The Business of Android Apps Development: Making and Marketing Apps That Succeed

What to Do Before You Submit to the Android Market

Here is what you want to have sorted out in advance on your application before you submit it to the Android Market:

• The application should run without any bugs. This may sound obvious, but it is sometimes difficult to find them. The last thing you need is an application that has even one “Force Close” window. If this kind of error happens even once, your users could give your application a one-star rating. Before you submit to the Android Market, you will want to test every button, feature, and activity to make certain that it runs without a problem. You also might want to do a round of beta testing; I will go into detail on this in the next chapter.
• Test it out in portrait and landscape mode. ...