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Strategies for Success: Building Your Fan Base

the key to successful marketing is building your brand and creating a loyal customer base that returns to your store to purchase again. you want consumers to recognize your brand, trust the quality, and anticipate new releases. building your brand takes time and effort. from designing compelling consumer marketing assets to expanding your customer reach, in this blog series, i offer suggestions to help grow your customer base and ultimately reach your marketing goals. please note: this article links to a number of products, services, and online groups. the links are for the readers' convenience, but do not represent an endorsement of the products, services, or online groups. build a fan base the number one common factor for all successful app developers is building a fan base. this is the best way for consumers to discover your app collection, learn about your latest releases, take advantage of your marketing promotions, and to stay up-to-date with your brand. one easy way to start building your fan base is to collect email addresses to be used in marketing campaigns or newsletters. there are many ways you can encourage your customers to share their email. coupons a great way to reward your fans and promote your apps is with coupons. however, you should limit the use of coupons so that your paid apps maintain value. if you offer large quantities of coupons, your customer base will not be as likely to purchase your apps. downloads from coupons should be less than 15% of your total downloads. a few ways to leverage the power of coupons: buy one, get one free. create a marketing campaign for current customers to post a review of the app they purchased. email a screenshot as proof and get a free coupon for another app from your collection. share on social media. customers post a photo/video of their purchased app on social media and tag your brand handle. you’ll receive a tagged notification and can send the customer a message with their coupon code. ask subscribers of your youtube channel to post comments on your videos. award a lucky subscriber with a free coupon. shoot videos or take photos? the answer to that question is, both. photos are needed for marketing your apps on galaxy store and can easily be posted to your website and social sites. if you need help creating photos for watch apps, check out asset creator and lifestyle photos. these free templates will help you quickly create great photos for use in marketing. photos are great for a quick view and can get you a fast like. however, with video sharing sites becoming extremely popular, studies have shown that users are more likely to post comments on videos than photos. this type of engagement helps boost your posts to the top of the algorithm and can raise your ranking within search results. videos are also a fantastic way to show your apps in action, giving consumers confidence before deciding to purchase. videos give you the ability to not only show the features of your app but also set the mood to help inspire customers to purchase. rather than simply animate a series of screenshots, filming an actual device can make videos more compelling. however, if you do not have access to a device, here are a few alternatives that can help: purchase a video template that you can edit in a program like adobe premiere. one popular site for templates is video hive. download a 3d device and animate using a program like adobe after effects. 3d objects of samsung devices can be purchased at hum3d. watch face designer urarity creates promotional videos that highlight their work. website give your brand a home by creating a website. with services like wix, squarespace, and divi for wordpress, building an engaging website can be smooth and simple. having a website gives your brand credibility and builds trust with consumers. your website can include your complete library of apps, the latest news, and make it easy for consumers to contact you. newsletters one of the most critical tools for success is offering a newsletter that consumers can subscribe to. delivering a newsletter is the quickest and most direct way to reach consumers. services like mailchimp and constant contact offer email marketing solutions for distributing newsletters. instant messaging services like telegram, wechat, and whatsapp also offer a way for you to build a community and reach your fans. facebook groups finding like-minded samsung fans is easy on facebook. a few groups you can join are watch face samsung, samsung galaxy watch group, themes for samsung, and samsung themes. groups like these allow you to not only discover what other designers are creating but provide you a platform for showcasing your work and receiving feedback from members. youtube subscribers being one of the largest media platforms, youtube is an extremely important channel for you to market on. posting videos of your apps not only help to be discovered by an extremely large global audience but youtube's simple subscribe and notify feature makes it easy for you to build a strong fanbase. social media platforms there are many social media platforms to leverage. truthfully, the more platforms you are on will increase the visibility of your content, helping to boost traffic on search engines like google. reddit, twitter & medium – social news, discussion, and micro-blogging websites. follow developers and designers, join groups, post about your latest apps, and start a dialogue with people having similar interests. instagram, tiktok, dribbble & pinterest – all can be used by designers for self-promotion and social networking. post your latest photos and videos, search to discover what other designers are creating, excite your audience, or become inspired yourself. galaxy store badges the best way to point consumers to your apps and track activity is with galaxy store badges. just one click and consumers can access your marketplace. creating a badge generates a link to your app detail page or brand page. use badges to promote your apps on websites, videos, social media, and more. badges are also a great way to determine the effectiveness of your marketing efforts. read how to get started with galaxy store badges here. marketing info and resources additional reads: strategies for success look for new releases of my blog series, strategies for success, where i continue to deep-dive into the many areas that can influence your market growth. additional topics to include: brand names building your fan base (this post) consumer trends selling your apps samsung galaxy store: tips for marketing your apps check out my video, samsung galaxy store: tips for marketing your apps to learn more about creating brands, designing marketing graphics, social media tips, badges, and banner promotions. marketing resources looking for even more info about promoting your apps? our marketing resources page contains helpful information on promoting your apps. you can view lists of relevant hashtags to use on social media, learn more about discounts and coupons, as well as download guidelines and kits to help you get started. developer forums post questions, search for answers, or just see what are the latest topics for discussion. visiting our developer forum is an excellent way to stay up-to-date on all things related to the galaxy ecosystem. to see the latest marketing topics, be sure to view the marketing thread.

