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Learning Android Application Development

By : Raimon Ràfols Montane, Laurence Dawson
Book Image

Learning Android Application Development

By: Raimon Ràfols Montane, Laurence Dawson

Overview of this book

The mobile app market is huge. But where do you start? And how you can deliver something that takes Google Play by storm? This guide is the perfect route into Android app development – while it’s easy for new apps to sink without a trace, we’ll give you the best chance of success with practical and actionable guidance that will unlock your creativity and help you put the principles of Android development into practice. From the fundamentals and getting your project started to publishing your app to a huge market of potential customers, follow this guide to become a confident, creative and reliable mobile developer. Get to grips with new components in Android 7 such as RecyclerView, and find out how to take advantage of automated testing, and, of course, much, much more. What are you waiting for? There’s never been a better time – or a better way – to get into Android app development.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Learning Android Application Development
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
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Preface

Publishing your application on Google Play


Once we have created an account and have paid the $25, we are able to add and publish Android applications. We are only required to do some previous steps before actually publishing an Android application: prepare the store listing with all the screenshots, marketing material, and texts and promotional images, and upload the application binaries.

Adding a new application

Our first step will be to add a new application to our account. We have to select the default language of the application, which will be the default language in which we will be editing our texts in Google Play and our application title.

If we have our APK ready, we can start by uploading it; otherwise, we can start by preparing the store listing.

Preparing the Store Listing

As mentioned before, an application is not only a binary. When we upload it to the store, we have to add a lot of marketing material. With the huge number of applications in the market, unless the application's...