Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 15-5.
Reusing a key
So, you've created your first signed APK—congratulations! Now we'll throw a wrench into the
works and inform you about the multiple APK support. For a single app, you can create multiple
APKs that use device capability filtering to get the “best fit� for each user who installs your app.
This is a great feature because it means you can do things like the following:
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Ship specific image sets that are compatible with specific GPUs.
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Have a limited feature set targeted for older versions of Android.
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Ship larger-scale graphics for larger screen sizes and regular-scale graphics
for all others.
Google will surely add more filters as time goes by, but just the set outlined here enables you to
really hone in on a target device (like tablets) without having to jump through too many hoops to
keep the download at a reasonable size for first-generation device support.
Putting Your Game on Google Play
It's time to log in to your developer account on the Google Play website. Just go to
https://play.google.com/apps/publish
and sign in. You'll be greeted with the interface
shown in Figure
15-6
.
