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Project — Play Store Production Readiness

Relax. We'll talk through this in plain words — no textbook voice.

What you'll walk away with

  • Understand Project — Play Store Production Readiness without any of the intimidation
  • Be able to run Android Studio/Compose code yourself
  • Apply this concept straight away in a real project

Let's think about it this way for a second

Being able to run an app on the emulator doesn't mean it's 'ready to publish on the Play Store' — app signing (release key), ProGuard/R8 (code obfuscation/shrinking), permission justification, crash reporting, app icon/screenshots, and a privacy policy all need to be in place before you can call it publish-ready. In this project, you'll write your own checklist and use it to audit Projects 1 and 2.

Let's connect this to a real scenario

Go through the checklist item by item and check it manually against the project settings — is there a release signing config, are ProGuard rules configured, is the permission list trimmed to the minimum? Mark each item Pass or Fail, then go fix the config for anything that fails.

Let's look at it together

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Play Store Production Readiness Checklist
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[ ] Release signing key (keystore) generated and configured
[ ] ProGuard/R8 minification enabled for the release build
[ ] AndroidManifest permissions reviewed — no unused permission requested
[ ] Crash reporting configured (e.g. Firebase Crashlytics)
[ ] App icon (adaptive icon) + Play Store screenshots ready
[ ] Privacy policy URL ready (required if any permission touches user data)
[ ] Tested on multiple screen sizes / Android versions (not just one emulator)
[ ] Network error / empty state / loading state all handled gracefully
You should see
You'll audit Projects 1 and 2 with the checklist and end up with fixed configs for every item that failed.

Try it in 5 minutes

Run the checklist above against Project 1's (Todo App) project settings and code — identify every item that fails and fix it.

One thing to watch out for

If you lose your release keystore file (without a backup), you won't be able to ship updates to the app anymore — backing up the keystore file and its password securely is critically important.

Easy traps

  • Treating the checklist as a piece of 'documentation' and stopping there — never actually going back to fix the config and rebuild
  • Still using the default, auto-generated debug keystore in the release build — the Play Store flatly refuses to accept a debug-signed APK

Now try it yourself

Run the checklist above against Project 1's (Todo App) project settings and code — identify every item that fails and fix it.

You'll know it worked when: You'll audit Projects 1 and 2 with the checklist and end up with fixed configs for every item that failed.

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