Releasing for production

After a period of our app being in the preview stages, we would want to release it to everyone. Or, we might just be going straight to a full public release. Either way, we want to move the app from the Alpha cannel and into the Production channel.

Getting ready

Before we can release an app to the Production channel, we will need to have uploaded an app the either the Alpha or Beta channels. We can upload directly to Production, but this is not recommended.

How to do it...

Moving an app from Alpha or Beta into Production, is just a matter of a few clicks:

  1. First, we navigate to the APK section on the Developer Console.
  2. Next, we navigate to either the Alpha or Beta tab, depending on where our current release package is.
  3. Then, we ...

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