Tony Morelan

https://developer.samsung.com/sdp/blog/en-us/2021/02/01/strategies-for-success-building-your-fan-base

tutorials game, mobile

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Optimizing Mobile Game Performance: RuneScape

runescape is a hugely popular mmo, now in its 20th year, which has recently been ported from desktop pc to mobile platforms. the galaxy gamedev team were involved from an early stage in development, profiling the game and providing optimisation recommendations for the development team. while we made a number of suggestions over the time we supported the game, the most significant was the recommendation to move rendering api calls onto a dedicated render thread (a.k.a deferred rendering). this aligned with the work the runescape team were already doing to move to a separate thread for rendering. it is not uncommon for pc games to rely on a single thread which handles the main game loop and also the rendering, but this can be a limiting factor for framerate on mobile; the cpu was taking much longer to submit a frame than the gpu was taking to render it. the major difference between a desktop pc and a mobile device is the power requirements for each. a desktop pc can be plugged into the mains and draw a large amount of power, 500w plus for gaming pcs, and can use large fans to keep cool. a mobile device normally relies on a small battery, and needs to be comfortable to hold, restricting how hot it can get. for long battery life and comfortable temperature, the device should use around 3-4w of power. this means that mobile cpus cannot reach the high frequencies of a desktop cpu, making it hard to match the single-threaded performance. however, both desktop and mobile cpus have had multiple cpu cores for some time, making it possible to spread the load across several cores. the simplest architecture for breaking up a single threaded game is to create two threads, one for the main game and other systems, and one for rendering the scene. this is the approach that jagex took with runescape for mobile and it made a big difference to performance: framerate more than doubled in some cases. more complex architectures use job systems to split up certain cpu tasks such as physics and animation to be run on several cores in addition to having a separate render thread. this approach can be found in game engines such as ue4 and unity. it’s worth noting that even if your game is running at 60fps using a single thread it may still be beneficial to switch to multithreading. this is because there is not a linear relationship between clock frequency and power usage. by running everything on one core, that core will need to run at a higher frequency than if the work was spread across more cores, and that will cause higher power usage and battery drain. it may also cause the device to throttle the cpu to avoid overheating. stay in touch with galaxy gamedev in addition to the many resources on this site, the galaxy gamedev team is starting a new, quarterly newsletter focuesed on optimizing games for mobile devices. if you found this article interesting, please sign up for this newsletter. if you have questions about developing for samsung galaxy devices, please join us on the samsung developer forum.

