When installing a Google Marketplace App, the flow usually ends with the admin in the app's settings on Google with the option to sign in now. Is there a way to end with the user actually using the app (i.e. not having to click the link to sign in to start using the app)? Could the user just be sent to the app on the optional setup without returning to the app settings page on Google without that causing other problems?
Some of the documentation says:
We strongly recommend that the administrator be directed through a short, linear series of actions and returned to Google quickly so additional users can start using the application.
I tried testing this out, but it seems like there's some lag between installing and the app showing up in the "more" drop down for Google (I tried installing another app and did end up on the final page but the app still didn't show up in another account. It's been a few hours and it still isn't there) so it's hard to tell if it's just slow or not actually installed on other users' accounts.
Sorry the last section was misleading. This is not a question about the link not showing up immediately.
The new experience for Google Apps Marketplace lets you land the user in the app instead of the admin console. There's now a popup for the app to request permissions and to agree to terms and then the user ends up in the app. One-step installation. Good work Google.
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Summary: when other users find my Google Slides add-on in the Google Workspace Marketplace and try to install it, they hit a screen saying they need to request access. When they click the button to request access, it sends me (the script owner) a request to share the script file, which should not be necessary. How do I fix this?
I have a Google Slides add-on which has been publicly listed in the marketplace for years (predating the rebranding to Google Workspace). I last updated it in 2019, and recently I wanted to publish another update.
Since this is an old project, I had to go through migrating the add-on to its own standard GCP project and then getting OAuth verification for the (not very sensitive) scopes it needed. This is all done now. All throughout, the add-on has continued being listed in the Google Workspace Marketplace, even though no new users could use it.
All that is done, but other users are still unable to install the add-on from the Marketplace. Now, when they try to do so, they'll get a small new window pop up saying they need to request access - seemingly to the script file of the add-on. This shouldn't be necessary. Does anybody know why it's happening?
If you want to try yourself, the add-on is called Superuser Tools, and the Marketplace listing is here.
Dose anyone know how the edit/remove my developer website in the new google play console? the new console doesn’t have a website field in the account details anymore, there is no way to change the URL I provided when I first created my developer account, the new Google Play console only allows me to change the website of the developer page.
I need to change my developer website that I provided when I first created my developer account “trackaty.com” because it’s currently owned by someone else who is redirect it to a gambling website which prevents me from updating any of my apps.
I tried to find out who registered my old domain, and I find out the new owner registered it from a Chinese company called Xin Net Technology, I thing they are famous for supporting spammers.
I even thought about transferring all my apps to a new developer account, but the documentation states that the original account and all the apps need to comply with all policy guidelines before transferring anything, which solves nothing.
It worth to mention that few of my old removed apps by me used to link to trackaty.com, but the email I get says the problem is in the developer website, I guess that means it’s the account website itself not any of my old removed apps.
So, dose anyone faced a similar problem or know how you change the developer website?
I had a similar problem when trying to add developer website for adding app-ads.txt file. It seems that they changed its place in new Google Play Console. And developer page menu is confusing developers. Adding my website to developer page didn't work.
So here it is in new Play Console : When you choose a specific app in Google Play Console, click Store Settings on the left panel. You'll see Store Listing Contact Details and there you'll find a box for website.
The developer website can be modified from the Play Console. Go to menu Settings > Developer account > Developer page then you'll see an optional field Website address.
When you update this field, it may take a few days to be reflected in the Play Store.
We have developed a Google Apps Marketplace app and recently received reports from our users, that the App Launcher ("grid") wouldn't show our app's icon anymore.
This is a screenshot how it looks for my personal Google Apps account when I'm on www.google.com:
And this is a screenshot from my account when I'm on admin.google.com/AdminHome:
As you can see, only when I'm on the Google Apps account page, I can see icons of Marketplace apps. But it used to show up anywhere, also on www.google.com.
So Google must have changed something. The question is: can we get it back to the old behaviour?
PS: I know that it's just a link and one could simply bookmark it, but some of our customers are not really 'tech-savvy' and believe our app is 'gone completely' now. This is causing confusion everywhere.
We're trying to set up a new marketplace app. As suggested by the Google Apps setup UI, we have provided a Setup URL for setting up an account with the service.
However, if I click on the Test Install Flow button, it redirects to the Universal Navigation link instead of the dedicated application Setup url.
What's going on?
The setup URL is never invoked by Google. I don't know why, and I don't know why they provide a field for it.
An answer I got from a Google guy is that if you need an interactive setup you should just implement it in your Universal Navigation link (on the first time the admin opens it or something). The full answer is here: Google Apps Marketplace app installation callback
When a user goes to my unlisted marketplace app page and installs my app the authorization popup window just white screens and doesn't close. If I manually close the popup everything moves on like normal. I have a suspicion that it's because my app is unlisted, since I haven't seen the issue with other marketplace apps, but as of right now I can't change that.
Another issue we've had with that page is the Integrate with Google button doesn't seem to respect the current profile the user is using. It always seems to always use the default profile which can be confusing for the user if they wanted to use a different google profile they were currently using.
note: the app url i've posted is used for local development but it happens on our production app as well