A day ago I uploaded my first game in play store and I'm having an issue and I don't know if it is normal.
My entry in play store is not showing similar games like the others. I don't know if it is because it has been too few time in the market or I have to activate it :/. I assigned the type of the game and so on... is there any problem?
No you dont have to activate it separately. In due course of time it will start to show it. It is based on people's behavior of downloading your app and similar apps like yours..
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I'm a newbie in android programming, having started a few months ago only. I've always found an answer to my questions up to now, but this particular one seems not to exist. I may be missing something obiouvs but I try to ask anyway.
I'm dealing with google play services implementation in the game I'm developing. I set everything up following step by step more than one guide. They were similar and the resulting code was the same. And it's working fine: I can log in and connect to API's with GoogleApiClient. I set up the achievements and leaderboards in the console and I can even update them and unlock achievements.
The problem is I can't see any of my achievements or leaderboards in the Play Games app by Google. From the console they result published but in the app, if I click on my game, I'm only able to see the description and "other people using this game"; achievements and leaderboards section are missing and I can't figure out how to make them appear.
I want to underline that if I call inside my app the leaderboards or achievements activity, provided by the google play services library itself, it works. The intent is launched and achievements show up (same thing for leaderboards). So I thought the problem was outside my game code.
So, what am I mistaking? Do I have to change something else in the developer console? Do I have to add something else I didn't notice?
Thanks in advance to everyone who will help me.
This is normal behavior, it wont show up in the Google Play app until you have published your game.
I have faced the same problem and it showed up as expected when the app went live.
So, finally here the answer to that issue. I directly wrote an email to Google support. I was told, they have a kind of activity threshold for each app. Once you hit that, you will see 'MyAchievements' and/or 'Leaderboard' tabs in GooglePlayService app.
So my app Hardy the Game finally got at least the achievements activated.
Obviously you have to publish the game and do every step required as explained in Google Play Game Services.
Of course you can immediately use your achievements/leaderboards programmatically. Actually, you should do!
For getting those extra tabs just wait and get your app more activity. In my case I developed all achievements and started to share with my friends.
Hope that helped!
Good Programming
based on this video, i change my app title, keywords etc...but still can't get the app in play store search list https://play.google.com/store/... how to be discoverable if you just published a new app, if it is not on the search results...even if i type in the exact title of APP: "Allrecipes Healthy Food Recipe" or "Recipes from FoodTwitter" notice keyword "FoodTwitter" is pretty unique! but results are showing only top 300 recipe/recipes sites, but not mine. So, the point is...how new starters must tell users that there is a new app, if google store does not list them at all?
It takes a while untill you have enough downloads for google to shoot you higher up the list(if there is competision with the same/very similar app names) and if it is your first upload and there are no other with the same name, it takes a while untill the search connects that name with your app.
When I started out, my app was far down on the list, but a few weeks later it was at the top and I'm guessing because it got five stars by several people and got a load of downloads.
Google Play Store Visibility Algorythm works in mysterious ways so it is hard to give an exact answer without working at google with the play store, but it should still help you. Once your app is starting to generate downloads, the more it gets the higher it goes. It is a hard market because of the millions on millions of apps, so you just have to keep trying!
I uploaded my application into Google Play Store 12 hours ago. Still, I cannot see my application, I also checked with package name like "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.package.name"
Is there any more search options?
I know this is a common problem and general answers are be patiance and refresh the page, but I also have another question.
Before releasing your app, as you know Play Store asks which countries do you want to publish. Is there any disadvantage for chosing all countries? I am started to think it is still not in store because I chose all countries.
12 hours passed, started to worry. My development page says it's released. So still waiting.
I had a app submitted to google play store and it had been on there a while it was really buggy and i decided to pick back up development on it and completely revamp it.
Problem: i have forgot my keystore sign that i did the first app with so i decided to unpublish it and do a completely new upload of the app under a different name.
Now the new app doesn't seem to be showing on the google play store now matter how hard i look?
With the old app is it possible to delete this or is unpublishing it the right thing to do.
Can anyone give me some steps on possible ways to resolve this or ways in which you can check the status of your app submission?
I also experienced this with some of my apps. It seems that there are some kinds of caching strategies in place that prevent the item from appearing.
Just wait another couple of hours and check your application again. As long as the market says that the app is compatible with your device there shouldn't be a serious error.
The delay isn't consistent at all. It can range from 45 minutes to several hours in my experience. I tend to upload before bed and when I wake up it has appeared. I guess it is one of those "a watched pot never boils" type things
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i have uploaded an app yesterday by 6pm but till now i can't find app on Google Play..
Can anyone find an app otherthan private inbox on think link..
please help..
https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=AMTEC+Pvt.Ltd
Does anyone know how much time it will take to upload an app..?
Does time to become visible has anything to do with the content of app..??
I have already uploaded one app that took about few hours but now its almost 24 hours...
There is no validation process after a successful publishing of your app on the Play Store.
Few points to consider:
It will take some time to appear in search results.
If you are using the Google Play Store application on your Android device, then keep in mind that the application could get filtered out due to various criteria and not be visible in the search results of the application, even if it is published. It could be filtered out based on country, screen sizes/resolutions, minimum SDK versions, phone capabilities and much more.
Check out this link about Filters on Google Play to see how some choices in AndroidManifest.xml could also be affecting your application from appearing in Search via the Play Store app on different Android devices.
A lot of times, this happens. The app may be uploaded on the play store but may not be displayed immediately in the search results. You can check whether the app is uploaded or not by going to this link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=yourpackagename
Replace 'yourpackagename' with the package name.
If the app is displayed, your upload was successful.