Google Play services works on the 4.2.2 versions of the Android Emulator and is officially supported as described in the Android documentation: Setup Google Play Services. Update You now can use the Intel/x86 images (HAXM-compatible) for API 19 and newer and for ARM, Google Play Services is available on most images. Setting up the image … Read more
The answer appears to be solely related to application size. I created a simple “hello world” app with nothing special in the manifest file, uploaded it to the Play store, and it was reported as compatible with my device. I changed nothing in this app except for adding more content into the res/drawable directory. When … Read more
I got it working! The steps I followed: Prerequisite Before start, we need to generate a refresh token. To do this first we have to create an APIs console project: Go to the APIs Console and log in with your Android developer account (the same account used in Android Developer Console to upload the APK). … Read more
You’ll want to use the specified market protocol: final String appPackageName = “com.example”; // Can also use getPackageName(), as below startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(“market://details?id=” + appPackageName))); Keep in mind, this will crash on any device that does not have the Market installed (the emulator, for example). Hence, I would suggest something like: final String appPackageName = … Read more
Download Google apps (GoogleLoginService.apk , GoogleServicesFramework.apk , Phonesky.apk) from here. Start your emulator: emulator -avd VM_NAME_HERE -partition-size 500 -no-audio -no-boot-anim Then use the following commands: # Remount in rw mode. # NOTE: more recent system.img files are ext4, not yaffs2 adb shell mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock0 /system # Allow writing to app directory … Read more
I open the Play Store from my App with the following code: val uri: Uri = Uri.parse(“market://details?id=$packageName”) val goToMarket = Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri) // To count with Play market backstack, After pressing back button, // to taken back to our application, we need to add following flags to intent. goToMarket.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_HISTORY or Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_DOCUMENT or Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_MULTIPLE_TASK) try { … Read more
The PackageManager class supplies the getInstallerPackageName method that will tell you the package name of whatever installed the package you specify. Side-loaded apps will not contain a value. EDIT: Note @mttmllns’ answer below regarding the Amazon app store.
Before proceeding watch this Android Developers video to understand the implications of your App Signing enrollment choice: https://youtu.be/odv_1fxt9BI This guide is oriented to developers who already have an application in the Play Store. If you are starting with a new app the process it’s much easier and you can follow the guidelines of paragraph “New … Read more
No, you can unpublish but once your application has been live on the market you cannot delete it. (Each package name is unique and Google remembers all package names anyway so you could use this a reminder) The “Delete” button only works for unpublished version of your app. Once you published your app or a … Read more
This error may be caused by several reasons. Here is the list of requirements for the Google IAB testing. Prerequisites: AndroidManifest must include “com.android.vending.BILLING” permission. APK is built in release mode. APK is signed with the release certificate(s). (Important: with “App Signing by Google Play” it only works if you download directly from GooglePlayStore!) APK … Read more