Lewis Gordon

https://developer.samsung.com/galaxy-gamedev/blog/en-us/2021/11/15/optimizing-mobile-game-performance-runescape

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Adding Augmented Reality to your Websites

samsung internet 12.1 beta adds support for augmented reality — here’s how to try it out today last week we told you about our latest beta, 12.1, which offers a host of quality-of-life improvements for end users. we’re also really glad to announce that with this beta we are also shipping modules for the webxr device api that enable augmented reality (ar) content to be built right in the browser: including the “hit test” module. hit testing allows you to detect the position of the real world at a single point on the screen which can be used correctly position virtual objects in the real world. one of the reasons we’re especially excited about this is because samsung internet have been playing a leadership role in developing the webxr spec in w3c, along with many other companies and organizations. you can try ar out for yourself using the xr dinosaurs demo to place a dinosaur in your environment: step 1. download the samsung internet beta from the play store or the galaxy store: step 2. go to https://xrdinosaurs.com and choose augmented reality when you run this demo you will see this message, this means that the demo is able to place the virtual objects onto your environment but it cannot actually record the camera feed so you don’t have to worry about it recording what you are doing. step 3. select a place on the floor to place the dinosaur xr dinosaurs was built by brandon jones (tojiro) using three.js. making your own ar web sites this method of ar uses the augmented reality features of the webxr device api. here is a sample project you can use to help you get started: a-frame hit test demo *remix to make your own augmented reality scenes.*hit-test.glitch.me snapshot of the scene to make your own press the fish button then the remix on glitch button: how to remix the app it shows a 3d object and some basic shapes around and lets the user reposition them as they need. you can then add interactivity or other models and 3d shapes to the scene. once the user enters vr a reticle is used to select the location to place the objects. the hit-test api casts ray out from the center of the screen and works out that real world position and places the reticle there. once the user taps the screen it then places the objects in the scene. if you want to hide an object in ar at the hide-in-ar-mode attribute. it will make objects in visible when ar gets turned on. in the demo this has been done for the ‘a-sky’ element and the ‘world’ element. the world element contains the objects. when the user enters ar we make it invisible so it’s not floating in the air, we make it visible again once the user has selected the location. i hope this helps you have fun adding augmented reality to your websites. please send us your feedback and let us know if you have any questions, either via twitter or on our developer forum.

Ada Rose Cannon

https://developer.samsung.com/internet/blog/en-us/2020/07/16/adding-augmented-reality-to-your-websites

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Health | Samsung Developers

samsung health sdk suite develop powerful health and wellness applications for galaxy watch and smartphone. accelerate innovation in health and wellness with samsung health sdks samsung's health sdks enable a broad ecosystem of partners to accelerate innovation and solution development. as galaxy watch sensors and capabilities improve, you can read, with user consent, and integrate health data from galaxy watch and smartphones into your existing applications and platforms, as well as create innovative and powerful new products that enhance users' well-being through health insights. accessible health data for developers samsung health data sdk allows partners the ability to integrate samsung health data into their own apps, enabling them to monitor users` health and provide health and wellness services based on user consent. samsung health is a comprehensive platform that helps users track their health and get valuable insights. by connecting smartphones with samsung wearables like the galaxy watch and galaxy ring as well as other connected devices such as activity trackers or heart rate monitors, it seamlessly integrates health monitoring into daily life. learn more download sdk measure health sensor data with galaxy watch samsung health sensor sdk is a software platform that enables the medical community and digital health solution providers to harness the power of galaxy watch’s advanced sensors; providing both raw sensor signal data and processed data with our differentiated features. learn more download sdk connect bluetooth compatible devices samsung health accessory sdk defines bluetooth low energy (ble) compatibility guidelines and samsung health specifications based on bluetooth generic attributes (gatt), including service structure to connect with samsung health. learn more download sdk medical and clinical research studies samsung health research stack is backed by open-source tools, applications, and services for running, managing, and analyzing medical research studies and clinician services on android and wear os devices. learn more partnerships samsung collaborates with the world’s most innovative organizations to pave the way for better health and wellness by advancing solutions in connected care. learn more learn how to use the samsung health sdk suite use samsung health sdk suite to implement useful features with our sample apps on code lab. go to code lab get technical support contact technical support for questions you have regarding the samsung health sdk suite. samsung account sign-in is required. go to technical support news and blogs events health, mobile, galaxy watch key moments from the samsung health partner day 2024 on may 28th, 2024, market leaders from digital healthcare gathered for the samsung health partner day, held at gravity seoul pangyo, autograph collection. tutorials health accessing samsung health data through health connect health connect is a platform that enables you to integrate samsung health data with your applications, creating new opportunities for health applications that enhance the user's journey towards better health. tutorials galaxy watch connect galaxy watch to android studio over wi-fi for wearable apps, you can run your apps from android studio and test directly on a physical watch, such as the galaxy watch4 or later. looking to connect with other developers? meet other developers, ask questions, and find the answers you are looking for. go to developer forum

https://developer.samsung.com/health/

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Looking for Reviews? Just Ask!

