Android Tutorial Requirements for New Apps on the Play Store

Due to the new Android developer verification, we now need to follow some steps to publish a new app on the Play Store.

This link contains all the information:

Registering Android package names - Play Console Help

The registration process varies based on whether the package name is new or existing (has installs). Step 1. Provide package name details (common to both new and existing package names) Navigate

support.google.com

The main change in B4A apps is:
- create the text file "adi-registration.properties" in the Assets folder (B4A/Files) and insert the snippet (a unique identifier) inside this file to create the APK for review.

Since I just submitted the first app for review, I'm waiting to see if that's all.
So the content of this post may change.
Edit: the review took only a few minutes.

 

[virpalacios]

Due to the new Android developer verification, we now need to follow some steps to publish a new app on the Play Store.

This link contains all the information:

Registering Android package names - Play Console Help

The registration process varies based on whether the package name is new or existing (has installs). Step 1. Provide package name details (common to both new and existing package names) Navigate

support.google.com

The main change in B4A apps is:
- create the text file "adi-registration.properties" in the Assets folder (B4A/Files) and insert the snippet (a unique identifier) inside this file to create the APK for review.

Since I just submitted the first app for review, I'm waiting to see if that's all.
So the content of this post may change.
Edit: the review took only a few minutes.

Hi, thanks for your help in this google time update, please give an example about what is a snippet (I check the google example, I found this DPAW2Z2OZAAACAAAAAAAAAAAAA), it could be a random string?, it has to be unique for each app?.

Thanks in advance for your comments,

Best Regards

 

[asales]

Hi, thanks for your help in this google time update, please give an example about what is a snippet (I check the google example, I found this DPAW2Z2OZAAACAAAAAAAAAAAAA), it could be a random string?, it has to be unique for each app?.

Thanks in advance for your comments,

Best Regards

This is the snippet example that you need to put inside the "adi-registration.properties" file.

You need to login in your Play Console account to register your app and generate the snippet to it, based in the key of the app.

As I register only one app, I don't know if the snippet is unique, but I think every time you register an app a new snippet is created.

 

[virpalacios]

This is the snippet example that you need to put inside the "adi-registration.properties" file.

You need to login in your Play Console account to register your app and generate the snippet to it, based in the key of the app.

As I register only one app, I don't know if the snippet is unique, but I think every time you register an app a new snippet is created.

Thanks a Lot, I got it, I am recolecting information about the process, I will do my first try this weekend, so any useful information will be posted here

Best regard and thanks again

 

[virpalacios]

Hi, it is me again, I already got register my first app outside Play Store, It was very straigth foward, however this first app use "Google Firebase Authentication", so its signature was already register at Google, after I put package id, the page retreived the app signature (8D4:F1:63:42:5C:01:64:51:01:2A:9C:8F:ED:79:RB:X3:F5:C3:92:F2C0:7C:30:C3:37:58:A4:K8:QA:11), so i follow to the apk section, generating snippet and put it on the
adi-registration.properties (create file inside asset directory, with no .txt extension, however it is text file). Make a compilation and upload apk, then it show me app is in review status, after a couple of minutes I got this id registered. Tomorrow I will try with an app never register in google, so I can have a new view about the process and will be commented here.

Best Regards

 

[virpalacios]

Hi, good Sunday Night, I just registered my second app in play console, because I use same app signature for all apps, google suggest me same one used before, so when I generated the snipet it got the values as the first app, so I just copied adi-registration.properties to files folder for the next app, compile it and upload. In few minutes it got registered. My opinion: The process is very straight forward, I will registred apps that are in production stated and use market phones (industrial equipment will be register later). Right now I have to read about apps that in development or samples, I hope it validated with my google credentials in my device.

Best Regards