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<h2>Quality Criteria</h2>
  <ol>
    <li><a href="#ux">Design and Interaction</a></li>
        <li><a href="#fn">Functionality</a></li>
        <li><a href="#ps">Performance and Stability</a></li>
        <li><a href="#listing">Google Play</a></li>

  </ol>
  
  <h2>Testing</h2>
  <ol>
    <li><a href="#test-environment">Setting Up a Test Environment</a></li>
        <li><a href="#tests">Test Procedures</a></li>
        </ol>

  <h2>You Should Also Read</h2>
  <ol>
    <li><a href="{@docRoot}distribute/essentials/quality/tablets.html">Tablet App Quality</a></li>
        <li><a href="{@docRoot}distribute/essentials/optimizing-your-app.html">Optimize Your App</a></li>
  </ol>
  

</div>
</div>

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  <img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-core-quality.png" style="margin-left: 20px;">
</div>

<p>
  Android users expect high-quality apps. App quality directly influences the
  long-term success of your app—in terms of installs, user rating and reviews,
  engagement, and user retention.
</p>

<p>
  This document helps you assess basic aspects of quality in your app through a
  compact set of core app quality criteria and associated tests. All Android
  apps should meet these criteria.
</p>

<p>
  Before publishing your apps, test them against these criteria to ensure that
  they function well on many devices, meets Android standards for navigation
  and design, and are prepared for promotional opportunities in the Google Play
  store. Your testing will go well beyond what's described here—the purpose of
  this document is to specify the essential quality characteristics all apps
  should display, so that you can cover them in your test plans.
</p>

<p>
  If you're creating apps for tablets and or Google Play for Education there
  are additional quality criteria you should consider, which are defined in the
  <a href="{@docRoot}distribute/essentials/quality/tablets.html">Tablet App
  Quality</a> guidelines and <a href=
  "{@docRoot}distribute/essentials/gpfe-guidelines.html">Education
  Guidelines</a>.
</p>

<div class="headerLine">
  <h2 id="ux">
  Visual Design and User Interaction
  </h2>


</div>

<p>
  These criteria ensure that your app provides standard Android visual design
  and interaction patterns where appropriate, for a consistent and intuitive
  user experience.
</p>

<table>
  <tr>
    <th style="width:2px;">
      Area
    </th>
    <th style="width:54px;">
      ID
    </th>
    

    <th>
      Description
    </th>
    <th style="width:54px;">
      Tests
    </th>
  </tr>
  <tr id="UX-B1">
  <td>Standard design</td>
  <td>
    UX-B1
  </td>
  <td>
    <p style="margin-bottom:.5em;">
    App follows <a href="{@docRoot}design/index.html">Android Design</a>
    guidelines and uses common <a href=
    "{@docRoot}design/patterns/index.html">UI patterns and icons</a>:
    </p>

    <ol style="margin-bottom:.5em;list-style-type:lower-alpha">
    <li>App does not redefine the expected function of a system icon (such
    as the Back button).
    </li>

    <li>App does not replace a system icon with a completely different icon
    if it triggers the standard UI behavior.
    </li>

    <li>If the app provides a customized version of a standard system icon,
    the icon strongly resembles the system icon and triggers the standard
    system behavior.
    </li>

    <li>App does not redefine or misuse Android UI patterns, such that
    icons or behaviors could be misleading or confusing to users.
    </li>
    </ol>
  </td>
  <td>
    <a href="#core">CR-all</a>
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr>
  <td rowspan="3">
    Navigation
  </td>
  <td id="UX-N1">
    UX-N1
  </td>
  <td>
    <p>
    App supports standard system <a href=
    "{@docRoot}design/patterns/navigation.html">Back button navigation</a>
    and does not make use of any custom, on-screen "Back button" prompts.
    </p>
  </td>
  <td>
    <a href="#core">CR-3</a>
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr>
  <td id="UX-N2">
    UX-N2
  </td>
  <td>
    <p>
    All dialogs are dismissable using the Back button.
    </p>
  </td>
  <td>
    <a href="#core">CR-3</a>
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="UX-N3">
  <td>
    UX-N3
  </td>
  <td>
    Pressing the Home button at any point navigates to the Home screen of the
    device.
  </td>
  <td>
    <a href="#core">CR-1</a>
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="UX-S1">
  <td rowspan="2">
    Notifications
  </td>
  <td>
    UX-S1
  </td>
  <td>
    <p style="margin-bottom:.5em;">
    Notifications follow Android Design <a href=
    "{@docRoot}design/patterns/notifications.html">guidelines</a>. In
    particular:
    </p>

