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We first need to create a publisher account using a Google account, and then we can publish and manage apps using the Google Play Developer Console.
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Now it's time for Google Play.
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We're going to sign up to be app
publishers, and
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then we'll get familiar with the developer
console.
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Which is the main page where we add and
manage our Google Play apps.
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So, here, at the Android developer site,
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click on distribute, over here on the
right.
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And then, click on Google Play.
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We're going to take a look at this get
stated with publishing section.
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Follow along or click on the link in the
teacher's notes.
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So this is a handy dandy checklist that
covers the steps that we
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need to walk through.
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Now the steps might be slightly different
by the time you're watching this video.
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But the basics haven't changed much over
time and
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shouldn't change too much in the future.
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Let me start by skipping ahead a, a minute
if that's okay.
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If you plan on selling apps, providing in
app purchases, or providing subscriptions,
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then you will also need a Google Wallet
Merchant Account.
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If you make any revenue on Google Play,
you,
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as the developer will get 70% of the
revenue.
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And, Google will keep the other 30%.
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That's the same split as both Apple and
Amazon.
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Now, the Fun Facts app is gonna be
available for
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free, so I'm not going to walk through
this option.
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But, I just wanted to point it out in case
you wanted to sell your app.
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Okay, so, back up here.
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The first thing we need to do is register
for a publisher account.
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Let's open the link here and take a look.
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As you might expect, you need to log in
with a Google account,
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which you probably already have.
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If not, you can create a new one here.
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I'm just going to switch back to my
Treehouse profile.
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Now, because I'm logged in, I'm already at
the Developer Console here.
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But when you first register, you'll have
to agree to the distribution agreement.
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So take a look at that text and click on
the agreement button.
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You will also be prompted to submit that
one-time payment of $25 that we
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talked about briefly before.
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Remember, that's a one-time setup fee that
they use to encourage higher quality apps.
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To make sure that people aren't just
signing up for
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free to put whatever apps they want on
Google Play.
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So once you register, you should get an
email to verify your registration.
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Go do that and then we'll explore this
developer console here.
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Your email should have a link back here.
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But, if not you can use the link in the
teacher's notes below.
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So, because this is my Treehouse account,
I've already got a few apps in here.
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But, yours will be empty at first, of
course.
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And, we're ready to submit our app here.
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But, before we do, let's take a minute to
get our bearings here.
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The Developer Console is a useful place to
manage our published apps.
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The first thing we wanna do is make sure
our developer information is correct.
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Click on the setting icon over here and
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that brings us to the account details
page.
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The fields here are what users will see
when they're downloading or
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purchasing our app.
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So we want to make sure that it's accurate
for
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them to contact us if they have any
problems or questions.
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If we scroll down a little bit,
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there's a section down here to manage
licenses for an app.
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But we're actually not going to talk about
this.
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If you need to use a license, or
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you're interested in learning more about
it, check the link in the teacher's notes.
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If you need to add other team members to
this developer account,
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click on the user accounts and rights link
over here.
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From here you can invite new users and
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this is useful if you're working on a
team.
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Where more than one person will be
responsible for managing the app.
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One more thing I want to mention is the
email preferences here.
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I would recommend changing this to
receiving alerts for all of the apps.
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You can always change it back if you find
you don't need any of the alerts.
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All right.
Let's go back to the App tab,
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this little Android guy.
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And here's where we're going to add our
new app.
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Let's take a short break and then we'll
add fun facts here.
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