How can I publish my application on the Android market?

Once you ve tested your app on a device, you may want to publish it on Android Mar ket. To publish your application on Android Market, you first need to register with t he service using a Google account and agree to the terms of service (you may use any valid credit card). Once you are registered, you can upload your applicatio n to the service whenever you want, update it as many times as you want, and the n publish it when you are ready. Once published, users can see your application, download it, and rate it. Step 1.To register as an Android Market developer and get started with publishin g, visit the Android Market publisher site: http://market.android.com/publish Sign in with your google account, or register. When done, you ll be taken to Google s payment system, Google Checkout. There is a one time fee of $25 which you can pay with via your Google checkout a ccount. Step 2. Return to Android Market, read the Android Market Developer Distribution Agreement and select the I Agree checkbox. Step 3. Take some screenshots of your app. There are a few ways to do this. If y our app is based on web content, you can take screenshots of the web content. If not, you ll need to download an app like Screen Capture Shortcut so that you can ta ke a screen capture. Step 4. Upload the APK, icon, and screenshots to Android Market. Step 5. Add a description, select copy protection, content rating, and pricing. To make it anything other than free, you ll need to set up a merchant account. Step 6. Select what countries you want to distribute to. Step 7. Add your contact information and select the consent buttons. Step 7. Choose Publish Q: How can I publish updates on Android Market? At any time after publishing an application on Android Market, you can upload an d publish an update to the same application package. When you publish an update to an application, users who have already installed the application may receive a notification that an update is available for the application. They can then ch oose to update the application to the latest version. On the Publishing page, enter the version number you d like to appear with your ap p build on the app store (Android Market or Amazon). Examples: 1, 1.0, 1.1.2, 2.0 The build version number identifies a particular build of the application. The format of the build version string is largely up to you though it should be larger than the previous version and you should still make it one or more dot-se parated integers. We tend to just use a single integer (1, 2, 3, 4 ) but you can also use 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, etc. if you have need for it.