Publish from Watch Face Designer to Google Play

This guide explains how to publish your watch face, created using Watch Face Designer, to Google Play.

During the "create app," workflow, turn off automatic protection when prompted; otherwise, you'll have issues signing the bundle later. Automatic protection isn't relevant to watch faces because they don't have any code.

**Figure 1**: The **Create app** screen in the Play Console

Add support for the Wear OS form factor

After you've created your app, navigate to Test and release > Testing > Internal testing:

**Figure 2**: The **Test and release** screen in the Play Console

In the drop-down in the top right of the page, select Manage form factors, and add Wear OS as a form factor for your app:

Manage form factors is the 2nd option in the menu — **Figure 3**: Selecting the **Manage form factors** option (left), then adding Wear OS on the **Form factors** tab on the **Advanced settings** screen (right)

**Figure 3**: Selecting the **Manage form factors** option (left), then adding Wear OS on the **Form factors** tab on the **Advanced settings** screen (right)

Create a release on the internal testing track

Return to the internal testing menu and create a Wear OS-only internal testing track. Then, create a release:

Button appears near the top-right corner of the screen — **Figure 4**: Select the **Create track** button (left), then on the next screen, select the **Create new release** button (right).

Button also appears near the top-right corner of the screen — **Figure 4**: Select the **Create track** button (left), then on the next screen, select the **Create new release** button (right).

On the Create closed testing release screen, select Choose signing key.

Button is in the 'App Bundles' section on the screen — **Figure 5**: Select the **Choose signing key** button (left), then in the dialog that appears, select **Use Google-generated key** (right).

Button is on the right — **Figure 5**: Select the **Choose signing key** button (left), then in the dialog that appears, select **Use Google-generated key** (right).

Drag-and-drop the AAB file from Watch Face Designer into the Upload section, and proceed with creating the release on the testing track.

Next steps

From here, follow official Google Play documentation on trying out apps in the testing track and promoting releases to production, which makes your app visible to everyone on Google Play.