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docs/html/distribute/googleplay/about/distribution.jd

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@@ -24,17 +24,18 @@ the rollout across your customer base, Google Play also lets users accept 
automatic updates of your app, so that your updates are delivered and installed

as soon as you publish them.</p>





<h2 id="targeting">Reaching the customers you want</h2>



<div class="figure-right" style="width:400px;">

<img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-dc-countries.png" class="frame">

</div>



<p>Google Play does more than connect your app with users&mdash;it helps you

reach the broadest possible distribution across the Android ecosystem, while

making sure that your app is only available to the audience that you want to

reach.</p>



<div style="float:right;margin-left:18px;border:1px solid #DDD;margin:1.5em;">

<img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-dc-countries.png" style="width:400px;padding:4px;margin-bottom:0;">

</div>



<h3 id="geotargeting">Geographic targeting</h3>



<p>You can use controls in the Google Play Developer Console to easily
@@ -47,16 +48,15 @@ your targeted countries before downloading your app. You can change your country 
and carrier targeting at any time just by saving changes in the Google Play

Developer Console.</p>



<div class="figure-right" style="width:400px;">

<img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-supported-dev-requirements.png" class="frame">

</div>



<p>To help you market to users around the world, you

can <a href="{@docRoot}distribute/googleplay/publish/preparing.html#localize">localize

your store listing</a>, including app details and description,

promotional graphics, screenshots, and more.</p>



<div style="float:right;margin-left:18px;border:1px solid #DDD;margin:1.5em;">

<img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-supported-dev-requirements.png"

style="width:400px;padding:4px;margin-bottom:0;">

</div>



<h3 id="captargeting">Capabilities targeting</h3>



<p>Google Play also lets you control distribution according to device features

docs/html/distribute/googleplay/about/monetizing.jd

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<h2 id="buyer-currency" style="margin-top:1.5em;">Flexible pricing in the currencies of your customers</h2>



<div style="float:right;margin-left:18px;border:1px solid #DDD;">

<img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-buyer-currency.png" style="width:240px;padding:4px;margin-bottom:1em;">

<div class="figure-right" style="width:250px;">

<img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-buyer-currency.png" class="frame">

</div>



<p>Google Play gives you complete control over how you price your products. You

docs/html/distribute/googleplay/publish/console.jd

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page.title=The Developer Console

page.title=Developer Console

@jd:body
@@ -9,41 +9,40 @@ Developer Console, which will be the home for your app publishing operations and 
tools on Google Play. This sections below introduce a few of the key areas

you'll find in the Developer Console.</p>



<div style="width:610px;margin-left:">

<div style="width:610px;border:1px solid #DDD;">

<img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-dc-home.png" style="width:600px;padding:4px;margin-bottom:0em;">

</div>

<p class="image-caption" style="padding:.5em"><span

style="font-weight:500;">All applications page</span>: Gives you a quick

<div class="figure" style="width:756px;">

<img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-dc-home.png" class="frame">

<p class="img-caption"><strong>All applications page</strong>: Gives you a quick

overview of your apps, lets you jump to stats, reviews, and product details, or

upload a new app. </p>

</div>





<h3 id="profile">Your Account Details</h3>



<div style="width:408px;float:right;margin:1.5em;">

<div style="width:410px;border:1px solid #DDD;">

<img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-dc-profile.png" style="width:400px;padding:4px;margin-bottom:0em;">

</div>

<p class="image-caption" style="padding:.5em"><span

style="font-weight:500;">Account details page</span>: Specifies your developer

<div class="figure-right" style="width:450px;">

<img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-dc-profile.png" class="frame">

<p class="img-caption"><strong>Account details page</strong>: Specifies your developer

identity and contact information, accounts for app testing, and more.</p>

</div>



<p>Your developer profile identifies you to Google Play and to your customers.

During registration you must provide information for your profile, but you can go

back at any time to edit the information and change your settings. </p>

<h3 id="profile">Your account details</h3>



<p>The account details page is where you specify basic information about yourself

or your company in a developer profile. The information in your developer profile

is important because it identifies you to Google Play and also to your customers.</p>



<p>During registration you must provide the information for your profile, but you can

go back at any time to edit the information and change your settings. </p>



<p>Your developer profile contains:</p>

<ul>

<li>Your developer name &mdash; the name you want to show users on your product

details page and elsewhere on Google Play. 

<li>Your developer name &mdash; the name you want to show users on your store

listing page and elsewhere on Google Play. </li>

<li>Your developer contact information &mdash; how Google can contact you if

needed (this information isn't exposed to users).