    <ol style="margin-bottom:.5em;list-style-type:lower-alpha">
    <li>Multiple notifications are stacked into a single notification
    object, where possible.
    </li>

    <li>Notifications are persistent only if related to ongoing events
    (such as music playback or a phone call).
    </li>

    <li>Notifications do not contain advertising or content unrelated to
    the core function of the app, unless the user has opted in.
    </li>
    </ol>
  </td>
  <td>
    <a href="#core">CR-11</a>
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="UX-S2">
  <td>
    UX-S2
  </td>
  <td>
    <p style="margin-bottom:.5em;">
    App uses notifications only to:
    </p>

    <ol style="margin-bottom:.5em;list-style-type:lower-alpha">
    <li>Indicate a change in context relating to the user personally (such
    as an incoming message), or
    </li>

    <li>Expose information/controls relating to an ongoing event (such as
    music playback or a phone call).
    </li>
    </ol>
  </td>
  <td>
    <a href="#core">CR-11</a>
  </td>
  </tr>
</table>

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<div class="headerLine">
  <h2 id="fn">
  Functionality
  </h2>


</div>

<p>
  These criteria ensure that your app provides expected functional behavior,
  with the appropriate level of permissions.
</p>

<table>
  <tr>
  <th style="width:2px;">
    Area
  </th>
  <th style="width:54px;">
    ID
  </th>
  <th>
    Description
  </th>
  <th style="width:54px;">
    Tests
  </th>
  </tr>

  <tr id="FN-P1">
  <td rowspan="2">
    Permissions
  </td>
  <td>
    FN-P1
  </td>
  <td>
    App requests only the <em>absolute minimum</em> permissions that it needs
    to support core functionality.
  </td>
  <td rowspan="2">
    <a href="#core">CR-11</a>
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="FN-P2">
  <td>
    FN-P2
  </td>
  <td>
    <p style="margin-bottom:.5em;">
    App does not request permissions to access sensitive data (such as
    Contacts or the System Log) or services that can cost the user money
    (such as the Dialer or SMS), unless related to a core capability of the
    app.
    </p>
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="FN-L1">
  <td>
    Install location
  </td>
  <td>
    FN-L1
  </td>
  <td>
    <p style="margin-bottom:.5em;">
    App functions normally when installed on SD card (if supported by app).
    </p>

    <p style="margin-bottom:.25em;">
    Supporting installation to SD card is recommended for most large apps
    (10MB+). See the <a href=
    "{@docRoot}guide/topics/data/install-location.html">App Install
    Location</a> developer guide for information about which types of apps
    should support installation to SD card.
    </p>
  </td>
  <td>
    <a href="#SD-1">SD-1</a>
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="FN-A1">
  <td rowspan="4">
    Audio
  </td>
  <td>
    FN-A1
  </td>
  <td>
    Audio does not play when the screen is off, unless this is a core feature
    (for example, the app is a music player).
  </td>
  <td>
    <a href="#core">CR-7</a>
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="FN-A2">
  <td>
    FN-A2
  </td>
  <td>
    Audio does not <a href=
    "http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/11/making-android-games-that-play-nice.html">
    play behind the lock screen</a>, unless this is a core feature.
  </td>
  <td>
    <a href="#core">CR-8</a>
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="FN-A3">
  <td>
    FN-A3
  </td>
  <td>
    Audio does not play on the home screen or over another app, unless this
    is a core feature.
  </td>
  <td>
    <a href="#core">CR-1,<br>
    CR-2</a>
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="FN-A4">
  <td>
    FN-A4
  </td>
  <td>
    Audio resumes when the app returns to the foreground, or indicates to the
    user that playback is in a paused state.
  </td>
  <td>
    <a href="#core">CR-1, CR-8</a>
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="FN-U1">
  <td rowspan="3">
    UI and Graphics
  </td>
  <td>
    FN-U1
  </td>
  <td>
    <p style="margin-bottom:.5em;">
    App supports both landscape and portrait orientations (if possible).
    </p>

