How to Publish an App Inventor Application to the Android Market

This tutorial will show you how to format your App Inventor application to be published at the Android Market. You can use a Mac or a PC
STEPS

1

DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION APK TO YOUR MAC OR PC

2

USE APKTOOL TO DECOMPILE THE APK
APKTOOL D -S YOURAPP.
apk 3 WHAT YOU WANT(I.e. Icon, App Name, Permissions...)

4

COMPILE THE PACKAGE AGAIN
APKTOOL B YOURAPP

5

SIGN THE APK USING YOUR OWN KEYSTORE
JARSIGNER -VERBOSE -KEYSTORE MY-RELEASE-KEY.
keystore my_application.apk alias_name

6

VERIFY IF THE APK IS CORRECTLY SIGNED
JARSIGNER -VERIFY -VERBOSE -CERTS MY_APPLICATION.

7

ALIGN THE APK
ZIPALIGN -V 4 YOUR_PROJECT_NAME-UNALIGNED.
apk your_project_name.apk Your application is ready to go!

8

PUBLISH AT THE ANDROID MARKET
TIPS
For further informations and help about Signing and Aligning visit Signing Your Applications | Android Developers
THINGS YOU\'LL NEED
App Inventor access
Android Market developer account
apktool
Mac or PC
Patience