Updating my google play "What's new" section

android changelog
Russ Wheeler picture Russ Wheeler · Nov 29, 2013 · Viewed 35.6k times · Source

I am about to release an update for my companies android app. The previous guy who wrote the app has now left, and I was just wondering how I change what appears in the What's New section in google play.

I can't find any guides anywhere!? I read somewhere it's to do with a changelog?? But is that something I should've compiled within the apk? Is it something I should upload separately to the developer console?

Thanks

Answer

mm2001 picture mm2001 · May 3, 2017

As of early May 2017, the release process has been in constant flux. The current way of modifying release notes of an app that you've already released, is to:

  • Choose your app
  • click the Release Management dropdown from the left menu
  • click App Releases
  • click Manage Production

On the resulting page, tap the small (i) (info) icon next to your APK, as also shown in this screenshot, and you'll find the notes at the bottom of the dialog that pops up, along with an Edit button.

If you don't see the circled "ℹ", it might be pushed off too far right and clipped by the browser. It changed a couple of days after I took this screenshot.

Modify APK "What's New" (release notes)

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