    <p style="margin-bottom:.25em;">
    Orientations expose largely the same features and actions and preserve
    functional parity. Minor changes in content or views are acceptable.
    </p>
  </td>
  <td>
    <a href="#core">CR-5</a>
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="FN-U2">
  <td>
    FN-U2
  </td>
  <td>
    <p style="margin-bottom:.5em;">
    App uses the whole screen in both orientations and does not letterbox
    to account for orientation changes.
    </p>

    <p style="margin-bottom:.25em;">
    Minor letterboxing to compensate for small variations in screen
    geometry is acceptable.
    </p>
  </td>
  <td>
    <a href="#core">CR-5</a>
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="FN-U3">
  <td>
    FN-U3
  </td>
  <td>
    <p style="margin-bottom:.5em;">
    App correctly handles rapid transitions between display orientations
    without rendering problems.
    </p>
  </td>
  <td>
    <a href="#core">CR-5</a>
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="FN-S1">
  <td rowspan="2">
    User/app state
  </td>
  <td>
    FN-S1
  </td>
  <td>
    <p style="margin-bottom:.5em;">
    App should not leave any services running when the app is in the
    background, unless related to a core capability of the app.
    </p>

    <p style="margin-bottom:.25em;">
    For example, the app should not leave services running to maintain a
    network connection for notifications, to maintain a Bluetooth
    connection, or to keep the GPS powered-on.
    </p>
  </td>
  <td>
    <a href="#core">CR-6</a>
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="FN-S2">
  <td>
    FN-S2
  </td>
  <td>
    <p style="margin-bottom:.5em;">
    App correctly preserves and restores user or app state.
    </p>

    <p style="margin-bottom:.25em;">
    App preserves user or app state when leaving the foreground and
    prevents accidental data loss due to back-navigation and other state
    changes. When returning to the foreground, the app must restore the
    preserved state and any significant stateful transaction that was
    pending, such as changes to editable fields, game progress, menus,
    videos, and other sections of the app or game.
    </p>

    <ol style="margin-bottom:.25em;list-style-type:lower-alpha">
    <li>When the app is resumed from the Recents app switcher, the app
    returns the user to the exact state in which it was last used.
    </li>

    <li>When the app is resumed after the device wakes from sleep (locked)
    state, the app returns the user to the exact state in which it was last
    used.
    </li>

    <li>When the app is relaunched from Home or All Apps, the app restores
    the app state as closely as possible to the previous state.
    </li>

    <li>On Back keypresses, the app gives the user the option of saving any
    app or user state that would otherwise be lost on back-navigation.
    </li>
    </ol>
  </td>
  <td>
    <a href="#core">CR-1, CR-3, CR-5</a>
  </td>
  </tr>
</table>

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<div class="headerLine">
  <h2 id="ps">
  Performance and Stability
  </h2>


</div>

<p>
  These criteria ensure that apps provide the performance, stability, and
  responsiveness expected by users.
</p>

<table>
  <tr>
  <th style="width:2px;">
    Area
  </th>
  <th style="width:54px;">
    ID
  </th>
  <th>
    Description
  </th>
  <th style="width:54px;">
    Tests
  </th>
  </tr>

