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The Play Console & Listing

Store listing and content rating.

Meet the Play Console

The Google Play Console is the web dashboard where you create your app, upload bundles, write your store listing, manage testers, and roll out releases.

It also handles policy compliance: content rating, data safety, target audience, and the declarations Google requires before going live.

This lesson walks through registering an app, building a great listing, and the forms you must complete to pass review.

Creating an App Entry

In the Play Console you click Create app and provide:

App name — up to 30 characters, shown on the store.
Default language.
Whether it is an app or game, and free or paid.
Confirmation that you follow Play policies and US export laws.

The app's applicationId (set in Gradle) is permanent once published — choose it carefully, you can never change it.

android {
    defaultConfig {
        // This is your permanent package name on Play.
        // It can NEVER be changed after publishing.
        applicationId = "com.coddykit.myapp"
    }
}

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