Releasing our app to the Google Play Store

Before you can publish apps to the Google Play Store, you need to have a developer account. You can get one by signing up on Google Play (https://play.google.com/console/signup).

You can either create an account for yourself or your organization as shown here:

Figure 13.8 – Creating a developer account

Choosing the Yourself option shows the instructions for creating an account for yourself:

Figure 13.9 – Creating a developer account for yourself

As shown in the preceding screenshot, you need an email address where users can reach out to you and another one where Google Play can reach out to you. You also need to pay a lifetime registration fee of USD 25 for the Google Play account. If you don’t have an account, you can proceed with the purchase as it is a very straightforward process.

Once you open a Google Play Console account, you will be presented with...