The Google DEV support chat can be helpful I found but some issues still remain.
I have created a number of applications that have now passed after some small changes to descriptions.
My Watch Faces are showing up fine on the google play link they provide .
When I try to install it says no device is eligible for install.
I was missing this step if you add from advanced settings - Release types - Wear OS by Google.
I received a message my application is published successfully but if you check from Dashboard I still see
Production 0 active devices 172 countries / regions.
Are other developers successfully able to install to there Galaxy Watch once its passed and its in Production release ?
Another issue one application failed because of battery issue on another android watch so I fixed this issue and uploaded new .aab but now after it has passed I see this issue on the release section and there seems to be no way to remove this.
Would also be helpful if someone that has managed to upload and get any sort of traffic going can perhaps share the steps they used or things we need to be aware of.
I have also got some on play store, but no traffic, I am not even sure how people would find it to be honest.
Just in case we are missing something, perhaps some sort of guide would be really appreciated.
Now I can download to my watch today which is good news would still like to understand how to list the faces like when you click the store link from the Galaxy Wearable application for example.
I am also having this problem! I launched some watch faces on the Play Store, I don’t even know how they are being displayed and I don’t even know if they are working correctly. In the Android Studio emulator they work fine, but I see some developer here saying that some “complications” display failures.
And worst of all, I don’t even have the Watch 4 watch to test, here in my country it will be released around September 15th. Meanwhile, I’m in the dark about that, but who knows, until then Watch Face Studio is updated and I fix the bugs.
The simple thing to get more traffic in play store is create 2 version of the watch face. One is .aab file generated from watch face studio (wear app), and another one is .abb file for phone version (phone app). It’s only blank phone app which has same package id and lower versioncode.
@amoledwatchfaces The ones I’ve seen all have a companion phone app, not just a blank phone app. Or at least it seems to me that I haven’t found them in the top 100.
I share the same observation. Those watch faces are not free, they are freemium. Their watch faces are linked to their own companion phone app which uses Google Ads and IAP as revenue generators. Both watch faces and companion phone apps are coded in Android Studio.
Hi Ron, I couldn’t find any information about how to create such companion phone app with IAP. Can you please ask Google team to provide some insights on how to go about doing it? Thanks.
I’m not sure whether my watchfaces can be reached at all. For example, I generated 50 coupons for my latest watchface. All are taken, but there was no download. I can download it myself. But can other users do it too? What is going on there?
I checked into it and the Play Console doesn’t currently support listing or including your app in this category. Luckily, we place a high value on developer feedback, and I’ll be sure to pass along your specific feedback to our product team. We’re continually adding new features and functionality, so please stay tuned.
If you’d want to feature your app in this section, please kindly contact our Google Play Support team for further assistance.
Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns about the Play Console.
Regards,
Bruce
Google Play Developer Support
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