Play Console & Store Listing
Making your app presentable and publishable: navigating Play Console, writing a store listing that converts, and getting data safety right.
10 guides in this topic
Publishing requirements & formats
Target API Level Requirements for Google Play
What target API level Google Play requires for new and existing apps, what happens if you miss the deadline, per-device form-factor exceptions, and how to check and raise your app's target SDK.
Play Console · Reference
Android App Bundles (AAB): Upload, Signing & Splits
What an Android App Bundle is, why Google Play uses AAB instead of APK uploads, AAB vs APK, signing with Play App Signing, split APKs, and how to build and upload one.
Play Console · Reference
Play App Signing & Key Management: Upload Keys, Signing Keys, and Recovery
How Google Play App Signing works, the difference between your upload key and your app signing key, how to rotate or reset an upload key, and what to do if a key is lost or compromised.
Play Console · Reference
Version Code & Version Name: Rules, Collisions, and Cross-Track Behavior
How Android version codes work, why they must increase across all tracks, common collision scenarios, and the difference between versionCode and versionName.
Play Console · Reference
Release management & rollouts
Launching your app
Google Play Pre-Registration: How It Works and Who Can Use It
What pre-registration is, why Google gates it behind production access for new accounts, and how to use the listing-before-launch window well.
Play Console · Reference
How to Launch Your App on Google Play: Production Rollout
The final stretch: creating the production release, resolving review errors, choosing your countries, and rolling out to users.
Play Console · How to
Store listing & data safety
How to Write a Google Play Store Listing That Converts
The exact limits and the craft of the Play Store listing: a 30-character title, an 80-character hook, 4,000 characters of proof, screenshots, and video.
Play Console · How to
Data Safety & the Privacy Policy on Google Play: A Practical Guide
What Google requires from every app — even one that collects no data: the Data safety form, the privacy policy, and why the two must match.
Play Console · How to
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