Android apk to play store

Question

Could someone tell me the steps of how to actually get your app (built in AS) on the play store?

I already:

• made myself an Android developers console account.
• paid the 25$ fee.
• built a Signed version of my apk. ( i don't know where he built it to, AndroidStudioProjects\\MyApplication\\app\\build\\outputs\\apk ? )

Do i need to rename the built apk to the desired app name ?

So please could someone describe the steps starting from 0, So future people with the same problem can find the solution easly ?

Answer 1

The project that you created should have a .apk file or you can create a signed apk file . To sign you application go here http://developer.android.com/tools/publishing/app-signing.html . Once you have you apk file, app icons ready you need to upload them on the website. At this point you will be ready to publish.

Answer 2

Before publishing your app to play store, you need to follow following two steps:
1. Get the signed version of apk : If you are using Eclipse ,

Right click on project >  Android tools > Signed version of application package    

2. Zip align the apk obtained from above step :

"\sdk\build-tools\android-4.4W\zipalign.exe" -f -v 4 "\SignedProject.apk" "\Project_ZipAligned.apk"