Uploading app assets to Google Play and the App Store
Publishing apps consists not only of the actual program code of the app itself but also of many other materials. This includes texts, images, videos, and various additional information such as privacy policies. You can see this in the apps’ representations in the stores, in…
Out now! App Management with the new App Store Manager
App publishing requires app addicts to not only develop the actual app but also create and manage additional collateral materials. This includes titles, keywords, texts, images, videos, and much more. On the one hand, the creation of these materials follows the specifications of Apple and…
Google Play Console – New Managed Publishing Feature
Google has recently introduced a new feature in the Google Play Console. “Managed publishing” allows a little more control over your publishing process.Previously, changes in the Playstore always went live. Of course, after Google’s validation and checks. Now, they can be verified again beforehand. An…
New app downloads with seasonal apps
Big app publishers do it, you should adopt it as well. Get new downloads with seasonal apps. There are two strategies you should try. Apps for exactly one event Strategy number one consists of apps that are completely tailored to a holiday or a period….
Let’s create an app, quickly!
The idea was born last Thursday while running. Let’s create a Christmas fitness app, quickly. Since Christmas is just around the corner and the approvals for the App Store and the Play Store also take time, things have to happen quickly.Let it be a small…
How to configure API access to Google Play Console
Log in to the Google Play Console normally requires your Google Account or your login credentials. But if you like to grant access to certain third-party applications, another way is required to provide the requested data. A third-party application which allows data analysis or automation…
How to create Android release notes
Creating release notes is an integral part of the Android release process in the Google Play Console. For each upload of a new app version to the Google Play console, among other things, a textual description of the version is required. This change history can…
Creating an app – a quick walk-through
I WANT AN ELEPHANT’s main mission is to provide and deliver tools and services for app publishers and developers. Anyhow, we develop apps in our spare time. Just because we like to do so and to stay up-to-date. However, we often don’t invest the time…
Lessons learned in app development and distribution
When we started to develop apps a couple of years ago, we thought, it would be easy. Until this date, we haven’t developed any mobile applications before. A lot of web projects, business applications, scripts, and some small games among others. So we sat together…
Could you… just create me an app? How to start with your app idea
As someone who deals “with computers” and apps, we are often asked: could you just create me an app? Developing a mobile application isn’t a big deal anymore. To name it, developing just costs money. Real money. And (!) an app is not developed within…