06 october 2020: the urls in the sample code were updated to use the latest domain and link to the app's review page. a big part of converting users from a click to a sale often involves your ratings and reviews. apps that have strong reviews and scores typically have an edge over apps with few or bad reviews. in today’s world, this is how many users define quality without actually purchasing. just checking in by implementing the code shown below, users are prompted to leave a review on the galaxy store after a certain number of logins. by giving users an easy way to leave a 5-star review, you will likely start getting more positive reviews, and your downloads may increase as well. how you implement this is up to you and depends on your app. if you think users have a good understanding of how your app works after just a few logins, then you should prompt them then. however, if your app is more complex and you think users need additional time to see its value, it’s better to prompt them later. the biggest thing to remember is that you only have a small window of time to ask. waiting too long to ask is the same as not asking at all. public void onclick(dialoginterface dialog, int id) { reviewsubmitted = true; sharedpref.putboolean("review\_submitted",reviewsubmitted); sharedpref.commit(); try { intent intent = new intent(intent.action\_view, uri.parse( "samsungapps://apprating/<packagename>")); intent.setflags(intent.flag\_activity\_new\_task); startactivity(intent); } catch (android.content.activitynotfoundexception anfe) { intent intent = new intent(intent.action\_view, uri.parse( "http://apps.samsung.com/appquery/apprating.as?appid=<packagename>" )); intent.setflags(intent.flag\_activity\_new\_task); startactivity(intent); } } another thing to keep in mind is not to ask at the beginning of a session. no one likes a pop-up, and users probably don’t want to leave a review just as they are opening your app. tests prove this to be true, showing that 50% of users close the app after being prompted to leave a review at the beginning of the session. it’s also important to not ask over and over again. ensure that the user meets a few conditions before you ask, such as after using the app for a few days or after completing certain tasks. this way, you ensure they have used the app before they leave a review. if they haven’t chosen to leave a review after a few prompts, they probably aren’t going to, so it’s better to stop asking rather than risk losing a user. you should also be a bit more strategic in your ask. instead of asking users to rate your app, ask them if they are enjoying it. if they say they love it, you can redirect them to the store to leave a positive review. if they think it needs work, ask them to send feedback by email or a dedicated forum. this way, you’re not incentivizing poor reviews, and you’re garnering valuable feedback from your community. finally, sellers should be aware that the galaxy store is implementing conditions for appearing in the “top” lists. as of september 27, 2019 apps that appear in the top lists need to have at least 10 reviews and an average of 2.5 stars. these conditions are based by country, so if your app has 100 reviews and a 4-star rating in the us, but only 5 reviews and a 4-star rating in korea, your app will appear in the us top list, but not in korea’s. this makes asking for reviews even more important, but you’ll want to localize first. for more info about localization, check out our localization blog post. gaining lots of good reviews means taking the time to not only create an amazing app experience, but also knowing when, where, and how to ask each user to leave one. the best thing you can do to gain better reviews is just asking.

Joseph Nagle

https://developer.samsung.com/sdp/blog/en-us/2019/10/22/looking-for-reviews-just-ask

events mobile, galaxy watch

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Unpacking Galaxy Unpacked: What the S10, Galaxy Fold, and Galaxy Watch Active Mean For Devs And Designers

