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# Set Up Private Distribution for Android

Get your branded app ready for distribution on the private Google Play store.

### Required Editions

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          <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d4913e68 ">To create and modify a Mobile Publisher project:</td>
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Mobile Publisher needs certain information from your Google Play Developer account to distribute your branded app.

- If you don’t have a Google Play Developer account, click [here](https://play.google.com/apps/publish/signup/) to sign up.
- Always use a G-Suite with your organization domain. Access to the app is available only to users who are part of that G-Suite organization. For example, if your organization’s name is AYZ Inc., use a G-Suite with the same domain and app users who are part of the organization.
- There’s no beta app provided for Android private distribution. If you don’t use G-Suite and Google for work, refer to [Distribute Private apps](https://support.google.com/work/android/answer/9495634?hl=en).

1. **[Mobile Publisher Best Practices for App Content Declarations](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.branded_apps_gather_private_android_app_content.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    After you create a placeholder app, you complete Google Play’s required App Content declarations to publish your Android app. When you publish a Mobile Publisher Android app, follow best practices specific to Mobile Publisher for the Privacy policy, App access, Data safety, and Financial features declarations.
2. **[Grant Permission to Distribute Your Branded App](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.branded_apps_gather_private_android_grant_perm.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Grant Salesforce permission to distribute your branded app.
3. **[Create Service Account User and Find Your Google Play Developer ID](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.branded_apps_gather_private_android_dev_ser_key.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    To manage the distribution your branded app with your developer account, Mobile Publisher needs your Service Account User and Google Play Developer ID info.
4. **[Register Your Firebase App to Enable Mobile Publisher Android Push Notifications](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.branded_apps_gather_android_push_private.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    To set up push notifications for your Android app, provide Mobile Publisher with information from a Google Firebase project associated with your app. To get the required information, register your Android app and generate a private key. Then, submit the information to your app’s Setup for Mobile Publisher project.
5. **[Find Your Managed Google Play Organization Info](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.branded_apps_gather_android_play_org.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    To distribute your branded app, Mobile Publisher needs your Managed Google Play Organization info.
6. **[Enter Your Information into Your Mobile Publisher Project for Android](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.branded_apps_distribution_delegated_private_android_enter.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Now that we have all the information we need, we can go back to the Mobile Publisher and fill out the necessary fields.