[null,null,["上次更新時間：2025-08-31 (世界標準時間)。"],[[["\u003cp\u003eThe Google Play Custom App Publishing API enables enterprise mobility management providers and developers to publish private apps directly for their enterprise customers.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003ePrivate apps are only accessible to users within an enterprise's managed Google Play store, ensuring data security and exclusivity.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eBefore publishing, you need to enable the API, create a service account with publishing permissions on your Play Console developer account, and retrieve your developer account ID.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eEnterprise customers utilize managed Google Play to distribute work apps to employees within their organization's private app store.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eTo publish private apps, the Play Console developer account owner must also be an admin of the target enterprise customer.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Get started with custom app publishing\n\nThe Google Play Custom App Publishing API is intended for enterprise mobility\nmanagement providers (EMMs), third-party app developers, and other organizations\nwho want to enable their enterprise customers to publish private apps (also\ncalled *custom apps*) directly from their end-user interface.\n\nAn enterprise customer is an organization that uses [managed Google Play](https://support.google.com/googleplay/work/answer/6137769) to distribute work\napps to employees. Each enterprise customer maintains their own\n[managed Google Play store](https://play.google.com/work), which can include\nboth public and private apps. [Private apps](https://support.google.com/googleplay/work/topic/6145152)\naren't available outside the enterprise---only users with access to the\nenterprise's managed Google Play store can view and install private apps.\n| **Note:** Custom app publishing is designed for private apps that are used by a single enterprise customer or apps that contain sensitive data. If an app is intended for multiple enterprise customers and/or requires authentication to access any sensitive data, then consider [publishing the app to the public Google Play store](https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/113469).\n\nPreliminary setup\n-----------------\n\nBefore you can publish private apps using the Google Play Custom App Publishing API, you\nneed to first enable the Google Play Custom App Publishing API for a project,\ncreate a service account, and grant publishing permission to this account on your Play Console developer account.\n\n### Enable the Google Play Custom App Publishing API\n\nTo enable the Google Play Custom App Publishing API for a project, follow these\nsteps:\n\n1. Open the [Google API Console](https://console.cloud.google.com/). If you don't have a Google account, select\n **More options** \\\u003e **Create account** and then fill in the form to create an\n account. If you have a Google account, sign in if prompted.\n\n2. From the projects list, select a project or [create a project](https://support.google.com/googleapi/answer/6251787).\n\n3. [Open the API Library](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/library).\n\n4. Search the API Library for the Google Play Custom App Publishing API. To\n enable the API, select it and then click **enable**.\n\n### Create a service account\n\nWith the same project for which you've enabled the Google Play Custom App Publishing API, follow these steps to create a service account:\n\n1. Open the [Google API Console](https://console.cloud.google.com/). Login if prompted.\n\n2. From the projects list, choose the project that you selected or created when enabling the API.\n\n3. From the main menu, select **IAM \\& Admin** \\\u003e **Service accounts** \\\u003e **Create service account**.\n\n4. Enter a name for your service account and select **Furnish a new private key** . Then click **Create**.\n\nTake note of the service account's email address and store the service account's\nprivate key file in a location accessible to your application. Your application\nneeds them to make authorized calls to the Google Play Custom App Publishing API.\n\n### Grant publishing permission to the service account\n\nTo grant publishing permission to the service account you've created, follow these steps:\n\n1. Open the [Play Console](https://play.google.com/console)\n\n2. Select an existing developer account or create a new one.\n\n | **Note:** Owner account of your developer account should also be an admin of the enterprise customer you wish to publish the private app to.\n3. Follow the steps mentioned in [give users access](https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/9844686?ref_topic=7072535) document to give the permission to [create and publish private apps](https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/9844686?ref_topic=7072535#zippy=%2Ccreate-and-publish-private-apps-to-your-organization) to the service account's email address.\n\n### Retrieve the developer account ID\n\nAfter the setup and permission process is complete, take a note of developer account ID from the Play Console URL: \n\n```\nhttps://play.google.com/console/developers/123456\n```\n\nYou need to pass the developer account ID as a parameter when you\n[publish private apps](/android/work/play/custom-app-api/publish) for the user's\nenterprise."]]