the latest edition of samsung galaxy unpacked was held on february 20th in san francisco, and the event certainly did not disappoint. i know you’re all excited to learn what unfolded during the presentation, so let’s take a look at what's new and discuss what it means for developers and designers. galaxy fold first up was the galaxy fold, which was previewed last november at the samsung developer conference. this time everyone got to see the revolutionary device in action. we demonstrated three apps simultaneously sharing the large main display, and also showed how easily apps moved from the cover display to the main display when the device is unfolded. developers can easily improve how their apps work with the galaxy fold’s new display abilities by following the steps in this tutorial. and don’t forget: ensure app continuity for your apps to live in perpetuity. taking the time to implement app continuity will be the key to a delightful customer experience. as new tips and tricks become available, we’ll update the developer site. if you have any immediate fold-related thoughts and queries, you can now post about the galaxy fold in our developer forums. for those of you who'd like to learn about how the fold will handle games, samsung and google are co-presenting a session on optimizing games for the galaxy fold next month at the game developers conference in san francisco. galaxy s10 next, we celebrated 10 years of galaxy innovations with the new galaxy s10. can you believe that more than two-billion galaxy devices have been sold in the last 10 years? the newest galaxy s device does not disappoint with its enhanced cameras, in-screen fingerprint sensor, gorgeous bezel-less display, and top-of-the-line performance features. the s10 is also the first mobile device that is optimized for games built using the unity platform and their adaptive performance features. as the device runs android pie and our latest one ui update, your apps and content will work as is. designers can create galaxy themes for the s10 and customers will have full access to android apps via both google play and the galaxy store. want to remotely test your apps on an s10? once devices are in market, you’ll be able to do so via our cloud device farm. excited to experience all the new features yourself? pre-order and reserve your device today. for those of you in europe, bixby now supports additional dialects and languages: british english, german, italian, and spanish. download the bixby developer studio and get started building capsules for bixby today. both the galaxy fold and the galaxy s10 are compatible with samsung dex. we have great tips on how to ensure your apps are compatible with our desktop-like dex experience. galaxy watch active the last announcement of interest to developers and designers was the galaxy watch active, the latest in our wearables product line. like the galaxy watch series announced last fall, the galaxy watch active runs tizen 4.0. the biggest change that impacts developers is that the device has no bezel. apps and watch faces will work as-is unless they rely on the bezel for navigation. check out our user-interface guidelines on how to support both bezel and touch in your apps. if you didn’t catch unpacked live, check out the samsung newsroom for more on the day’s announcements.

Lori Fraleigh

https://developer.samsung.com/sdp/blog/en-us/2019/02/21/unpacking-galaxy-unpacked-what-the-s10-galaxy-fold-and-galaxy-watch-active-mean-for-devs-and-designers

tutorials mobile

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Using Remote Test Lab with Android Studio

this blog is the fourth in a series of posts about remote test lab (rtl). in previous blogs, we covered what is remote test lab, its new features, and auto repeat. in this blog, we show you how to connect rtl to android studio and how to deploy and debug your app on the remote device. in an upcoming blog, we are going to take a deep dive into some additional features of remote test lab. remote test lab allows you to run and debug your application on real devices remotely. in this blog, we will connect a remote test lab device with a local development machine’s adb (android debug bridge) using remote debug bridge. the remote debug bridge tool enables you to run and debug your app to check compatibility with the latest samsung mobile devices, which solves the problem of not having your own physical devices. connect your remote test lab device to android studio to get started, launch a remote test lab client, then go to remote test lab and reserve one of the available mobile devices. the operating system version, device location, and desired time can be selected on the remote test lab page. a jnlp file is downloaded to your computer when you click the start button. if you run this file, the remote test lab client is launched and a live image of the device is shown in the client. step 1. when the live image is shown, right-click on the device's screen and select ‘test > remote debug bridge.’ step 2. in the pop-up window, view the required command and port number to connect your android studio to the remote test lab device. step 3. open a command prompt window and run the adb command with the given port number. in this example, the command is: adb connect localhost:50964 note: you must accept the rsa key prompt by allowing usb debugging when you run the adb connect command for the first time on a remote test lab device. deploy and debug apps from android studio step 1. the device is now ready to deploy your app from android studio. build and run your app from android studio. in the following screenshot, an app is being deployed on a remote test lab device from android studio. step 2. the app is deployed and launched successfully on the remote test lab device step 3. debug your app from android studio just like on a real device. in conclusion, remote test lab offers a convenient and effective way to check the compatibility of your app and use debug facilities. finally, our developer forum is an excellent way to stay up-to-date on all things related to the samsung galaxy ecosystem. remote test lab article series get started with remote test lab for mobile app testing what's new in remote test lab testing your app with auto repeat using remote test lab with android studio web-based client preview (coming soon) go to remote test lab