  <tr id="PS-S1">
  <td>
    Stability
  </td>
  <td>
    PS-S1
  </td>
  <td>
    App does not crash, force close, freeze, or otherwise function abnormally
    on any targeted device.
  </td>
  <td>
    <a href="#core">CR-all</a>, <a href="#SD-1">SD-1</a>, <a href=
    "#HA-1">HA-1</a>
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="PS-P1">
  <td rowspan="2">
    Performance
  </td>
  <td>
    PS-P1
  </td>
  <td>
    App loads quickly or provides onscreen feedback to the user (a progress
    indicator or similar cue) if the app takes longer than two seconds to
    load.
  </td>
  <td>
    <a href="#core">CR-all</a>, <a href="#SD-1">SD-1</a>
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="PS-P2">
  <td>
    PS-P2
  </td>
  <td>
    With StrictMode enabled (see <a href="#strictmode">StrictMode
    Testing</a>, below), no red flashes (performance warnings from
    StrictMode) are visible when exercising the app, including during game
    play, animations and UI transitions, and any other part of the app.
  </td>
  <td>
    <a href="#PM-1">PM-1</a>
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="PS-M1">
  <td>
    Media
  </td>
  <td>
    PS-M1
  </td>
  <td>
    Music and video playback is smooth, without crackle, stutter, or other
    artifacts, during normal app usage and load.
  </td>
  <td>
    <a href="#core">CR-all</a>, <a href="#SD-1">SD-1</a>, <a href=
    "#HA-1">HA-1</a>
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="PS-V1">
  <td rowspan="2">
    Visual quality
  </td>
  <td>
    PS-V1
  </td>
  <td>
    <p style="margin-bottom:.5em;">
    App displays graphics, text, images, and other UI elements without
    noticeable distortion, blurring, or pixelation.
    </p>

    <ol style="margin-bottom:.5em;list-style-type:lower-alpha">
    <li>App provides high-quality graphics for all targeted screen sizes
    and form factors, including for <a href=
    "{@docRoot}distribute/essentials/quality/tablet.html">larger-screen
    devices such as tablets</a>.
    </li>

    <li>No aliasing at the edges of menus, buttons, and other UI elements
    is visible.
    </li>
    </ol>
  </td>
  <td rowspan="2">
    <a href="#core">CR-all</a>
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="PS-V2">
  <td>
    PS-V2
  </td>
  <td>
    <p style="margin-bottom:.5em;">
    App displays text and text blocks in an acceptable manner.
    </p>

    <ol style="margin-bottom:.5em;list-style-type:lower-alpha">
    <li>Composition is acceptable in all supported form factors, including
    for larger-screen devices such as tablets.
    </li>

    <li>No cut-off letters or words are visible.
    </li>

    <li>No improper word wraps within buttons or icons are visible.
    </li>

    <li>Sufficient spacing between text and surrounding elements.
    </li>
    </ol>
  </td>
  </tr>
</table>

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<div class="headerLine">
  <h2 id="listing">
  Google Play
  </h2>


</div>

<p>
  These criteria ensure that your apps are ready to publish on Google Play.
</p>

<table>
  <tr>
  <th style="width:2px;">
    Area
  </th>
  <th style="width:54px;">
    ID
  </th>
  <th>
    Description
  </th>
  <th style="width:54px;">
    Tests
  </th>
  </tr>

  <tr id="GP-P1">
  <td rowspan="2">
    Policies
  </td>
  <td>
    GP-P1
  </td>
  <td>
    App strictly adheres to the terms of the <a href=
    "http://play.google.com/about/developer-content-policy.html">Google Play
    Developer Content Policy</a> and does not offer inappropriate content,
    does not use intellectual property or brand of others, and so on.
  </td>
  <td>
    <a href="#gp">GP-all</a>
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="GP-P2">
  <td>
    GP-P2
  </td>
  <td>
    <p style="margin-bottom:.5em;">
    App maturity level is set appropriately, based on the <a href=
    "http://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=188189">
    Content Rating Guidelines</a>.
    </p>

    <p style="margin-bottom:.25em;">
    Especially, note that apps that request permission to use the device
    location cannot be given the maturity level "Everyone".
    </p>
  </td>
  <td>
    <a href="#gp">GP-1</a>
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="GP-D1">
  <td rowspan="3">
    App&nbsp;Details Page
  </td>
  <td>
    GP-D1
  </td>
  <td>
    <p style="margin-bottom:.5em;">
    App feature graphic follows the guidelines outlined in this <a href=
    "http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/10/android-market-featured-image.html">
    blog post</a>. Make sure that:
    </p>

