Google Play Store credentials
To generate Google Play Store credentials, follow these steps:
1. Enable APIs in the Google Cloud Console
Select the Google Cloud Project you want to use or create a new one. Please make sure to use the same Google Cloud Project during all the steps of this guide.
Go to the Google Play Android Developer API page and click Enable.
Go to the Google Play Developer Reporting API page and click Enable.
2. Create a Service account in the Google Cloud Console
Go to Google Cloud Console -> IAM & Admin -> Service accounts. Please make sure to use the same Google Cloud Project you used in the previous steps. Click Create Service Account.
Enter its name and copy its ID (email address) for future use. Click Create and Continue.
In the next step you should add one Role:
Monitoring Viewer (to allow monitoring of the notification queue).
Don't enter anything in this step and click Done.
Find the newly created account in the list and in the actions click Manage keys. Create a new JSON key and save it locally on your computer. This is the key you will upload to the SurgeGrowth Dashboard.
3. Grant permissions in the Google Play Console
Go to the Users and permissions page in the Google Play Console and click Invite new users.
Enter the email of the service account you've created in section 2 of this guide.
Grant View app information and download bulk reports (read-only), View financial data, and Manage store presence permissions and create the user by clicking Invite user. You can grant permissions to the whole account or to one/several applications.
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