Publishing an Android app to Play Store

So you just had that amazing idea for a killer mobile app. You know how to develop it and you have the motivation but you are not sure how hard it’s gonna be to get it published on Play Store. Or maybe you don’t have the idea yet, but still you wonder about how publishing a mobile app works. You came to the right article. This is what it looks like to upload an Android app to Play Store in January 2021.

Both App Store and Play Store require you to purchase a developer license. While Play Store’s license is cheap ($25) and lasts forever, Apple’s one is more expensive ($100), must be renewed every year and the upload process is more complicated. I recommend starting with Play Store, testing the app with some users in the production environment and once everything is ready, move into App Store.

Google Play Console

First things first. Once your app is ready to be uploaded you will need to create a Google Play Console developer account. To do so head to Google Play Console, click Go to Play Console, sign in with your Google account, fill the form (the developer name doesn’t need to be your legal name, you can use whatever you like), pay the $25 registration fee and you are good to start.