A new version of Google Play began to rollout this afternoon as build 4.9.13. The update doesn’t initially look like that big of a deal upon first launch, but once you jump into an individual app, book, album, or movie listing, you will immediately know that this is pretty major. The individual listings all appear to be designed with Material Design in mind. There are beautiful sliding animations, big imagery, and an overall cleaner layout.
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Hello,
I'd like to know what is the rank of my apps on the playstore, but unfortunately the developer console doesn't show it.
Then I thought I could retrieve the rank from the website, but the rank is not the same on the website and on the playstore app from android devices! I want to know real rank (playstore app), not the web's one. Furthermore there aren't all of the leaderboards like 'top new paid' or 'top grossing'
So, I'd like to know: is there a way to get the app rank in the playstore app from a PC?
Happy nYear
I have found that my app's rank in the Play app is always one less (ranked one position higher) than the rank on the Web site. I intend to look at all the apps ahead of me and see what the difference is, but I have not done it yet.
I think that rank information may only be available for the top 500 apps in each category.
Edit...Ah, for me, at least, Gameloft apps don't show up in the Play app on my phone, and there's exactly one of them ranked ahead of me. Says they aren't compatible with the Galaxy Nexus. Who writes an Android app that won't run on a Nexus device?!?
The ranking is completely different for everythings (excepting ~top10), for example in top paid action game you have:
The 2 leaderboards are completely differents; it's odd.
Besides I've a galaxy nexus too, but It should have any effect right?
Hmm, yes, Arcade & Action looks completely different. In Cards & Casino, where my apps are, they are the same, except for the games that are missing on the phone because they're not compatible.
Hmmm you are totally right, there are a looot of app incompatible with the galaxy nexus .... and that's the reason why there is so much differences! So the web ranks are the "global" ranks, and actually the real one! It's cool because it will be easier to get my apps' rank in this case .
Thanks for pointing this!
I found this site http://www.appannie.com/ which has some interesting app ranking info. I knew that one of my apps has been in the top 100 in paid Cards & Casino in the United States for several months, but I discovered that it has made the top-selling list of all games in Hong Kong, at #299. They must play a lot of cards in Hong Kong!
They updated the site, that's pretty cool! Too bad that google dev console isn't like appannie.
Anyway I got my answer, thank you
Well then... now that android is a major contender in the mobile OS wars. Had the G1 from day one.
My only complaint from android... is the quality of apps. Also, repeat of the same apps over and over again in the play store. Recently I've been scouring the market place and I noticed that there are a lot of apps that seem kinda... a waste... For example... just how many weather apps and widgets do you need? most of the time they copy HTC, Samsung, or Sony apps (weather, clock, calendar etc) and slap on a generic name onto it.
Now Im all for "oh android is OPEN" but at least put some effort on making an app
this raises the question... should android have a tighter quality control over apps? Im not saying to make android "closed" but anyone that wants to submit an App on the play store needs to follow guidelines so there isn't repeats of apps that makes android fragmented. I mean there's 700,000 apps on the play store right now but prlly only a few 100 are only worth using because of how polished they are.
What do you guys thing? does Google need have tighter control of the play store?
I agree with you. I think holo ui on apps is the best thing ever happened to android. Apps started to look high quality and developers did great job with holo. But there are still tons of non-holo apps that hasn't been updated since 2009/2010 and most of them not even work on new devices they just give force closes. I think Google should give those developers 2 month to update their apps with their guideline and otherwise just delete it. I started get sick of these old apps.
The other thing bothering me is the themes. Go themes, adw themes, launcher pro themes, they are everywhere. I hate to see all those themes when I simply search "launcher" on play store. Most of them are not even compatible with the latest versions of their launcher. I hope Google will do something about it.
Google started letting Android turn into new Windows. Every manufacturer can put bloatware in it. Millions of useless programs in the Internet. Most of them aren't updated since XP. Most of the people choose Linux or Mac(I still like windows more than mac ) over windows just because of the bloatware. Think about the toolbars of ie . Google should manage apps better in play store. Otherwise Android will start killing itself.
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No, Android is an open platform and things like this may discourage developers. Google will feature apps that are designed well, but banning apps because they are deemed outdated looking or not useful is not what I want to see.
I do agree there is a lot of junk in Google Play but there is also the same junk in the iTunes app store. I would like to see Google allow more advanced searching in Google Play, they are Google afterall. Google Play's search should add sort by date app updated, filter by compatible Android version, and I'm sure there are more. That way you could find newer and better apps in your search.
spunker88 said:
No, Android is an open platform and things like this may discourage developers. Google will feature apps that are designed well, but banning apps because they are deemed outdated looking or not useful is not what I want to see.
