I have designed an app and for the first time I want to try to publish it on the Android market as well as on the Apple App Store. I have zero experience with android and up to this point have only worked with iOS. Where do I need to start? What do I need? What is a “private key?” How do I make one? [import]uid: 104852 topic_id: 25131 reply_id: 325131[/import]
You need to create a keystore. Follow these steps:
http://developer.anscamobile.com/forum/2011/04/16/signing-android-applications-3-easy-steps
you also need to sign up to be a android developer:
http://developer.android.com/index.html
There is a one time $25 fee to do so.
Once you have that set up you set up your app’s metadata similar to iOS, but in the Android developer console.
To build for distribution you have to select the keystore you created when you build for Android, so remember where you saved it.
It will produce the .apk which you then upload to the google play store.
Hope that helps.
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And you will of course need to upgrade to a Corona SDK pro subscription. I assume you knew that already.
Once you have androized your app, consider the Amazon and Barnes & Noble stores too. Amazon charged $99 like Apple does, but they wave the 1st year. B&N didn’t have a fee, but had the largest pain in the arse registration and approval process.
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