<li>Merchant information, in-app billing information.</li>

needed (this information isn't exposed to users).</li>

<li>Your developer website URL &mdash; shown to users on your store listing page

so they can learn more about your company or products.</li>

</ul>



<p>On the account details page you can also register for a merchant account, set

up test accounts for Google Play licensing, and more. </p>



<h3 id="user-accounts">Multiple user accounts</h3>
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app configuration, but not access to financial reports. </p>





<div class="figure-right" style="width:450px;">

<img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-dc-details.png" class="frame">

<p class="img-caption"><strong>Store listing page</strong>: Lets you upload your

graphic assets, description, support information, and other information to

create the store listing page for a specific app.</p>

</div>



<h3 id="merchant">Linking your Merchant Account</h3>



<p>If you want to sell apps or in-app products, you can link your Google
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Checkout account for financial and tax identification and monthly payouts of

sales. </p>



<div style="width:410px;float:right;margin:1.5em;">

<div style="width:410px;border:1px solid #DDD;">

<img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-dc-details.png" style="width:400px;padding:4px;margin-bottom:0em;">

</div>

<p class="image-caption" style="padding:.5em"><span

style="font-weight:500;">Store Listing page</span>: Lets you upload your

graphic assets, description, support information, and other information to

create the product details page for a specific app.</p>

</div>





<h3 id="details">Your store listing details</h3>



<p>The Developer Console lets you set up a colorful storefront page for your app
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notes about the latest version, and more. You can update your store listing at

any time, even if you don’t have a new version of your application.</p>





<h3 id="uploading">Uploading and publishing</h3>



<p>From the Developer Console you can quickly upload a release-ready APK and

publish it when you're ready. The app is a <em>draft</em> until you publish it,

at which time Google Play makes your store listing and app available to

at which time Google Play makes your store listing page and app available to

users. You can unpublish the app at any time.</p>



<h3 id="controls">Distribution Controls</h3>

<h3 id="controls">Distribution controls</h3>



<p>In the Developer Console you can manage what countries and territories the

app is distributed to and, for some countries, you can choose what carriers you
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<p>You can also see the list of devices that your app is currently available to,

based on any distribution rules declared in its manifest file.</p>





<h3 id="profile">Selling and pricing your Products</h3>

<h3 id="selling">Selling and pricing your products</h3>



<p>The Developer Console gives you tools to set prices for your apps and in-app

products. Your app can either be free to download or priced (charged before
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<a href="{@docRoot}google/play/billing/index.html">In-app Billing</span></a>

developer documentation.</p></div></div>



<p><a href="{@docRoot}google/play/billing/index.html">In-app Billing</a> is a Google Play service that lets you monetize your apps in more ways by selling in-app products and subscriptions. In-app products are one-time purchases, while  subscriptions are recurring charges on an monthly or annual basis.</p>

<p><a href="{@docRoot}google/play/billing/index.html">In-app Billing</a> is

a Google Play service that lets you monetize your apps in more ways by selling

in-app products and subscriptions. In-app products are one-time purchases, while

subscriptions are recurring charges on an monthly or annual basis.</p>



<p>From the Developer Console you can create product lists for in-app

products and subscriptions, set prices, and publish.</p>



<div style="width:410px;float:right;margin:1.5em;">

<div style="width:410px;border:1px solid #DDD;">

<img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-dc-reviews.png" style="width:400px;padding:4px;margin-bottom:0em;">

</div>

<p class="image-caption" style="padding:.5em"><span style="font-weight:500;">User

reviews page</span>: Gives you access to user reviews for a specific app.

<div class="figure-right" style="width:410px;">

<img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-dc-reviews.png" class="frame">

<p class="img-caption"><strong>User

reviews page</strong>: Gives you access to user reviews for a specific app.

You can filter  reviews in a number of ways to locate issues more easily

and support your customers more effectively.</p>

</div>
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<p>You can view installations of your app measured by unique users, as well as

by unique devices. For user installations, you can view active installs, total

installs, daily installs and uninstalls, and metrics about the user reviews.

installs, daily installs and uninstalls, and metrics about user ratings.

For devices, you can see active

installs as well as daily installs, uninstalls, and upgrades.</p>
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specific points (such as individual platform versions or languages) to the

timeline.</p>



<div style="width:610px;margin:1.5em;margin-left:0">

<div style="width:610px;border:1px solid #DDD;">

<img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-dc-stats.png" 

style="width:600px;padding:4px;margin-bottom:0em;">

</div>

<p class="image-caption" style="padding:.5em"><span style="font-weight:500;">App

statistics page</span>: Shows you a variety of statistics about a

specific app's installation performance over time.</p>

<div style="width:530px;">

<img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-dc-stats.png" class="frame">

<p class="img-caption"><strong>App statistics page</strong>: Shows you a variety

of statistics about a specific app's installation performance over time.</p>

</div>

docs/html/distribute/googleplay/publish/preparing.jd

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started on creating them and localizing them well in advance of your target

publishing date. </p>



<p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> Localized promotional graphics and videos are supported

only in the new Developer Console design.</p>

<p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> Localized promotional graphics and videos

are supported only in the new Developer Console design.</p>



<table>

<tr>
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<h2 id="final-checks">16. Final checks and publishing</h2> 



<p>When you think you are ready to publish, sign in to the Developer Console and take a few moments for a few

final checks:</p>

final checks.</p>



<p>Make sure that: </p>

docs/html/google/play/billing/billing_admin.jd

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<div style="margin:1em;">

<img style="border:1px solid #ddd;padding-bottom:.5em" src="{@docRoot}images/in-app-billing/billing_app_key.png" xheight="510" id="figure4" />

<p class="img-caption" style="padding-left:.5em;">

  <strong>Figure 4.</strong> You can find the license key for each app in the <strong>Services & APIs</strong> panel.

  <strong>Figure 4.</strong> You can find the license key for each app in the <strong>Services &amp; APIs</strong> panel.

</p>

</div>