Figure 8-10: The upload page.
Uploading Your Application to the Google Play Store
You’ve finally reached the apex of Android application development: You’re ready to publish the application. To publish your app, you’ll need to collect the following information:
The signed application APK
Your application screenshots
A description and promotional text for your application
An optional promotional image used to advertise your app if it’s featured in the Google Play Store
Publishing an application is easy — follow these steps:
1. On the Android developer’s home page (refer to Figure 8-8), click the Upload Application button.
The Upload an Application page opens, as shown in Figure 8-10.

2. For the Application APK file, choose the .apk file that you create earlier in this chapter, and then click Upload.
No two applications can have the same package name in the Google Play Store. (Google ...
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