One Platform Foundation: Publishing to multiple appstores simplified.
- 2. OPF: Publishing to multiple app stores simplified Timur Dyussebayev Android developer relations
- 3. Appstores on Android • Google Play is not the only store • Why publish anywhere else? • What challenges do we have
- 4. Over 20 Android app stores 4
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- 6. Why publish anywhere else? • Don’t miss the devices without Google Play • Better app discoverability/exposure • Larger geo spread 6
- 7. Millions of devices without Google Play worldwide 7
- 8. Amazon has 11.5% of WW tablet sales* * - IDC 8
- 9. SlideME is exclusive on 20M+ devices* * - SlideME data 9
- 10. Korea: T-Store 18.5M users, 1.1B downloads* * - SK Planet press release 10
- 11. Russia: Credit card? No, thank you! 11
- 12. Russia: Yandex.Store - direct carrier billing with all major carriers 12
- 13. App distribution in China The West China* * - TechCrunch 13
- 14. China Mobile MM: 149M users, 1.92B downloads * - TechCrunch 14
- 15. Let’s do it? It’s essential to look at alternative appstores, but 1. Need to solve appstore publishing (time consuming) 2. Need to solve in-app billing (time consuming) 15
- 16. OPF is about solving them 16
- 17. 1. AppDF A format to ease developer’s life
- 18. How things stand • Publishing to each store is time consuming: • APK • Screenshots • Description • Changelog 18
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- 20. It would take up to 1 day to update an app in all appstores 20
- 21. App Description File Format (AppDF) AppDF is an open file format that packages: • APK • Description • App icon • Screenshots • Promo images 21
- 23. All of this can be done using AppDF Editor 23
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- 25. 2. Open In-app Billing A single in-app billing API
- 26. Problems: Billing APIs • In-app billing is not a part of Android • Different stores – different APIs 26
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- 29. What is available today? • AppDF: Specification v1.0 • AppDF: Editor • AppDF: libs for parsing AppDF • Open IAB: demo app with all in-app billings implemented 29
- 30. Join us • Try AppDF. 2 stores support it • Give us feedback • Check out Open IAB on Github • If you like it… contribute • And enjoy a less painful alternative store experience 30
- 31. onepf.org 31
- 32. Timur Dyussebayev @onepf_org onepf.org Questions?