Android How to Program, 3/e

10.2 Preparing Your Apps for Publication

Google provides various documents to help you get ready to release your app. The Preparing for Release document

http://developer.android.com/tools/publishing/preparing.html

summarizes what you need to do, including:

• getting a cryptographic key for digitally signing your app

• creating an application icon

• including an End User License Agreement with your app (optional)

• versioning your app (e.g., 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 2.3, 3.0)

• compiling your app for release and

• testing the release version of your app on Android devices

http://developer.android.com/tools/testing/what_to_test.html

Before publishing your app, you should also read the Core App Quality document

http://developer.android.com/distribute/essentials/quality/core.html ...