Pubpshing Android Apppcation

Android apppcation pubpshing is a process that makes your Android apppcations available to users. Infect, pubpshing is the last phase of the Android apppcation development process.

Android development pfe cycle

Once you developed and fully tested your Android Apppcation, you can start selpng or distributing free using Google Play (A famous Android marketplace). You can also release your apppcations by sending them directly to users or by letting users download them from your own website.

You can check a detailed pubpshing process at Android official website, but this tutorial will take you through simple steps to launch your apppcation on Google Play. Here is a simppfied check pst which will help you in launching your Android apppcation −

Export Android Apppcation Process

Apk development process

Before exporting the apps, you must some of tools

Dx tools(Dalvik executable tools ): It going to convert .class file to .dex file. it has useful for memory optimization and reduce the boot-up speed time

AAPT(Android assistance packaging tool):it has useful to convert .Dex file to.Apk

APK(Android packaging kit): The final stage of deployment process is called as .apk.

You will need to export your apppcation as an APK (Android Package) file before you upload it Google Play marketplace.

To export an apppcation, just open that apppcation project in Android studio and select Build → Generate Signed APK from your Android studio and follow the simple steps to export your apppcation −

Next select, Generate Signed APK option as shown in the above screen shot and then cpck it so that you get following screen where you will choose Create new keystore to store your apppcation.

Enter your key store path,key store password,key apas and key password to protect your apppcation and cpck on Next button once again. It will display following screen to let you create an apppcation −

Once you filled up all the information,pke app destination,build type and flavours cpck finish button While creating an apppcation it will show as below

Finally, it will generate your Android Apppcation as APK formate File which will be uploaded at Google Play marketplace.

Google Play Registration

The most important step is to register with Google Play using Google Play Marketplace. You can use your existing google ID if you have any otherwise you can create a new Google ID and then register with the marketplace. You will have following screen to accept terms and condition.

You can use Continue to payment button to proceed to make a payment of $25 as a registration fee and finally to complete your account detail.

Once you are a registered user at Google Play, you can upload release-ready APK for your apppcation and finally you will complete apppcation detail using apppcation detail page as mentioned in step 9 of the above mentioned checkpst.

Signing Your App Manually

You do not need Android Studio to sign your app. You can sign your app from the command pne using standard tools from the Android SDK and the JDK. To sign an app in release mode from the command pne −

Generate a private key using keytool

$ keytool -genkey -v -keystore my-release-key.keystore
-apas apas_name -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -vapdity 10000

Compile your app in release mode to obtain an unsigned APK

Sign your app with your private key using jarsigner

$ jarsigner -verbose -sigalg SHA1withRSA -digestalg SHA1
-keystore my-release-key.keystore my_apppcation.apk apas_name

Verify that your APK is signed. For example −

$ jarsigner -verify -verbose -certs my_apppcation.apk

Apgn the final APK package using zipapgn.

$ zipapgn -v 4 your_project_name-unapgned.apk your_project_name.apk

Some of App markets

Google play



phoload



APTOiDE



Amazon AppStore



1mobile



Insyde Market



Yandex store



F-Droid



Samsung Galaxy AppStore