Google play developer console alternative

[Jakub]

I am looking good alternative for

Google play developer console ?

what are your sugggest?

[Andrew]

Post by Jakub
I am looking good alternative for
Google play developer console ?
what are your sugggest?

Never heard of it, but I like helping people, so I searched first.

Google has technical people who wear shorts to work, who make their
products, and then Google has marketing people who wear suits who name
those products, usually a few times, often after they are entrenched.

One of the basic tricks of marketing is to play off of well known
recognized "brand names", of which "Google Play" is classic.

So what is this "Google Play Developer Console" anyway?
A quick search shows it doesn't appear to exist (but I could be wrong).

What exists is "Google Play Console" and "Google Play Developer API".
<https://www.google.com/search?q=google+play+developer+console>

Can the OP kindly pick one of the results of that search and let us know
which of the two concepts the OP is asking his question about above?

Or... does a Google Play Developer Console product actually exist?

[Andrew]

Post by Andrew
What exists is "Google Play Console" and "Google Play Developer API".
<https://www.google.com/search?q=google+play+developer+console>
Can the OP kindly pick one of the results of that search and let us know
which of the two concepts the OP is asking his question about above?

Moving forward, given I generally read up on every OP's question, I read a
bit and it seems that "developers" use the "Google Play Console" to upload
APKs to the Google Play Store Repository.
<https://developer.android.com/distribute/console>

In the past, I wrote a dozen tutorials for people to use ADB to publish
their own apps to their own phone, so I had no need myself, for this tool.
*Tutorial: How to publish an Android App on the Google Play Store*
<https://orangesoft.co/blog/how-to-publish-an-android-app-on-google-play-store>

I think what the OP is asking is whether there is a non-Google tool that
publishes to the Google Play Store Repository - which may exist - or not.
*How to publish an APK to google play store WITHOUT google play console*
<https://www.google.com/search?q=How+to+publish+an+APK+to+google+play+store+WITHOUT+google+play+console>

This finds Google's advice, which might not always be comprehensive:
*Publish your app*
<https://developer.android.com/studio/publish>

Another hit was this method of publishing a "private" app on the Google
Play Store Repository, but I realize the OP is not asking about that.
*Manage private Android apps in Google Play*
<https://support.google.com/a/answer/2494992?hl=en>

Notice though, that the Google Play Console does not appear to be needed.
"To upload and publish private apps in the Admin console,
you only need an Android application package (APK) and a title."

But you do need an account on something called the Google Admin Console.
*Sign in to your Admin console, admin.google.com*
<https://support.google.com/a/answer/182076>

Of course, the OP isn't the first person to ask this question.
*How can I "publish" an Android game without Google Play?*
<https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/90523/how-can-i-publish-an-android-game-without-google-play>
Which basically says you can publish it anywhere you like.

For the OP, here are some hits on XDA for the topic at hand.
*google play console*
<https://xdaforums.com/tags/google-play-console/>
<https://www.xda-developers.com/tag/google-play-console/>

Hope this helps, and for those lurking, hope we all learn something new.

[Arno Welzel]

Post by Jakub
I am looking good alternative for
Google play developer console ?
what are your sugggest?

If you want to publish stuff at Google Play - there is no alternative to
that console. There may be development tools which do support deployment
without the need of using the console in the browser, but even the
official Android Studio does not support this.

[Andrew]

Post by Arno Welzel

Post by Jakub
I am looking good alternative for
Google play developer console ?
what are your sugggest?

If you want to publish stuff at Google Play - there is no alternative to
that console. There may be development tools which do support deployment
without the need of using the console in the browser, but even the
official Android Studio does not support this.

I concur after looking this up, but bear in mind I've only "pushed" apps to
my own phone & note I had never heard of this console 'til this thread.

1. Android Studio pushes to a phone but does not "publish" to Google's repo
2. There's apparently no alternative app for "publishing" to Google's repo
3. Corporate apps apparently have a different method not using the Console

Of course, since this is Android, the user can just make the APK available
by any means (e.g., DropBox, web site, email request, F-Droid, whatever).