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    From Jakub@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 24 11:53:08 2024
    I am looking good alternative for

    Google play developer console ?

    what are your sugggest?

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  • From Andrew@21:1/5 to Jakub on Tue Sep 24 14:20:11 2024
    Jakub wrote on Tue, 24 Sep 2024 11:53:08 +0200 :

    I am looking good alternative for

    Google play developer console ?

    what are your sugggest?

    Never heard of it, but I like helping people, so I searched first.

    Google has technical people who wear shorts to work, who make their
    products, and then Google has marketing people who wear suits who name
    those products, usually a few times, often after they are entrenched.

    One of the basic tricks of marketing is to play off of well known
    recognized "brand names", of which "Google Play" is classic.

    So what is this "Google Play Developer Console" anyway?
    A quick search shows it doesn't appear to exist (but I could be wrong).

    What exists is "Google Play Console" and "Google Play Developer API".
    <https://www.google.com/search?q=google+play+developer+console>

    Can the OP kindly pick one of the results of that search and let us know
    which of the two concepts the OP is asking his question about above?

    Or... does a Google Play Developer Console product actually exist?

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  • From Andrew@21:1/5 to Andrew on Tue Sep 24 15:00:06 2024
    Andrew wrote on Tue, 24 Sep 2024 14:20:11 -0000 (UTC) :

    What exists is "Google Play Console" and "Google Play Developer API".
    <https://www.google.com/search?q=google+play+developer+console>

    Can the OP kindly pick one of the results of that search and let us know which of the two concepts the OP is asking his question about above?

    Moving forward, given I generally read up on every OP's question, I read a
    bit and it seems that "developers" use the "Google Play Console" to upload
    APKs to the Google Play Store Repository.
    <https://developer.android.com/distribute/console>

    In the past, I wrote a dozen tutorials for people to use ADB to publish
    their own apps to their own phone, so I had no need myself, for this tool.
    *Tutorial: How to publish an Android App on the Google Play Store*
    <https://orangesoft.co/blog/how-to-publish-an-android-app-on-google-play-store>

    I think what the OP is asking is whether there is a non-Google tool that publishes to the Google Play Store Repository - which may exist - or not.
    *How to publish an APK to google play store WITHOUT google play console*
    <https://www.google.com/search?q=How+to+publish+an+APK+to+google+play+store+WITHOUT+google+play+console>

    This finds Google's advice, which might not always be comprehensive:
    *Publish your app*
    <https://developer.android.com/studio/publish>

    Another hit was this method of publishing a "private" app on the Google
    Play Store Repository, but I realize the OP is not asking about that.
    *Manage private Android apps in Google Play*
    <https://support.google.com/a/answer/2494992?hl=en>

    Notice though, that the Google Play Console does not appear to be needed.
    "To upload and publish private apps in the Admin console,
    you only need an Android application package (APK) and a title."

    But you do need an account on something called the Google Admin Console.
    *Sign in to your Admin console, admin.google.com*
    <https://support.google.com/a/answer/182076>

    Of course, the OP isn't the first person to ask this question.
    *How can I "publish" an Android game without Google Play?*
    <https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/90523/how-can-i-publish-an-android-game-without-google-play>
    Which basically says you can publish it anywhere you like.

    For the OP, here are some hits on XDA for the topic at hand.
    *google play console*
    <https://xdaforums.com/tags/google-play-console/>
    <https://www.xda-developers.com/tag/google-play-console/>

    Hope this helps, and for those lurking, hope we all learn something new.

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  • From Arno Welzel@21:1/5 to All on Sat Sep 28 13:42:41 2024
    Jakub, 2024-09-24 11:53:

    I am looking good alternative for

    Google play developer console ?

    what are your sugggest?

    If you want to publish stuff at Google Play - there is no alternative to
    that console. There may be development tools which do support deployment without the need of using the console in the browser, but even the
    official Android Studio does not support this.


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    Arno Welzel
    https://arnowelzel.de

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  • From Andrew@21:1/5 to Arno Welzel on Sat Sep 28 12:48:01 2024
    Arno Welzel wrote on Sat, 28 Sep 2024 13:42:41 +0200 :

    I am looking good alternative for

    Google play developer console ?

    what are your sugggest?

    If you want to publish stuff at Google Play - there is no alternative to
    that console. There may be development tools which do support deployment without the need of using the console in the browser, but even the
    official Android Studio does not support this.

    I concur after looking this up, but bear in mind I've only "pushed" apps to
    my own phone & note I had never heard of this console 'til this thread.

    1. Android Studio pushes to a phone but does not "publish" to Google's repo
    2. There's apparently no alternative app for "publishing" to Google's repo
    3. Corporate apps apparently have a different method not using the Console

    Of course, since this is Android, the user can just make the APK available
    by any means (e.g., DropBox, web site, email request, F-Droid, whatever).

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