
There is no denying the Google Play Store account’s popularity and supremacy in the field of mobile software and applications. An overwhelming majority of apps are sold through Google Play Store. To be precise, it amounts to 86.1% according to IDC.
Therefore, if you have chosen wisely to develop an Android supporting your company strategy, you are on the right course. We have covered every aspect of the Google Play upload process from beginning to end. Let’s get started with Google Play publishing right away.
Step 1: Create a Google Developer account
You need to create a Google Developer Account as the initial step. To register for a Google Developer Account, you can use any of your active Google accounts or make a new one. It doesn’t matter if it’s a personal or business account. In the future, you can effortlessly migrate your app to another one.

The account will be created through this step:
- Select your Google accounts for Console. After selecting it, you will be registered.
- After being registered, you have to click “Agree” to accept the terms.
- You will have to pay the one-time registration fee of $25.
- After that you will have to wait approx. 48 hours to get your account approved.
Step 2: Link Developer Account with Wallet Merchant Amount
You must link your developer account with your Wallet merchant account if your Android Play Store app includes an in-app purchase option. To do it, click “Reports.”

- Click on “Set up a merchant account now” after selecting “Financial Reports.”
- Enter all the necessary information here.
- You will be able to manage and examine your app sales and profits with ease once the merchant account is connected to your developer account.
Step 3: Creating Application
Add your application through the following process:
- Select the ‘All Applications’ tab in the menu.
- Click on ‘Create Application.
- Select your app’s default language.
- Enter the title of your App.
- Click on “Create”.

- Your application will be shown with the title you entered which can be changed later on if there comes any need.
- After the application is created you will be redirected to the store entry page where you will have to fill up the details for the app store listing.
Step 4: App store listing
- Go to the menu section, navigate 7 points down to ‘Store Listing’, and click it.

- Fill up the information that is asked such as, ‘Title’ and ‘Short Description.

- You need to add Screenshots of your application.

- Using Google automated translations, you can offer an option to your users to opinion listing details in their wished language.

- Specify the type and category of your app. The content rating can only be set once the APK is uploaded. So, you can do it later after uploading the APK.

- Provide all the necessary contact details.

- You should have your privacy policy written in detail about whose link is shared with the users so that it can be checked how the application collects, uses, and shares the data.

Step 5: Uploading the Application

- Go to ‘Release Management’ followed by ‘App Release’
- Pick one option among the four i.e. close test, an internal test, a production release, and an open test.
- Click on ‘Create Release’.
- You can choose whether you want the Google Play app to sign on to your app or not. If not, go ahead and click on ‘OPT-OUT’
- Click on ‘Browse Files’ to add apk file.
- After adding the apk file choose the ‘Review’ option after that click on ‘Save’.
Step 6: Content Rating
- If you don’t allocate a rating to your app, it will be registered as ‘Unrated’. Apps that are ‘Unrated’ may get detached from Google Play.
- To rate your app, you have to fill out a rating form. The content rating on the Google Play store has been applied to your app.
Step 7: Set up pricing and distribution
- You can decide whether to make your app free or premium once you understand how it generates revenue.

- A free app cannot be changed into a paid app in the Google Play Store. A paid app can change to a free app at any time through the Google Play store.
- You must set up a merchant account if your app is paid.
Step 8: Publish Your Application

- Verify that the content rating, pricing, and distribution areas of your app have a green checkmark before you evaluate and release your app.
- Navigate to “Release management,” then “App releases,” after choosing your app. Select your preferred release by clicking “Edit release,” then go through it.
- The next step is to click “Review” to get the “Review and rollout release” screen.
- Finally, choose “Confirm rollout.” Additionally, this will make your app available on Google Play to all users in the targeted nations.
- Congratulations! Your app has now been successfully uploaded to the Google Play Store! Depending on the countries you chose, it will only take a certain amount of time.
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