Google Releases Guide For Creating And Publishing Android Apps

Google has decided to release an official guide on developing Android apps. The guide will teach developers and content creators how to publish their apps on Google Play, how to build quality apps, understand Google’s guidelines and policies, how to engage your users and retain them, how to monetize your apps, how to make it more discoverable/reachable, and so on.

In fact, Google paid out more than $5 billion over the last year to developers for creating incredible apps that are changing the way people communicate, live, work, and play.

The guide is separated into the following sections:

• Publishing on Google Play — using the Google Play Developer Console to distribute your app to over 1 billion Android users worldwide.
• Quality — The fundamentals of building a great app and an insight into the Google Play guidelines and policies.
• Discoverability & reach — Maximizing your app’s discoverability and reaching the widest audience possible.
• Engagement & retention — Converting installations into active users and improving user retention.
• Monetization — Monetization strategies to generate ongoing, growing revenue streams.
• Measurement with Google Analytics — Understanding your users and improving your app experience, conversions, and marketing.
• Going global — Launching your app in local markets around the world.

So if you’re a developer trying to figure it out for yourself, perhaps Google’s guide could point you in the right direction.

You can download the guide (PDF) now or get it on Google Play.

Source: ubergizmo.com