Hour 23. Getting Ready to Publish

An application may be functionally complete, but you need to take one final step before you can publish: You must package the application so that it can be deployed to users. In this hour, you will learn how to prepare and package an application for release on the most popular Android publishing program: the Android Market.

Understanding the Release Process

Preparing and packaging an application for publication is called the release process (Figure 23.1). The release process is an exciting time: The application is humming, all those troublesome ...

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