RTL Support

https://developer.samsung.com/sdp/blog/en-us/2021/06/04/using-remote-test-lab-with-android-studio

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What's New with Beta Testing

in the last two updates of seller portal, the galaxy store seller portal team included enhancements for beta testing. and this month, they’ve done it again. the latest seller portal update introduces multiple and simultaneous closed beta testing and the ability to manage your beta apps using the galaxy store developer api. run up to six beta tests simultaneously a previous enhancement allowed you to run both an open and closed beta test at the same time. now, you can have up to five (5) closed beta tests and one (1) open beta test for one app running at the same time. that’s a total of six (6) beta tests being run at the same time for the same app! why run multiple beta tests for the same app? you could run a beta test for a bug fix and another for an upcoming major release. you could test different features with different users which can help you to decide what to include in the next release of your app. and, with your beta test apps grouped and located below your commercially distributed app in seller portal, you can easily see and keep track of each beta test version of your app. each beta test app has an automatically-generated prefix added to its name. however, you can edit the app name as you wish. to take advantage of this feature, the following is required: testers must have galaxy store version 4.5.27.9 installed. you must use the closed beta urls generated after may 25, 2021, which contain the content id. urls generated before may 25th do not contain the content id and, if used, may not direct the tester to the correct version of the app. distribute and manage your beta test apps using the galaxy store developer api the galaxy store developer api is a set of server-to-server apis that allow you to manage apps, manage in-app items, and check app statistics without accessing seller portal. use the apis to programmatically access the same types of functionality provided by galaxy store seller portal. the content publish api is used to view, modify, submit, and change the status of apps registered in galaxy store seller portal. the iap publish api is used to view, register, modify, and remove samsung in-app purchase (iap) items. finally, the gss (galaxy store statistics) metric api is used to get statistics about apps registered in galaxy store. start managing your commercially distributed apps and beta test apps programmatically using the galaxy store developer api. seller portal update announcements if you missed any of our announcements about enhancements to beta testing, you can find the information in the enhancements for beta testing apps in seller portal and may updates for galaxy seller portal are here! blogs. you can also opt-in to receive the seller portal newsletter to find out what has been updated in seller portal each month. the june newsletter includes tips about beta testing such as configuring licensed testers, responding to tester’s comments, and much more. subscribe or unsubscribe from the newsletter in the email notifications section of your seller portal profile. additional resources on the samsung developers site this site has many resources for developers looking to build for and integrate with samsung devices and services. stay in touch with the latest news by creating a free account or by subscribing to our monthly newsletter. visit the marketing resources page for information on promoting and distributing your apps. finally, our developer forum is an excellent way to stay up-to-date on all things related to the galaxy ecosystem.

https://developer.samsung.com/sdp/blog/en-us/2021/07/07/whats-new-with-beta-testing

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Seller Portal, What's New in October 2021

