Google Play Developer API samples

A collection of Java samples for the Play Developer API.

Installation

1. Download the Google Play Developer API client library: https://developers.google.com/android-publisher/libraries

2. Unzip the client library. The unzipped folder contains the google-api-services-androidpublisher-v2.jar client library and a lib/ folder with all required dependencies.

3. Import the Java sample code into your favorite IDE and reference all libraries in the /lib folder as well as the google-api-services-androidpublisher-v2.jar from the sample project.

Getting started

To use the Google Play Developer API you need to create or reuse an existing API project in the Google Api console, https://console.developers.google.com/. You can either use the API with a client ID for Native Application (Installed Application) or create a Service Account.

Edit ApplicationConfig.java for global sample configuration

1. Specify the name of your application. If the application name is null or blank, the application will log a warning. Suggested format is MyCompany-Application/1.0.

2. Specify the package name of the app as per developer console.

3. If you want to run any of the upload apk samples, please copy your apk to the /resources folder and specify the apk file path, i.e. /resources/your_apk.apk

First request using OAuth2: Installed application

1. Edit the /resources/client_secrets.json file and add the client ID, client secret and redirect uris.

2. Execute any sample class using its main() method to begin the auth flow:

A browser window will open and ask you to login. Make sure the account has appropriate permissions in the Google Play Developer console.

3. Accept the permissions dialog. The browser should display

The authentication flow has completed.

Close the window and go back into your IDE and check the console output.

4. The script will output a list of apks.

5. The tokens will be stored in .store/android_publisher_api in your home folder. Remove this file to restart the auth flow.

First request using OAuth2: Service accounts

1. Edit ApplicationConfig.java and add the service account email address.

2. Copy the service account key file, generated in the Google APIs Console into the same directory and rename it to key.p12.

3. Execute any sample class using its main() method in your IDE

4. The script will output a list of apks.

You're all set and ready to run the Play Developer API samples. Thank you for being such a great developer on Google Play, your feedback is very important to ensure that Google continues to improve the developer experience on Play! Enjoy :-).