Google I/O 2011: Android Market for Developers
Why Stack Overflow recommends it
Stack Overflow users link it when someone asks how Android Market or Google Play featuring works or what to know before publishing a first app.
Recommended by 3 people across 3 different months, 2012 to 2012.
What it is
A Google I/O 2011 session by Eric Chu on Android Market for developers. It covers what changed in the year since I/O 2010 and where developers can act to improve how their apps perform in the Market.
What people said
Recommends Ghost · 2012-01 · Stack Overflow · on “AdActivity not being declared in manifest......but I am using sdk v 3?”
I'd like to tell you that not many people on this planet are sticking to 1.5 or 1.6. Even most of the manufacturers are building phones that support 2.2 and higher. I think you can aim for 2.1, i.e. sdk version 7. Suggest you to watch this video [this video]
Recommends Saad Farooq · 2012-02 · Stack Overflow · on “Looking to publish first App what do i need to know”
I tend to prefer video so I would recommend this [this video] and this [LINK] The first one is from Google I/O 2011 and the second one is from Google Developer Day.
Recommends curioustechizen · 2012-05 · Stack Overflow · on “Are Google Play's featured Android apps different for different regions?”
The featured apps in Google Play are those which the Google Play team consider as model citizens adhering to various Android app design guidelines and best practices (for example, they apply the Action Bar UI pattern in a proper way; they handle the back stack consistently .. etc). I do not recollect coming across any mention about them being region-specific. You could watch this Google I/O 2011 [this video] video to be absolutely sure though. Having said that, purely from observation, I would say that the "Featured" tab in the Google Play Store is not region-specific. I live in India, and I have seen featured apps that make little sense to an Indian user. However, it looks like some of the other