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Kevin van Mierlo
Kevin van Mierlo

Reputation: 9814

Android release app at specific date and time

Is there a way to release an Android app at a specific date and time. A client wants the app to be released tomorrow at noon (I want to submit it now and tell the developer console that it should be released tomorrow at noon). I've never seen this before on the developer console, so I'm wondering if this is possible?

Thanks in advance!

Upvotes: 3

Views: 5284

Answers (2)

hvaughan3
hvaughan3

Reputation: 11105

You are now able to do "timed publishing" in the Google Play Store when submitting updates and when "releasing a new APK" (which apparently is not the same as publishing your app for the first time). I think you are able to do timed publishing when first releasing your app to alpha/beta users, though I have not personally tried it.

Head to this link and read under the heading "Update apps using standard or timed publishing" for details.

Basically, you need to login to the Google Play Developer Dashboard, choose the application entry, and look towards the top right for an easy to miss drop-down called 'Standard publishing'. Click that and choose 'Turn on timed publishing...' to see more information before accepting the change.

*Edit: I have recently tried using Timed Publishing when pushing out the first version of a new app and it actually did delay the app launch until I hit the Go Live button. Though Google's own documentation seems to imply that the first version of your app cannot use Timed Publishing to be aware that it may not work for you.

Upvotes: 4

Manish
Manish

Reputation: 1215

I don't think this is available for Play Store. iOS App Store I have seen this feature but never in lay store.

Upvotes: 3

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