here are the updates and announcements the seller portal team cooked up for you in october. introducing staged rollouts have you ever been worried about finding issues in your app just after releasing or updating it? using staged rollouts, you can distribute your app gradually, allowing you to monitor it and observe user responses. you can: set options for staged rollout when you register an app apply the same rollout rate for all countries or set different rates for individual countries pause and resume a staged rollout update an app after pausing its rollout see set a staged rollout for more information. managing licensed testers when running a closed beta test, if you want to allow testers to purchase in-app items without charging them, you must add them to the licensed testers list. when registering your binary, you can manage up to 400 testers from the beta test section by clicking license tester setting. advanced mode is removed when registering an app, all configuration options are displayed, not just the required or basic information. you no longer have to select advanced mode to display everything. quickly find the essential information you want to add or update. chrome is the official browser of seller portal chrome is the officially supported browser of seller portal. internet explorer is no longer supported and seller portal services are not optimized for other browsers such as microsoft edge and mozilla firefox. updates to unity and unreal samsung iap plugins the unity and unreal samsung iap plugins have been updated to version 6.1.2 due to a change in android’s policy. if you are using samsung iap version 6.0 or lower with a target api level 30 (android r os) or higher, you must manually update your manifest file. see this seller portal notice for more information. free galaxy game plays font we have created a galaxy game plays font for our galaxy store users. from your galaxy mobile device, in all countries except china and south korea, click here to download it for free. in south korea, from your galaxy mobile device, click here. coming soon, updates to review periods in early november, the length of a review period will be added to the description of the publish automatically, publish on date, or publish manually options. this will help you decide which publishing option is right for you. in addition, the button in the app list that allows you to update your publishing options will be renamed to publication settings. clicking this button opens a window from which you can publish the app “now” or change the publishing start date. congratulations to all of the best of galaxy store award winners the best of galaxy store awards ceremony was held during the samsung developer conference, sdc21, on october 26th. awards for the best apps, games, themes, and bixby capsules were announced. find out more about the award winners on the best of galaxy store awards page or watch the video. additional resources on the samsung developers site the samsung developers site has many resources for developers looking to build for and integrate with samsung devices and services. stay in touch with the latest news by creating a free account and subscribing to our monthly newsletter. visit the marketing resources page for information on promoting and distributing your apps. finally, our developer forum is an excellent way to stay up-to-date on all things related to the galaxy ecosystem.

https://developer.samsung.com/sdp/blog/en-us/2021/11/01/seller-portal-whats-new-in-october-2021

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Seller Portal Updates, News, and Announcements for September

more improvements to seller portal were released at the end of september. this past month, the seller portal team made some changes based on requests from you. also, learn more about two upcoming events in october that will give you the opportunity to provide us additional feedback. settlement and financial reports include local currency information new local currency information has been added to the settlement and financial reports. the type of currency is defined in the payment currency column (for example, usd) and reflects where the sales occurred. there are new local currency columns for sales, commission, transaction fee, and vat. seller portal timeout after you log in to seller portal, an inactive session remains open for up to 24 hours. that means you only have to log in to seller portal once a day and won’t see the login pop-up notification every 20 minutes. if your session is idle for 24 hours, you are automatically logged out and you will receive a pop-up notification 10 minutes prior to being logged out. for security purposes, remember to log out of seller portal when you have completed your tasks. requirements for samsung iap and android r if your app is integrated with samsung in-app purchase (iap) version 6.0 or earlier with target api level 30 (android r) or higher, an android policy change requires an update to the manifest file. without this update, android r (or higher) users may not be able to make a payment. to the https://developer.android.com/training/basics/intents/package-visibility manifest file, add the following: <queries> <package android:name="com.sec.android.app.samsungapps" /> </queries> iap subscriptions and your customers in india the reserve bank of india issued a regulation that, starting october 1, 2021, customers in india must consent to renew a subscription at the end of a subscription period. auto-recurring (automatically renewed) subscriptions are no longer allowed. if you are using samsung iap, your subscription customers in india will automatically receive an email notification to renew their subscription. if you are using another payment service provider for your subscription items, you must consult with this payment service provider about the changes you need to make to comply with this regulation. see this seller portal notice and the iap subscription guide for more information. iap beta testing the samsung in-app purchase (iap) team needs your help! if you have published an app or game integrated with samsung iap, you may be eligible to participate in an upcoming beta test to review and provide feedback on the following features: manage item prices and information separately from app information change the status of each item to active/inactive, when necessary provide a price template that allows you to manage all items with the same price look for an announcement in october with more information, including how you can apply. sdc21 is coming join us online for the samsung developer conference on october 26th. see what’s cooking with development tools and our latest technology. learn from and network with our experts and your fellow developers and designers. shape. design. create. additional resources on the samsung developers site this site has many resources for developers looking to build for and integrate with samsung devices and services. stay in touch with the latest news by creating a free account and subscribing to our monthly newsletter. visit the marketing resources page for information on promoting and distributing your apps. finally, our developer forum is an excellent way to stay up-to-date on all things related to the galaxy ecosystem.

https://developer.samsung.com/sdp/blog/en-us/2021/10/11/seller-portal-updates-news-and-announcements-for-september

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