Submitting to Google Play Store by Marco Cantu, Embarcadero RAD Product Manager at 2015 UK Spring Delphi Community Conference

1. EMBARCADERO)TECHNOLOGIES)
Submi5ng)to)Google)Play)
Store’s)
EMBARCADERO)TECHNOLOGIES)
In)this)session….)
• Overview'of'my'submi/ed'app.'
• Once'built'what'I'needed'to'do.'
• Advanced'Tips'&'Tricks'from'Marco’s'Lego'app.'

2. EMBARCADERO)TECHNOLOGIES)
The)ApplicaGon)
• h/p://delphiaball.co.uk/basketballDshotDclock/''
EMBARCADERO)TECHNOLOGIES)
Technologies)&)Key)Components)used)
• Delphi'XE7,'then'XE8'
• AppTethering'
– “Shared”'+'“Mirrored”'Resources'
– TTimer'for'autoDconnecPon'
• MulPDView'
– ListBox'

3. EMBARCADERO)TECHNOLOGIES)
Before)you)upload….)
• You'must'have'
– Google'Play'Developer'Account.'($25'cost)'
– Key'to'sign'your'applicaPon'
– Configured'you'applicaPon'se_ngs'
EMBARCADERO)TECHNOLOGIES)
To)configure)your)Android)app:)Project)>)OpGons)
• ApplicaPon'page'
– Icons''
– Images'(Splash'
screen)'

4. EMBARCADERO)TECHNOLOGIES)
To)configure)your)Android)app:)Project)>)OpGons)
• Version'Info'page''
– increase'the'
version'code'of'
your'applicaPon'
• Set'package'name'
EMBARCADERO)TECHNOLOGIES)
To)configure)your)Android)app:)Project)>)OpGons)
• Uses'Permissions'
page'
– Define'permissions'
that'your'
applicaPon'
requires'
• Changing'breaks'
Auto'updates'

5. EMBARCADERO)TECHNOLOGIES)
To)configure)your)Android)app:)Project)>)OpGons)
• Provisioning'page'
– provide'a'KeyStore'
file'for'release'mode'
EMBARCADERO)TECHNOLOGIES)
Deploying)Your)Signed)Android)ApplicaGon)
1)'Project'Manager'
• Build'ConfiguraPon'
• Release'
• Target'Pladorm'
• Android'D>'ApplicaPon'Store'
'
2)'Project'>'Deployment'
• Deploy'

6. EMBARCADERO)TECHNOLOGIES)
Adding)to)Google)Play)Store)
• h/ps://play.google.com/apps/publish/''
EMBARCADERO)TECHNOLOGIES)
Adding)a)new)app)
Add'App'Title,''
DescripPon'and'Screenshots'
Content'RaPng'etc…''
Publish'app'

7. EMBARCADERO)TECHNOLOGIES)
Ge5ng)the)APK)live…)
EMBARCADERO)TECHNOLOGIES)
What’s)next)for)the)app?)
• Add'encrypPon'for'Tethering'(new'in'XE8)'
• Update'store'APK'with'AnalyPcs'

8. EMBARCADERO)TECHNOLOGIES)
…/Submi_ng_Your_Android_App_to_Google_Play''
…/Submi_ng_Your_Android_App_to_the_Amazon_Appstore''
Submi5ng)to)Android)Stores)
h/p://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/XE8/en'