I do agree there is a lot of junk in Google Play but there is also the same junk in the iTunes app store. I would like to see Google allow more advanced searching in Google Play, they are Google afterall. Google Play's search should add sort by date app updated, filter by compatible Android version, and I'm sure there are more. That way you could find newer and better apps in your search.
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so your saying that google should just let those junk apps stay in the play store. sure ios has junk apps but it isnt as bad as android.
yea discourage the developers that makes junk apps. thats the point. if a developer is constantly putting out updates then it shouldn't worry about having its apps being deleted. im just saying that google needs remove crappy apps from the play store. it just makes google play look lazy
leventccc said:
I agree with you. I think holo ui on apps is the best thing ever happened to android. Apps started to look high quality and developers did great job with holo. But there are still tons of non-holo apps that hasn't been updated since 2009/2010 and most of them not even work on new devices they just give force closes. I think Google should give those developers 2 month to update their apps with their guideline and otherwise just delete it. I started get sick of these old apps.
The other thing bothering me is the themes. Go themes, adw themes, launcher pro themes, they are everywhere. I hate to see all those themes when I simply search "launcher" on play store. Most of them are not even compatible with the latest versions of their launcher. I hope Google will do something about it.
Google started letting Android turn into new Windows. Every manufacturer can put bloatware in it. Millions of useless programs in the Internet. Most of them aren't updated since XP. Most of the people choose Linux or Mac(I still like windows more than mac ) over windows just because of the bloatware. Think about the toolbars of ie . Google should manage apps better in play store. Otherwise Android will start killing itself.
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your right about some of the themes... some of those themes are copying other manufacturer's skins
look at beautiful widgets... they copied htc sense clocks. im suprised that htc didnt take them down.
spunker88 said:
No, Android is an open platform and things like this may discourage developers. Google will feature apps that are designed well, but banning apps because they are deemed outdated looking or not useful is not what I want to see.
I do agree there is a lot of junk in Google Play but there is also the same junk in the iTunes app store. I would like to see Google allow more advanced searching in Google Play, they are Google afterall. Google Play's search should add sort by date app updated, filter by compatible Android version, and I'm sure there are more. That way you could find newer and better apps in your search.
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There isn't thousands of outdated launcher themes and not working apps in the app store. The ones at app store still work on newer iphones and don't look outdated. But the ones at play store look stretched and outdated.
i agree with you
I believe one thing that would help is better search functionality in the play store. Seams to me that a major search engine would have better search options in their store.
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We are a small 3 member gaming company called "GMonks". We have recently launched a mobile game app on the Android platform called "Guess The Brand". The concept of this Quiz game is very simple, and is based on our memory of all the print & television ads we see everyday around us. Using hints provided, the player has to guess famous brand’s icons and logos. We currently have 12 Fun levels carefully made for exciting Game play experience, at the same time keeping it very simple and fun for the end user. It has a very user friendly UI and we are constantly updating the app as we get more feedback from users. Please download and check it out on Google Play Store.
Hi there,
I've been using a Wear for the past few months, and got quite disappointed by the lack of really useful features. Ok, notification mirroring is kinda cool, but at the end of the day it's not a real game changer.
I tried creating something more useful for the Wear. When you get a phone call, the application will display all the latest interaction you had with the caller: your emails, shared events, notes, documents... (from Dropbox, Gdrive, LinkedIn, etc)
This is especially useful on business occasions. If you have lots of calls from people you barely remember (as I do), this can prove invaluable: you get an instant refresh on the person while chitchatting. And when you get to the real matter, you remember the invoice he sent or the event where you met him (or her ? :angel last year.
The app is on the Play Store -- search for "Anyfetch Companion" or visit play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anyfetch.companion
Anyway, i'd really like to get your heavy-wear-user feedback. What do you think? Is it useful? Sadly, I'm no designer, so Lollipop design ifs far from perfect -- idem, feedbacks welcomed.
With all the talk of Android Apps coming to Chrome OS this fall it is easy to forget that Chrome OS, as it stands right now, is a very capable and reliable OS.
While we here at Chrome Unboxed have been eager to share and talk about all the advantages this change will bring, I feel it is necessary to also keep everyone aware that both Gabriel and I work completely from Chrome OS on a daily basis. As excited as I am about the Play Store coming to Chrome OS, I love Chrome OS just as it is, too.
The truth is, I’ll likely keep using my Chromebooks and Chromeboxes as I always have during work hours once these apps come around. Sure, I’ll begin adopting certain apps for work (and playing games like crazy after work, along with other entertainment fun that Android brings), but I know there are many services I’ll keep on using the web versions for.
And that’s why knowing how to make an app or webpage launch in a window is important. For some reason, things like Google Play Music or Spotify feel strange with the Omnibar and tabs up top. They feel much more native if all that is removed.
And you can do this for most websites and apps. Here’s how.
http://chromeunboxed.com/quick-tips-open-any-site-as-a-windowed-app/
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