The Amazon Underground program lets Fire tablet users, and others who have downloaded the Underground app, run your app for free, and compensates you on a royalty basis. You do not need to do any special coding for this. Amazon adds a wrapper around your app to track the number of minutes of usage, and reports that information along with your royalty payments.
- [Narrator] In addition to the conventional approach…to distributing apps through Amazon,…you can also use a tool called Amazon Underground.…On the Amazon website,…you can find the Underground appstore…by going to Departments, Appstore for Android,…and then selecting Underground Apps & Games.…Most of the apps you'll see in the Underground store…are games.…They're apps that thrive on user engagement.…And here's how this works.…When an app is distributed through the Underground store,…it's always free.…
The requirements for deploying an app…through the Underground store are these:…The app must be available in the Google Play store,…and it must be monetized in some fashion.…Either it needs a purchase price…or it has in-app purchasing products.…When you deploy the app into the Underground store,…users can download and use the app completely for free.…And the monetization happens through royalties…that are based on the amount of time the user uses the app.…You don't have to do any extra programming for this.…There's no Underground API, for example.…
Author
David Gassner
Released
12/20/2016- Packaging apps in APK files
- Building a signed APK file
- Distributing through Google Play
- Adding app graphics
- Setting pricing
- Publishing the app
- Submitting an app to Amazon
- Tracking app use in Google Play and Amazon
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 2s
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1. Know Your Distribution Options
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Package apps in APK files3m 18s
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Distribute through Amazon2m 13s
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2. Package and Test the App
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Explore the sample app3m 33s
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Clean up your code6m 3s
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Manage the APK version3m 34s
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Build a signed APK file5m 54s
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Minify and obfuscate an APK6m 30s
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3. Distribute through the Google Play Store
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Upload an APK5m 6s
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Complete the store listing2m 20s
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Create a content rating2m 13s
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Add in-app products2m 19s
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4. Distribute through Amazon
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5. Track an App's Usage
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 14s
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