As the games with pre-registration option gains more user, I want my game to be in pre-registration section in play store. As my game is already in live(100% rollout) by mistake how can I make my game to be available for PRE-REGISTER in the play store?
Do i have to unpublish my game and then start from the beginning to activate this option in google play console?
It seems that after releasing in production track there is no way to release in pre registration track and unpublishing and doing won't work neither.
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Me and my friend make android games and have published several games on google play. Those games use my friend's admob account for earnings (linked to the game on google play).
But now i want to use my own admob account.
So my question is can i simply remove the app id of my friend's admob account and replace it by my own. And update the game on same play developer account.
Or is this a violation, that i'm using two admob accounts in one google play developer account. But the second account is now mine (not even got suspended)
Yes you can. Simply change application id and ad ids and upload new release build. Do not forgot to update appads.txt location on play store developer dashboard to the place that you published appads.txt of new account.
Due to a migration in the back I would like to temporary stop my app from being downloaded.
In the past I could manage that in Play Store Console. But now I can't find any switch for that.
How to disable the app temporary in Play Store ?
For anyone still looking for an answer, it is possible nowadays (an easier and better way than the other answer suggests).
First open up Google Play Console
On the left hand side click Setup > Advanced Settings
Then under App Availability click Unpublished
In Playstore developer console You can go to pricing and distribution section in the left hand side panel
You should find Availability section listing lot of countries where your app would be available for download from playstore
You can make all countries as unavailable or few selected countries
for keeping you app hidden from playstore and there by stopping downloads from playstore for sometime , you can always make your app available by selecting available in countries once done available , your app would be back in playstore within few minutes and will be ready for download.
I have published app on play store, I don't know why the app is showing Pre-Registration, I want to give direct download option to my users. Helping hands will be highly appreciated.
The instructions for pre-registration are here. But I'm not sure how this would have happened to you by accident.
To remove it and publish, see the section "Launch your app or game from pre-registration"
Sign in to your Play Console.
Select an app or game that you made available for pre-registration..
Click Store presence > Pricing & distribution.
In the “Countries” section, click Manage countries.
Next to the countries where you want to launch your app or game, select Available.
Select Submit update.
Important: To make your app available on Google Play in the countries you select, make sure to publish your app or game on the Production track. You can publish on the Production track by selecting your app, and then selecting Release Management > App Releases.
After it’s published to the Production track, your app or game will become available in any country set to “Available” on its Pricing & Distribution page.
I created a standalone smartwatch app for Wear OS. I use a Huawei Watch 2 4G for testing. I now want to have it in the beta track on Google Play Store so that users can test it. I've created some smartphone apps already and put them in the Play Store, so I'm used to the process. What I did so far:
Created entry on Google Play Console
Added a release to the open beta track
Filled all necessary stuff
Published the app and got the URL to participate in the beta test
Opened the URL while logged in with my test account and agreed to become a tester
Wiped the smartwatch and copied the same account to the watch during setup
Now I don't know how to install the app from the Play Store. On a smartphone I would simply open the URL in a browser and would be able to install it from there. What I tried so far:
Searching for the app name and for the package name on the Play Store on the smartwatch, but it can't find it.
Opening the Play Store entry in a browser and click the install button, but it says that I have no devices.
Opening the URL on the paired smartphone, but it only says that the device is not compatible.
How can I install a standalone Wear OS app that is in the open beta track on Google Play Store?
As suggest in #tofferj 's comment I simply had to wait a few more hours. I'm now able to find it by simply searching for the app name in the Play Store on the smartwatch.
Seems like the status "published" on the Google Play Console doesn't mean that it's already in the search index.
I made an Android app which has Admob ads and I stopped publishing my app from a spesific country. But there are 17 people which have already downloaded my app from this country.
Now, what happens to them after the stop publishing my app from their country?
Can I still make money from their ads click?
Is my app going to remove from their devices automatically?
They still will see your ads (and click).
Admob and Google Play are different services.
The apps will still contain your app. Google Play is just a shop.