Flutter | Publish an App to the Play Store

Mohammed Waseem
4 min readMay 14, 2023

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App publishing steps

First and foremost, complete the prerequisites below.👇

Next, watch the video, continue reading, or do both!

build the file

Location:

<project directory>\build\app\outputs\bundle\release\app-release.aab

Then,

Create a developer account if you haven't already. Use the below link to create a developer account. Fees will be $25, and it's only a one-time payment.

Below is your developer console. If you are asked to verify your identity here, then please continue on that first. Next, click "Create App.”

Fill up the details required, and then click Create App.

Now, in the left panel, go to the main store listing.

Fill up the descriptions of your application.

Upload the application icon (512 px x 512 px) and a feature graphic (1024 px x 500 px).

Then upload the phone and tablet screenshots and click SAVE.

Then, in your left panel, go to Store Settings.

Fill in the details of the App category and Store listing contact details.

Then, in your left panel, go to Production, and click Create a new release.

Upload the app-release.aab file here.

The release name will be filled automatically when the above upload has been completed. You can fill up the release notes. and then click Next.

Don't worry if you see this👇. Let's fix all the errors.

Go to production > Countries/regions > Add Countries/regions, add and save.

Then, in your left panel, go to App Content under Policy.

First, we add a privacy policy, so click Start. and paste the link

Create a privacy policy template here below👇.

Then save and go back and go to ads and select if your app has ads or not.

Select what is true about your application.

Add required information for Google to access such as usernames, emails, & passwords if it's required in the app.

Then, go here and select appropriately

Fill out all the questions and answers appropriate to your application and click Save, then Next.

Go here and select appropriately.

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Finally, go to production and click edit release, and save/roll out the application.

Here it will show that your application is currently under review, so wait for approval.

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