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 am new to android app development, and I just released my first app on Google Play. I've had at least a few people download it for sure, including me.
However, my Google Play Console still says that it has zero downloads.
I know it's not a huge deal, but I would really like to see if people are actually using it or not.
So I am in a weird situation. By chance another developer and me have chosen the same name for our app, both our releases are in early access mode and were released for testing only a month appart.
When searching on the play store google play will sometimes show his app and at other times it will show mine seemingly by chance.
My question is is if the first app to be released propperly will be prefered or if this will continue being governed by chance. I really want to avoid having to rename my app but having the other app appear as the official result on google play can lead to confusion especially since we are both in the same country.
what are your thoughts on my situation
I'm fairly new to app development and I uploaded a couple of instances of an app to closed testing in Google Play Console. The first reviews from Google went quite fast and was approved, but now it is over 4 hours since I uploaded the most recent APK for closed testing and it still says that it is under review. I think I published around 5 APKs today for closed testing. I was just wondering if this is common? How long does it usually take? Does it take longer for them to review if you upload more APKs in a short amount of time? If so, is there a way to avoid this kind of behaviour?
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The time of review can vary a lot. From an hour to a few days.
If one of your APK is in the queue for review and you upload another APK that overrides the first one (i.e. on the same track), the first APK will no longer be reviewed, only the last one will be reviewed and enters the queue again. So if you upload APKs faster than they can be reviewed, nothing gets published.
I would suggest not to publish so frequently. Use the internal test track rather than a closed track if you want to iterate quickly within the same day. There's no review time for this track so it will be much faster. Use a closed track for the first round of testing within the company, internal QA, etc., by uploading an APK only every few days.
Play Console and fast releases are not compatible things, at the end of 2022 our apps sometimes getting published within 10 minutes, and sometimes it takes more than 10 days to review new update, sometimes some apps age getting rejected with reasons like "You app should not have in app deposits, kinda looks like you are casino app and so on" when in fact we develop crypto wallet, sometime we just republish app and it getting approved. Some updates are still fast but when we add something like referral program it takes weeks.
That is why many apps like Telegram who deliver via Play store ask users to download APK directly from their website (with a message like "If you want to receive updates faster") and then they have auto-update component which re-downloads APK and shows user APK installation system dialog. This works pretty fine, no additional permissions apart of the allowing Android to install pure APK files, which has a "risk" warning.
I published an app to the android market about 3 hours ago and it shows up when I got to https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=my.package.name but it won't show up in the search.
Also, when I am not signed into google it will appear if I go to https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=some.package.name&feature=more_from_developer however if I am signed in it will not appear in that list either.
In both cases, signed in or not, if I go to the apps page directly ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=my.package.name ) it will appear and say that it IS compatible with my device. What is going on in the market? Is this normal behavior?
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.
Usually it start reflecting in couple of hours but sometimes it can take upto 6 hours or more after publishing it to market.
I finished uploading my app to android market an hour ago.
I did all the steps recommended here.
I also have my copy off. Its paid and and I set up a merchant account too.
My app is not showing on the market. How long does it take to show up?
And why is not showing up?
Is there any setting I am missing that I should do?
Could be one of several reasons:
Delay - Market does sometimes take a little while to show new or updated apps.
Manifest - your AndroidManifest.xml may be too restrictive, so your app will not show up in the Market app of your test device (even if that's the same device you used for testing)
User-error - double-check you've actually saved and published the app. The new UI has caught me out twice already!
Currently, it takes a few hours until submitted apps (or updates) are showing up on Google Play. Maybe there is a short review process or some caching involved. If everything looks correct with the status info displayed to you, just get yourself a good cup of coffee and give it a few hours. ;)