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Going Live On Google Play: A How-To Guide For Android Developers
- espinchi 14y agoVery shallow guide, IMO. There is much more to do in order to do a successful launch, such as: - Pick a good name - Choose the right keywords and structure for the description - Analyze your competitors and pick your keywords accordingly (head-to-head confrontation? Or better target your own subniche?) - Prepare appealing screenshots - Make sure the logos and other promotional images look professional (a hundred bucks from a good designer can go a long way) - Set up a coming soon page and try to grab e-mail addresses (way before launch, of course) - Prepare the docs and templates to eventually outsource the customer support (and even the development) - Maybe buy some ads - Do cross-promotion from your other apps - Maybe set up some partnership for cross-promotion (if it's your first app) There's also a lot to say about trade-offs for launching soon versus having an appealing MVP product, about targeted marketing, usability, ...
- adrianr 14y agoI agree, the article it's pretty shallow. It mentions some unrelated topics without getting to the point.
- BaconJuice 14y agoAppreciate the share. Thank you.
- wtracy 14y ago"It’s important to test on every device you can get your hands on and make sure to test across a variety of screen sizes, OSes, makes and models. We’ve listed six devices in the checklist as a good starting point." I sure don't see this list of six devices anywhere.
- 9wymanm 14y agoI think the point of the article is to channel subscribers for the author's "App Annie" service.
- mvkel 14y agoThis is advertorial for App Annie. The line between content and ads is getting extremely gray.