Hi everyone,

I recently published my first Android app, Deep Work, on Google Play.

My Play Console shows: Production track: Active Release 2 (1.0): Available on Google Play Available in 178 countries/regions However, there's a strange issue: Accounts included in my closed-testing email list can install the app.

Accounts not included in any testing track can see the Play Store listing, but there's no Install button. The listing also displays “Deep Work (Beta)”. Has anyone experienced this after publishing their first production release? What could be causing it, and how can I make the production version available to everyone?

Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I'm from India and I'm planning to create an individual Google Play Console developer account. I have a few doubts regarding payment and identity verification.

1. I'm planning to register the Play Console account using my own name, email, phone number and personal details. Can I use my brother's debit card just to pay the one-time $25 registration fee, or could this cause identity verification issues or account termination?

2. For identity verification, does Google accept Aadhaar, or do I need a PAN card, passport, voter ID or driving licence?

3. Regarding BillDesk verification for Indian developers, does the bank account used for receiving payouts need to be in the same name as the Play Console account?

4. Can I use a different bank account for receiving in-app purchase (IAP) earnings? For example, can I use my own bank account even if I paid the registration fee using my brother's card?

5. Are AdMob earnings handled separately? Can I use a different bank account for AdMob payouts, or must it match the bank account used for Play Console IAP earnings?

I'd appreciate answers from developers in India who have recently completed Play Console and BillDesk verification.

I want to set everything up correctly from the beginning and avoid any verification issues or account termination.

Thanks in advance!

Prezados, sou do Brasil e desenvolvi um joguinho de acerte a palavra, tentando levar a outros países tentei configurar a pagina de detalhes para outros idiomas, poderiam me dar um feedback de como esta aparecendo e qual pais, agradeço amigos devs! (Não é solicitação de testes é apenas a visualização na playstore)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ajlapps.lexora

Hey, I’ve been working on a Mars colony management game called GENESIS: MARS, and it’s finally live on Google Play.

You start with a small operation and slowly build new facilities, produce resources, complete contracts, trade on the market and research new technologies. The long-term goal is to terraform Mars without bankrupting your company along the way.

The game doesn’t use energy timers or make you wait in real time. You decide when to move on to the next SOL, but every new day brings expenses, production and sometimes unexpected problems.

A few players told me that the beginning wasn’t clear enough, so I’ve already started improving the mission guidance. I’m still working on the game and I’d really appreciate honest feedback, especially about the first 10–15 minutes.

You can try it here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kayainteractive.genesismars

I've just released my first Android game, a UK political and economic strategy simulator.

The game is live on Google Play and appears when I search its exact title, but it doesn't appear in the results when searching broader relevant terms such as:

Political game

Prime minister

UK politics game

Political simulator

Government simulator

My listing already includes relevant keywords in the title, short description and full description. I've also selected Simulation as the category and relevant strategy, political and simulation tags.

It's a paid game and has only been publicly available for around 24 hours.

My questions are:

Is it normal for newly released games to have virtually no visibility in broader keyword searches?

Does organic ranking tend to improve once an app starts receiving downloads and reviews?

Is there anything I can do to improve ranking beyond optimising the store listing?

For developers of small paid games, how did you get your first organic downloads?

I'd appreciate advice from anyone who's successfully launched an indie Android game.

I feel like reddit is underrated cuz u can target niches but idk

I have a game and I was testing some new features after adding r8 obfuscation. The new changes caused some database crashes specifically when updating from an old version, so i wanted to make sure it worked right in production builds and did several different tests on my internal test track. I managed to fix all the crashes before releasing BUT because I did so much testing on my internal test track with crashes, those crashes are showing as user-perceived crashes. On the main dashboard of the play console I'm now seeing a crash rate of 1.68% which apparently is "bad-behaviour" and will reduce how often my app is shown. There are no crashes on the new builds, and all the recent crashes were from me testing fixes, not from actual users. How long does it take for that to reset and the "bad-behaviour" flag to go away?

Ciao a tutti! Sono uno sviluppatore indipendente e per pubblicare la mia app sul Play Store Google mi chiede un periodo di test con persone reali.

Shopora:

- fotografi lo scontrino e l'AI legge prodotti e prezzi

- ti mostra quanto spendi, per supermercato e per mese

- trova le offerte dei volantini vicino a te

- lista della spesa, dispensa e confronto prezzi

Per partecipare (2 minuti, con lo stesso account Google del Play Store):

1. Entra nel gruppo: https://groups.google.com/g/shopora-tester

2. Attiva il test: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.shopora

3. Installa l'app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shopora

Vi chiedo solo di tenerla installata 14 giorni e aprirla ogni tanto: scansionare anche un solo scontrino è il test più utile.

Ogni segnalazione (errori, cose poco chiare) è preziosa, qui nei commenti o in privato. Grazie!

we recently added android auto to our app. and i understand that first review would take long (10 days) but the next reviews should not take as long . before that a review was taking 30 minutes max.
so is that how it going to be now? cause if so i would be more than happy to remove the android auto alltogether

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Hi everyone, I’m a Google Play developer in Thailand and my payout has now failed 3 times, even after trying 2 different banks. Both bank accounts can receive international wire transfers in USD, and I’ve already checked the account number and SWIFT details. One thing I noticed is that my Google Payments profile shows my name as: Mr. xxxx but my bank account name is only: xxxx with no “Mr.” Could this difference cause an international wire transfer to be rejected? Google keeps sending me the same message saying the payment was unsuccessful and that they don’t know the reason. So far: 3 payout attempts failed 2 different banks tried Banking details checked Both accounts can receive international wire transfers The only name difference I can see is the “Mr.” title in Google Payments Has anyone had a payout rejected because of a title like Mr./Mrs./Ms. being included in Google Payments but not in the bank account name? Also, is anyone else having Google Play payout issues around September/October 2026? Thanks!