CODEWITHSUNDEEP
androidgoogle-play-services
Ogen
Ogen

Reputation: 6709

Difference between games services and application

I've made an app that using google play games services. I'm looking at the developers console now, and I see two tabs...

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The top one is Applications and the one below it is Games Services. It seems that I can fill out both and publish both. I don't want to make any rash decisions before I know what these do exactly. Can some one help me out.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1048

Answers (1)

free3dom
free3dom

Reputation: 18978

The Applications tab is for publishing apps/games (using apk files) to Android. These will show up in the Play store.

The Games Services is for configuring your Games Services for all platforms - this includes achievements, leaderboards, etc. These are done separately from the Android app because the same information can be used for multiple platforms, so your Android, iOS, and web versions share the exact same achievements, leaderboards, etc.

This means that for an Android app you will need to complete both of these sections and publish them. However, you can also setup the Games Services only and link them to, for example, a web app, without creating a matching entry in Applications.

Upvotes: 3

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