one platform foundation: publishing to multiple appstores simplified
DESCRIPTION
The One Platform Foundation is a global, open-source initiative to help the Android ecosystem evolve by enabling developers to easily code and submit their apps across multiple alternative appstores.TRANSCRIPT
Timur DyussebayevAndroid developer relations
OPF: Publishing to multiple app stores simplified
• Google Play is not the only store
• Why publish anywhere else?
• What challenges do we have
Appstores on Android
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Over 20 Android app stores
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• Don’t miss the devices without Google Play
• Better app discoverability/exposure• Larger geo spread
Why publish anywhere else?
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Millions of devices without Google Play worldwide
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Amazon has 11.5% of WW tablet sales*
* - IDC
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SlideME is exclusive on 20M+ devices*
* - SlideME data
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Korea: T-Store 18.5M users, 1.1B downloads*
* - SK Planet press release
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Russia: Credit card? No, thank you!
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Russia: Yandex.Store - direct carrier billing with
all major carriers
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App distribution in China
The West China*
* - TechCrunch
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China Mobile MM: 149M users, 1.92B downloads
* - TechCrunch
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It’s essential to look at alternative appstores, but
1. Need to solve appstore publishing (time consuming)
2. Need to solve in-app billing (time consuming)
Let’s do it?
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OPF is about solving them
A format to ease developer’s life
1. AppDF
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How things stand
• Publishing to each store is time consuming:
• APK• Screenshots• Description• Changelog
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It would take up to 1 day to update an app in all
appstores
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AppDF is an open file format that packages:
• APK• Description• App icon• Screenshots• Promo images
App Description File Format (AppDF)
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description.xml demo
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All of this can be done using AppDF Editor
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A single in-app billing API
2. Open In-app Billing
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• In-app billing is not a part of Android• Different stores – different APIs
Problems: Billing APIs
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• AppDF: Specification v1.0• AppDF: Editor• AppDF: libs for parsing AppDF• Open IAB: demo app with all in-app
billings implemented
What is available today?
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• Try AppDF. 2 stores support it• Give us feedback • Check out Open IAB on Github• If you like it… contribute • And enjoy a less painful alternative store
experience
Join us
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Timur Dyussebayev@onepf_org
Questions?
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