After the implementation of an Android application, the last step is to publish your app in order to be available to the users. You can sell your app or release it for free via an Android application marketplace (like Google Play), via your website or even by distribute it directly to the users.
In this example we will show how to prepare the deliver of your application and finally publish it to the Google Play marketstore, the digital distribution platform for Android apps operated by Google.
1. Prepare your application for release
Before releasing your app to the market, you should perform some basic tasks in order to check it.
- You need to remove the Logs and any debugging attributes of your implementation.
- You should test you application to different devices (phones and tablets) in order to ensure the desirable result. It is important to make sure that your app runs properly in the targeted Android versions.
- Be sure that the resources you are using (multimedia and graphics) are updated and are included to your app. It is recommended to use high-quality graphic assets, as well as the application icon be compatible with the Sign up
