Set Up Private Distribution for Android
Get your branded app ready for distribution on the private Google Play store.
Required Editions
| Setup for Mobile Publisher available in: Lightning Experience |
| Setup for Mobile Publisher available in: production only (not sandbox) |
| Available in Lightning Experience in: Enterprise, Performance, and Unlimited Editions |
| User Permissions Needed | |
|---|---|
| To create and modify a Mobile Publisher project: | Manage mySalesforce Apps |
Mobile Publisher needs certain information from your Google Play Developer account to distribute your branded app.
- If you don’t have a Google Play Developer account, click here to sign up.
- Always use a G-Suite with your organization domain. Access to the app is available only to users who are part of that G-Suite organization. For example, if your organization’s name is AYZ Inc., use a G-Suite with the same domain and app users who are part of the organization.
- There’s no beta app provided for Android private distribution. If you don’t use G-Suite and Google for work, refer to Distribute Private apps.
- Mobile Publisher Best Practices for App Content Declarations
After you create a placeholder app, you complete Google Play’s required App Content declarations to publish your Android app. When you publish a Mobile Publisher Android app, follow best practices specific to Mobile Publisher for the Privacy policy, App access, Data safety, and Financial features declarations. - Grant Permission to Distribute Your Branded App
Grant Salesforce permission to distribute your branded app. - Create Service Account User and Find Your Google Play Developer ID
To manage the distribution your branded app with your developer account, Mobile Publisher needs your Service Account User and Google Play Developer ID info. - Register Your Firebase App to Enable Mobile Publisher Android Push Notifications
To set up push notifications for your Android app, provide Mobile Publisher with information from a Google Firebase project associated with your app. To get the required information, register your Android app and generate a private key. Then, submit the information to your app’s Setup for Mobile Publisher project. - Find Your Managed Google Play Organization Info
To distribute your branded app, Mobile Publisher needs your Managed Google Play Organization info. - Enter Your Information into Your Mobile Publisher Project for Android
Now that we have all the information we need, we can go back to the Mobile Publisher and fill out the necessary fields.
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