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# Create a Placeholder App

Create a placeholder app in your new Google Play Console account.

### Required Editions

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8080e64 ">To create and modify a Mobile Publisher project:</td>
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Before you begin, make sure that you have a verified [Google Play developer account](https://play.google.com/console/signup) for an organization.

![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-xcloud-mysalesforce-264-0-0-production-enus/a39debb4-ddcf-4d21-ae97-ca8229316d3a/images/icon_note.png)

Note Mobile Publisher can’t submit your app for review until your organization is successfully verified by Google. Make sure to follow Google’s requirements for [verifying your organization](https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/12778236?hl=en&ref_topic=12828635&sjid=249990880255078677-NC#). If your app requires advertiser verification, see [Document requirements for advertiser verification](https://support.google.com/adspolicy/answer/9872280) in Google Play Console Help.

1. Log in to your Google Play Console with your Google Play Developer account.
2. Select **Create App**.
3. Enter the App Name, which must match the name entered in the Google Play Title field in the metadata form.![Fields in the Android setup, showing that the names must match.](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-xcloud-mysalesforce-264-0-0-production-enus/a39debb4-ddcf-4d21-ae97-ca8229316d3a/mysalesforce/images/android_name.png)
4. In the App or Game category, select **App**.
5. In the Free or Paid category, select **Free**.
6. Review and accept all the required Google Developer Declaration policies, and then select **Create App**.
7. After you create the placeholder app, accept the terms. Select **Test and Release** | **Testing** | **, and then select internal app sharing.**
8. If a Review Terms button is available, select and complete the acceptance of terms.
9. Click **Accept** to finish.