    <ol style="margin-bottom:.5em;list-style-type:lower-alpha">
    <li>The app listing includes a high-quality feature graphic.
    </li>

    <li>The feature graphic does not contain device images, screenshots, or
    small text that will be illegible when scaled down and displayed on the
    smallest screen size that your app is targeting.
    </li>

    <li>The feature graphic does not resemble an advertisement.
    </li>
    </ol>
  </td>
  <td>
    <a href="#gp">GP-1, GP-2</a>
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="GP-D2">
  <td>
    GP-D2
  </td>
  <td>
    App screenshots and videos do not show or reference non-Android devices.
  </td>
  <td rowspan="2">
    <a href="#gp">GP-1</a>
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="GP-D3">
  <td>
    GP-D3
  </td>
  <td>
    App screenshots or videos do not represent the content and experience of
    your app in a misleading way.
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="GP-X1">
  <td>
    User Support
  </td>
  <td>
    GP-X1
  </td>
  <td>
    Common user-reported bugs in the Reviews tab of the Google Play page are
    addressed if they are reproducible and occur on many different devices.
    If a bug occurs on only a few devices, you should still address it if
    those devices are particularly popular or new.
  </td>
  <td>
    <a href="#gp">GP-1</a>
  </td>
  </tr>
</table>

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<div class="headerLine">
  <h2 id="test-environment">
  Setting Up a Test Environment
  </h2>


</div>

<p>
  To assess the quality of your app, you need to set up a suitable hardware or
  emulator environment for testing.
</p>

<p>
  The ideal test environment would include a small number of actual hardware
  devices that represent key form factors and hardware/software combinations
  currently available to consumers. It's not necessary to test on
  <em>every</em> device that's on the market &mdash; rather, you should focus
  on a small number of representative devices, even using one or two devices
  per form factor.
</p>

<p>
  If you are not able to obtain actual hardware devices for testing, you should
  <a href="{@docRoot}tools/devices/index.html">set up emulated devices
  (AVDs)</a> to represent the most common form factors and hardware/software
  combinations.
</p>

<p>
  To go beyond basic testing, you can add more devices, more form factors, or
  new hardware/software combinations to your test environment. You can also
  increase the number or complexity of tests and quality criteria.
</p>

<div class="headerLine">
  <h2 id="tests">
  Test Procedures
  </h2>


</div>

<p>
  These test procedures help you discover various types of quality issues in
  your app. You can combine the tests or integrate groups of tests together in
  your own test plans. See the sections above for references that associate
  specific criteria with specific tests.
</p>

<table>
  <tr>
  <th style="width:2px;">
    Type
  </th>
  <th style="width:54px;">
    Test
  </th>
  <th>
    Description
  </th>
  </tr>

  <tr>
  <td rowspan="12" id="core">
    Core Suite
  </td>
  <td>
    CR-0
  </td>
  <td>
    <p style="margin-bottom:.5em;">
    Navigate to all parts of the app &mdash; all screens, dialogs,
    settings, and all user flows.
    </p>

    <ol style="margin-bottom:.5em;list-style-type:lower-alpha">
    <li>If the application allows for editing or content creation, game
    play, or media playback, make sure to enter those flows to create or
    modify content.
    </li>

    <li>While exercising the app, introduce transient changes in network
    connectivity, battery function, GPS or location availability, system
    load, and so on.
    </li>
    </ol>
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="tg2">
  <td id="core2">
    CR-1
  </td>
  <td>
    From each app screen, press the device's Home key, then re-launch the app
    from the All Apps screen.
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="CR-2">
  <td>
    CR-2
  </td>
  <td>
    From each app screen, switch to another running app and then return to
    the app under test using the Recents app switcher.
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="CR-3">
  <td>
    CR-3
  </td>
  <td>
    From each app screen (and dialogs), press the Back button.
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="CR-5">
  <td>
    CR-5
  </td>
  <td>
    From each app screen, rotate the device between landscape and portrait
    orientation at least three times.
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="CR-6">
  <td>
    CR-6
  </td>
  <td>
    Switch to another app to send the test app into the background. Go to
    Settings and check whether the test app has any services running while in
    the background. In Android 4.0 and higher, go to the Apps screen and find
    the app in the "Running" tab. In earlier versions, use "Manage
    Applications" to check for running services.
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="CR-7">
  <td>
    CR-7
  </td>
  <td>
    Press the power button to put the device to sleep, then press the power
    button again to awaken the screen.
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="CR-8">
  <td>
    CR-8
  </td>
  <td>
    Set the device to lock when the power button is pressed. Press the power
    button to put the device to sleep, then press the power button again to
    awaken the screen, then unlock the device.
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="CR-9">
  <!-- Hardware features -->

