By enabling your Android Service Account in your Google Play Developer Console, you can help Visiolink to make the app update process as fast and efficient as possible. Please follow these steps to enable your Android Service Account. Only the account owner (the person who created the account) is allowed to make the necessary changes.
By providing your Visiolink contact with your login credentials, we can help you enabling your Service Account. Visiolink will use your login solely to follow the procedure below. Please change your password shortly after the procedure has been carried through.
Here is a general guide for getting started with Developer Account API: https://developers.google.com/android-publisher/getting_started
However you need to follow this guide due to Visiolink specific information is needed.
1. Go to Google Cloud Console by clicking this link: https://console.cloud.google.com/ and login using your Google Developer Account credentials. This will open a new tab.
2. Create or select a project for your app and check under "APIs & Services" -> "Enabled APIs & Services" that "Google Play Android Developer API" is enabled.
3. Navigate to "IAM & Admin" -> "Service Accounts" and click the "+ CREATE SERVICE ACCOUNT" button at the top of the page - see screenshot below.
4. A new screen will appear where you will need to fill in some info. In the "Service account name" box write "Visiolink". In the Service account ID box keep the current ID. In the Service account description you can write a description, but this is optional. Then click CREATE.
5. In the next menu "Service account permissions" you need to add a role "Editor". Click the "Select a role" dropdown menu and choose Project -> Editor. (can also be found under Basic). Don't add any conditions. Then click Done.
6.Now your Service Account is complete and you need to create a JSON file. Click the "..." button below "Actions" and select "Create Key". Select JSON and click CREATE. A file will be downloaded.
Send that file to your Visiolink Project Manager. Then click Done.
7. Copy the email address from the new service account and close the current browser tab (Service Accounts).
8. Go to Google Play Developer Console by clicking this link: https://play.google.com/apps/publish/ and login using your Google Developer Account credentials
9. Go to the "Users & Permissions" page

10. Click "Invite new users" and put the email address for your service account in the email address field.
11. Now select "App permissions" and click on "Add app"
12. Select your app and click on "Apply".
13. Now you must grant the following additional permissions and click on "Apply".
* Create, edit, and delete draft apps
* Release apps to testing tracks
* Manage testing tracks and edit tester lists
* Manage store presence
14. Now click on "Invite user" and in the pop-up click on "Send invitation"
15. This concludes the procedure of enabling your Android Service Account. If you haven't already sent the file acquired in step 6, please email it to your Visiolink Project Manager.
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