.
My suggestion is to remove the button anyway to better comply with Android standards. Your users are expecting to exit your app by pressing the home button.
Nahh.. There isn't any problem of closing app programatically.
But as suggested in "Android docs" You have to manage your app flow in a way that you don't need to Close your app programatically.
Then even you want to do it then you are the boss of your app.
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Is it possible to disable the app action when our app is already released in production without having to do resubmission?
I just want to make sure we can toggle it off immediately if something unexpected happens in production.
Thank you.
No, it's currently not possible. When you publish your app to Play, Assistant will ingest your App Actions configuration and will use that until you publish a new version of your app. There is no toggle switch that disables Assistant's ability to recognize your app's config.
However, this is a good feature request, and I've love to know more about the specific situation you're trying to address or problem you're hoping to avoid, if you want to edit the question or comment further here.
I couldn't understand why the 'Unpublish app' button in Google's Developer Console isn't available (I can see it, but not press it).
It looks as if the link is disabled.
<a class="gwt-Anchor gux-disabled" disabled="">Unpublish app</a>
Anyone has any idea why is it so?
You have turned on manage publishing that’s why your button is not working
You have to turn the manage publish off. Then this button will work.
For more you can see this solution video
https://youtu.be/EaH1Ls04uK8
If the Unpublished button is not working - you have to turn off
the Managed publishing status. See these attached screenshots:
On Google Play Console:
Open Publishing Overview tab. If Managed Publishing turned on, then turn it off by clicking the 'Manage' button.
Now you can open Advanced Settings and unpublish the app by choosing the 'Unpublished' switch. Don't forget to Save changes.
That's it ))
This is most probably because the app is still being distributed. It takes a couple of hours for the app to the released. This depends on the localisation of the app. if you left this default, the app will be distributed worldwide.
According to Android Authority:
It takes a few hours for the app to appear. The publication process
is automatic and it isn’t too long before your app becomes available
for download.
Wait for a bit and try again. It also seems very wierd from Google, however the label has a grey color, making it seem unavailable. In fact it would be available, when clicking on it.
From my understanding, you cant un-publish an app that is being used. Or after more than 24 hours of publishing.
This is to stop you un-publishing an app that someone has purchased etc.
I had to contact their support team to remove one of my apps. And they something similar to the above (which criteria i met as only I had installed it), so were able to remove it for me.
Contact support for more help / advice on the issue, specific to the app you wish to remove.
Hi i have uploaded my app to play store but till now it's in Ready to Publish state. Why is it i am unable to understand this? I uploaded my app on sep 13, 2013.In the attached pic on left side you can apk, store listing and Pricing & Distribution are ticked Green. If i hadn't fulfilled any part then it won't be Green
As you can see it on screenshot. Any idea why is it?
Try it in firefox. The drop down didn't open for me in google chrome.
If you are not the owner and have been added to a publish account this inability to publish can be also down to the permissions you have been granted. I had this with a client and they had not granted me access to manage production or manage alpha/beta apks. Once they granted this to me I had to log out and back in for the changes to take effect.
If Publish button does not appear in IE, try Chrome.
You need to Publish the app manually by clicking Publish option from "Ready to Publish" dropdown.
For me, the "Ready to Publish" button wasn't doing anything. I assume this is the problem you're having.
I opened an incognito window and signed in as a different user (owner rather than admin) and it worked fine. So, one of those two things solved it, but I'm not sure which. Go ahead and try either or both.
FWIW, this was in Chromium 35.0.1916.114.
Thanks to all the people who have answered for the question. It helped me lot. You need to publish the app manually by yourself. I am just trying to combine all those answers in one:
You must have admin privilege to publish the app so make sure you have one to publish app.
Try it in different browser. (In fact I didn't had to change the browser.)
Kudos to people who answered it.
You need to store listing , click on review then rollout
In the new Play Console, go to Publishing overview. Click the blue Review and publish button.
Is it possible to remove or disable Done button which comes when any application is installed. I want that the user must open my application.
Thanks in advance.
No. That's the play store, its a separate application you have no control over. Besides, the user may not want to immediately open your app (I tend to download several in the background and open them later). Why should he be forced to?
In my Android App i want a popup do show up with a button that links to my app in the market.
The popup is showing currectly, but if somebody has already wrote a review for my app, i dont want it to show up.
Is it possible to check if the person has already wrote a review or gave stars?
Sorry for my bad english. I hope you did understand my problem.^^
not really. You can have your app remember that the specific user has pressed your pop-up button before to be taken to the market. But you have no way to know whether they rated or reviewed your application. The Market provides no public API to get this information for 3rd party applications.