Your Chance to be on TV!

We’re excited to see the launch of Nexus Player,
the first consumer streaming media player running Android TV. Android
TV delivers an entertainment experience tailored for users, including
movies, shows, games and more.
Now is a great time to develop apps for Android TV that reach a whole new audience.

Starting today, you can publish your apps for Android TV on Google Play,
the largest digital store for apps and games. We’ve provided guidance
on how to get started building great apps for Android TV in this post.

"Google
has done an insanely good job to ease the developer’s task of creating a
TV application, mainly thanks to the Leanback support library. It
literally takes 2 hours to create a fully working and possibly fancy
app, which is awesome."



- Sebastiano Gottardo

A high bar for quality experiences

We want to offer the best possible experience for users to enjoy your
apps and games. To make this possible, your Android TV app must meet the basic requirements for usability. When your app meets these requirements, users will be able to discover and download it directly on their Android TV devices.

Even if you have already uploaded your app to the Google Play
Developer Console, you will need to add TV graphics and screenshots, and
opt-in to distribution on TV on the Pricing & Distribution page.
For complete information about the requirements and process of
publishing your Android TV app for Google Play, make sure to check out
the publishing documentation.

Get started!

With our Leanback Library we’ve made it easy for you to extend your
existing app to the TV screen or even build a completely new app for
Android TV. For a quick look at the Leanback Library, check out this DevBytes video.

We’ve only begun scratching the surface of what’s possible with this
new form factor, and we are very excited to see what you will build, start developing today!