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tured apps on Google Play). The graphic must be 180 pixels wide by 120 pixels
tall in JPEG format or 24-bit PNG format with no alpha (transparency).
6. Promotional video (optional) to be included in Google Play. You may include a
URL for a promotional video for your app (e.g., a YouTube link to a video that
demonstrates how your app works).
In addition to app assets, you will be asked to provide the following additional listing
details for Google Play:
1. Language. By default, your app will be listed in English. If you’d like to list it in
additional languages, select them from the list provided (Fig. 10.11).
Language
Afrikaans English (UK) Khmer Romansh
Amharic Estonian Korean (South) Russian
Arabic Filipino Kyrgyz Serbian
Armenian Finnish Lao Sinhala
Azerbaijani French Latvian Slovak
Basque French (Canada) Lithuanian Slovenian
Belarusian Galician Macedonian Spanish (Latin America)
Bengali Georgian Malay Spanish (Spain)
Bulgarian German Malayalam Spanish (US)
Burmese Greek Marathi Swahili
Catalan Hebrew Mongolian Swedish
Chinese (Simplified) Hindi Nepali Tamil
Chinese (Traditional) Hungarian Norwegian Telugu
Croatian Icelandic Persian Thai
Czech Indonesian Polish Turkish
Danish Italian Portuguese (Brazil) Ukrainian
Dutch Japanese Portuguese (Portugal) Vietnamese
English Kannada Romanian Zulu
Fig. 10.11 | Languages for listing apps in Google Play.
2. Title. The title of your app as it will appear in Google Play (30 characters maximum).
It does not need to be unique among all Android apps.
3. Short description. A short description of your app (80 characters maximum).
4. Description. A description of your app and its features (4,000 characters maximum).
It’s recommended that you use the last portion of the description to explain
why the app requires each permission and how it’s used.
5. Recent changes. A walkthrough of any changes specific to the latest version of
your app (500 characters maximum).