How to Be a Google Play Developer

 

The first question in which many developers have when creating an application is whether they should be registered as a developer with Apple or Apple developer account and Google Play Developer console or not to be able to publish their apps for Apple and Android devices. The short and simple answer is actually yes but, you are not required to have both just to publish on a single platform.

 

Let's say for example that you want to make an app for Apple devices, it should be available in iTunes App Store for users of iOS to download them. Apple developer program has set this requirement to be able to protect their users and to regulate the type of content for their devices at the same time. This will cost developers around 99 dollars a year for the license which permits them to publish unlimited number of applications.

 

There are many other ways on how you can create your own application for apple developer program. Among the simplest methods is done through Google Play Store with a Google Developer App Account. Here, the Google Play Developer Console permits the developers to publish and to distribute apps easily right from their accounts to the user of Android compatible devices.

 

And just like in iTunes, this gives Google the power to protect users from contents that are harmful to the devices or inappropriate. The cost for a Google Developer Account and being able to publish unlimited number of applications on Google Play Store is only 25 dollars.

 

Now, if you are interested in this program, the first thing you have to do is of course, to register for a Google Play Developer account. In order to do that, you must visit Google Play Console and enter your basic info regarding Google Play developer identity like name, email address, contact details and so forth. Read the Google Play Account Developer Distribution Agreement and Sign it for your region or country. Apart from that, it is important that the store listings and the applications that you are going to publish on Google Play ought to comply with US export law as well as Developer Program Policies.

 

When you are doing, just pay the 25 dollars for registration fee using the Google payments but if you don't have such, you can easily set one during the process. You're going to get a notification in the email address you've used during the registration when the registration for a Google Developer account has been verified. When the registration is verified, you can now log in to your account. By being a developer, it gives you the opportunity to use android developers console features like cloud test lab, staged rollouts, alpha and beta tests, acquire users and more.