Uploading your OHRRPGCE game to Android app stores

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After you have ported your OHRRPGCE game to Android, you will probably want to upload the game to various App stores

Things you will need[edit]

  • Your apk file. Talk to James if you need help: Things James Needs To Package Your OHRRPGCE game For Android For You
  • An icon file. You will already have this from making your apk, but be prepared to make several resized versions of it.
  • Screenshots. 3 is the minimum number of screenshots for most app stores, but you should probably have as many as possible.
    • You can take screenshots from an Android device by pressing and holding the Lock button and the Volume-down buttons simultaneously.
    • You can transfer the screenshots to your computer with a cable the same way you transfer photos, or you can e-mail them to yourself, or upload them to http://imgur.com directly from the phone.
    • If you don't have your own Android device to take the screenshots with, you can ask someone to help you on the Forums
  • Many stores want a 1024x500 pixel "Feature" image. This does not need to be a screenshot, but resizing and cropping a screenshot is often the easiest way to make one.
  • Many stores want a 180x120 pixel "Promo" image. This does not need to be a screenshot, but cropping a screenshot is often the easiest way to make one.

Google Play[edit]

https://play.google.com/apps/publish/

Google Play is the biggest and most popular android store.

  • Maximum apk size is 50 megabytes.
  • Needs 512x512 icon file
  • Needs both "Feature" and "Promo" image
  • If you want to sell the game they will charge you a one-time fee to set up your merchant account. Last time I checked that fee was $25.
  • You will have to provide a mailing address. You might want to get a PO box if you want to keep your home address private.
  • The approval process is rather quick, and seems to be automatic.

Amazon App Store[edit]

https://developer.amazon.com/myapps.html

Amazon is the second biggest android app store. It also includes FireTV consoles.

  • There does not appear to be any maximum apk file size.
  • Needs icon files in 114x114 and 512x512
  • When you reach the "device support" section be sure to enable FireTV Console and FireTV Stick. The OHRRPGCE has support for these, but they are not checked by default.
  • For FireTV you will also need to upload a 1280x720 icon and a 1920x1080 background
  • The information you need to provide is exactly the same as what you need to provide to sell anything on Amazon.
  • The approval process seems to usually take a day or two.

F-Droid[edit]

f-droid.org/en/docs/FAQ_-_App_Developers/

F-Droid is an alternate app store for free and open-source apps on Android. It does not accept closed-source or commercial apps, so your game's source should be available somewhere, preferably in a git repository on a site like Github or Codeberg.

One of the things that makes F-Droid special is the ability to add alternate app repositories in the settings. What this means is that you can get apps from other sources than just the F-Droid maintainers themselves. This also means you can create and serve your own F-Droid repository for your games and other apps, if you want to make them available without open-sourcing them.

Others[edit]

Feel free to add more app stores if you know of any.

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