Later, as you add features or address code issues, you can publish an updated -binary at any time. Google Play makes the new version available immediately and +binary at any time. Google Play makes the new version available almost immediately and notifies existing customers that an update is ready for download. To streamline the rollout across your customer base, Google Play also lets users accept automatic updates of your app, so that your updates are delivered and installed diff --git a/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/publish/console.jd b/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/publish/console.jd index af2b7e8649df5..cd1fd80a21432 100644 --- a/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/publish/console.jd +++ b/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/publish/console.jd @@ -14,24 +14,25 @@ you'll find in the Developer Console.
Developer Console home page: Gives you a quick -overview of your apps, lets you jump to stats, reviews, or product details, or +style="font-weight:500;">All applications page: Gives you a quick +overview of your apps, lets you jump to stats, reviews, and product details, or upload a new app.
-
Developer profile: Specifies your developer -identity and contact information, stores your developer key, and more.
+style="font-weight:500;">Account details page: Specifies your developer +identity and contact information, accounts for app testing, and more.Your developer profile identifies you to Google Play and to your customers. -During registration you can provide information for your profile, but you can go +During registration you must provide information for your profile, but you can go back at any time to edit the information and change your settings.
Your developer profile contains:
@@ -39,11 +40,11 @@ back at any time to edit the information and change your settings.If you are working with a team, you can set up multiple user accounts to @@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ owner can add user accounts and manage what parts of the Console they have access to. For example, an owner can grant users access to publishing and app configuration, but not access to financial reports.
+If you want to sell apps or in-app products, you can link your Google @@ -65,15 +67,16 @@ sales.
Product details page: Lets you upload your +style="font-weight:500;">Store Listing page: Lets you upload your graphic assets, description, support information, and other information to create the product details page for a specific app.
-The Developer Console lets you set up a colorful storefront page for your app -called the product details page. Your product details page is the home +called the Store Listing page. Your Store Listing page is the home for your app in Google Play — it's the page users see on their mobile phones or on the web when they want to learn about your app and download it.
@@ -83,11 +86,12 @@ what's great about your app, and you can provide a localized description, add notes about the latest version, and more. You can update your store listing at any time, even if you don’t have a new version of your application. +From the Developer Console you can quickly upload a release-ready APK and publish it when you're ready. The app is a draft until you publish it, -at which time Google Play makes your product details page and app available to +at which time Google Play makes your store listing and app available to users. You can unpublish the app at any time.
You can also see the list of devices that your app is currently available to, based on any distribution rules declared in its manifest file.
+The Developer Console gives you tools to set prices for your apps and in-app @@ -115,25 +120,25 @@ download).
In addition, you can sell in-app products and subscriptions in your app, -whether it is free or priced. You can set prices separately for priced apps, +whether the app is free or priced. You can set prices separately for priced apps, in-app products, and subscriptions.
If you are selling a priced app or in-app products or subscriptions, the Developer Console lets you set prices in a large number of different currencies. -When users around the world visit your product details page, they see the price +When users around the world visit your store listing, they see the price of your app in their own currency. For most countries, the price you set is the final price charged to users, inclusive of taxes.
To help you manage your prices, the Developer Console provides an autofill capability that uses recent exchange rates to populate the prices in all supported currencies. You can change prices for apps and in-app products at any -time, just by saving changes in the Develoer Console.
+time, just by saving changes in the Developer Console.Google Play makes it easy for users to submit reviews of your app for the benefit of other users. The reviews are also extremely important to you, since they give you usability feedback, support requests, and important functionality issues direct from your customers.
-The Developer console also lets you see error reports, with stack trace and +
The Developer Console also lets you see crash reports, with stack trace and other data, submitted automatically from Android devices, for debugging and improving your app.
@@ -177,7 +182,8 @@ performance of your app.You can view installations of your app measured by unique users, as well as by unique devices. For user installations, you can view active installs, total -installs, and daily installs and uninstalls. For devices, you can see active +installs, daily installs and uninstalls, and metrics about the user reviews. +For devices, you can see active installs as well as daily installs, uninstalls, and upgrades.
You can zoom into the installation numbers along several dimensions, @@ -197,6 +203,6 @@ timeline.
style="width:600px;padding:4px;margin-bottom:0em;">App -installation statistics page: Shows you a variety of statistics about a +statistics page: Shows you a variety of statistics about a specific app's installation performance over time.
diff --git a/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/publish/preparing.jd b/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/publish/preparing.jd index e93b2115da946..406d4128804d3 100644 --- a/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/publish/preparing.jd +++ b/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/publish/preparing.jd @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ page.title=Publishing Checklist for Google Play @jd:bodyGoogle Play now lets you provide different promotional graphics for each -language you support. Localizing your graphics helps you reach your global -user base more effectively and is highly recommended.
-All of your graphic assets should be designed so that they are easy to see and highlight your app or brand in a colorful, interesting way. The assets should reference the same logo and icon as users will actually find in the All @@ -417,8 +409,8 @@ be also be displayed to users on your product details page.
To help you market your app more effectively to a global audience, Google Play lets you create localized versions of your promotional graphics, screenshots, and videos and upload them to the Developer Console. When a user -visits your app's store listing, Google Play displays the promotional graphic -and video that you've provided for the user's language.
+visits your app's store listing, Google Play displays the promotional graphic, +screenshots and video that you've provided for the user's language.To localize your promotional graphics, you can translate any embedded text, use different imagery or presentation, or change your marketing approach to best address the needs @@ -427,11 +419,11 @@ includes and embedded product name or tag line, you can translate that text and add it to a localized version of the promotional graphic.
Because your localized graphic assets and videos are so important, you should get -started on creating them and localizing them as needed, well in advance of your target +started on creating them and localizing them well in advance of your target publishing date.
Note: Localized promotional graphics and videos are supported -in the Developer Console Preview only.
+only in the new Developer Console design.
on the side navigation.
+