Before You Submit Your App to the Android Market

Mobile app development is a complex process. Once you develop a mobile app, through, submitting it to an app store of your choice is even more complicates. There are many number of aspects which you have to take care of, before you can get your app approved by the app stores. This article will tell you things you should do before you submit your mobile app to the android app market.

1. Register as a developer on Android- The first thing you have to do is register yourself as a developer on the Android market. You can only submit your app to the Android app market if you have registered yourself on this app store.
2. App Testing- This is the most important thing you have to do before you submit your app to the marketplace. Android offers all the tools necessary for app testing, so app developers have to make use of them completely. You can use a emulator for app testing but it is better to use a Android powered device as it will provide you the feeling of you mobile app on a physical device. This will verify all the user interface elements of your app and will ascertain the efficacy of the app under real testing conditions.
3. Licensing- Android Market provides licensing facility to the developers. This is optional, yet very beneficial to app developers, if they intend to develop a paid app for the Android Market. Licensing Android app will provide them full legal control on the app. Developers can also add End User License Agreement in your app, which will provide them complete control over their intellectual property.
4. App manifest- App developers have to prepare an app manifest. Here, the app icon and label has to be specified, which will be displayed to the users on their home screen, Menu, downloads label. Icons have to be as similar as possible to built in Android apps, this will help the user identify the app easily.
5. Using Map View Elements- In case your app uses Map View Elements, you have to register in advance for a Maps API key. You have to register your app with Google Maps service so that you will be able to retrieve data from the Google Maps. During app development process, you will receive a temporary key and before actual app publication you will have to register for permanent Maps API key.
6. Clean your App- You have to remove all your backup files, log files and any other unnecessary data from your app before you submit it to the Android Market. You have to ensure you turn off the debug feature too.
7. Provide a Version Number- You have to give a version number for your app. This number has to be planned in advance, so that you can give a appropriate number to each update version of your app in the future.
8. After App Compilation- When the compilation process is over, you can sign your app with your private key and make sure you make no errors during the process of sign up. You must test your compiled app on actual and physical Android device of your choice once again before final release.