Set up Google Play upload
Create a Google Cloud service account, invite it to your Play Console with least-privilege permissions, then connect its key in Lingue. Takes about three minutes.
Create a service-account key in Google Cloud
- 1. Open Google Cloud Console → IAM & Admin → Service Accounts and select (or create) the project linked to your Play Console developer account.
- 2. Make sure the Google Play Android Developer API is enabled for the project.
- 3. Create a service account, for example "Lingue", and copy its email. It ends in `iam.gserviceaccount.com`.
- 4. Open the service account, switch to its Keys tab (not a "Manage keys" button; it's the tab shown when you open the account), then choose Add key → Create new key → JSON and save the downloaded file.
Grant access in Google Play Console
- 5. Open Google Play Console → Users and permissions → Invite new users.
- 6. Paste the service-account email.
- 7. Open the App permissions tab and select the app(s) Lingue should manage. You must pick the apps here before the account permissions below apply to them.
- 8. Open the Account permissions tab. Under the Draft apps category, tick Edit and delete draft apps (the exact label; there is no option called just "Draft apps"). Under Store presence, tick Manage store presence.
- 9. Click Invite user.
Connect & validate in Lingue
- 10. In Lingue, open Settings → Integrations → Google Play Store (also reachable from the account menu in the top bar).
- 11. Upload the service-account JSON and choose a storage mode (cloud or local). See how we handle your credentials.
- 12. Click Validate. On failure, double-check the API is enabled and the service account was invited with the right permissions.
When you're connected, use Import app with your package name (for example `com.acme.app`) to pull your listing, or Sync from the editor's Export dialog to publish your designed screenshots.
Connecting the App Store as well? Follow Set up App Store Connect upload, or head back to the Store Sync overview.