  <td>
    CR-9
  </td>
  <td>
    For devices that have slide-out keyboards, slide the keyboard in and out
    at least once. For devices that have keyboard docks, attach the device to
    the keyboard dock.
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="CR-10">
  <td>
    CR-10
  </td>
  <td>
    For devices that have an external display port, plug-in the external
    display.
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="CR-11">
  <td>
    CR-11
  </td>
  <td>
    Trigger and observe in the notications drawer all types of notifications
    that the app can display. Expand notifications where applicable (Android
    4.1 and higher), and tap all actions offered.
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="CR-12">
  <td>
    CR-12
  </td>
  <td>
    Examine the permissions requested by the app by going to Settings &gt;
    App Info.
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="tg3">
  <td>
    Install on SD Card
  </td>
  <td>
    SD-1
  </td>
  <td>
    <p style="margin-bottom:.5em;">
    Repeat <em>Core Suite</em> with app installed to <a href=
    "{@docRoot}guide/topics/data/install-location.html">device SD card</a>
    (if supported by app).
    </p>

    <p style="margin-bottom:.25em;">
    To move the app to SD card, you can use Settings &gt; App Info &gt;
    Move to SD Card.
    </p>
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="tg32">
  <td>
    Hardware acceleration
  </td>
  <td>
    HA-1
  </td>
  <td>
    <p style="margin-bottom:.5em;">
    Repeat <em>Core Suite</em> with hardware acceleration enabled.
    </p>

    <p style="margin-bottom:.25em;">
    To force-enable hardware acceleration (where supported by device), add
    <code>hardware-accelerated="true"</code> to the
    <code>&lt;application&gt;</code> in the app manifest and recompile.
    </p>
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="tg33">
  <td>
    Performance Monitoring
  </td>
  <td>
    PM-1
  </td>
  <td>
    <p style="margin-bottom:.5em;">
    Repeat <em>Core Suite</em> with StrictMode profiling enabled <a href=
    "#strictmode">as described below</a>.
    </p>

    <p style="margin-bottom:.25em;">
    Pay close attention to garbage collection and its impact on the user
    experience.
    </p>
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="gp">
  <td rowspan="3">
    Google Play
  </td>
  <td>
    GP-1
  </td>
  <td>
    Sign into the <a href="https://play.google.com/apps/publish/">Developer
    Console</a> to review your developer profile, app description,
    screenshots, feature graphic, maturity settings, and user feedback.
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="GP-2">
  <td>
    GP-2
  </td>
  <td>
    Download your feature graphic and screenshots and scale them down to
    match the display sizes on the devices and form factors you are
    targeting.
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="GP-3">
  <td>
    GP-3
  </td>
  <td>
    Review all graphical assets, media, text, code libraries, and other
    content packaged in the app or expansion file download.
  </td>
  </tr>

  <tr id="GP-4">
  <td>
    Payments
  </td>
  <td>
    GP-4
  </td>
  <td>
    Navigate to all screens of your app and enter all in-app purchase flows.
  </td>
  </tr>
</table>

<h3 id="strictmode">
  Testing with StrictMode
</h3>

<p>
  For performance testing, we recommend enabling {@link android.os.StrictMode}
  in your app and using it to catch operations on the main thread and other
  threads that could affect performance, network accesses, file reads/writes,
  and so on.
</p>

<p>
  You can set up a monitoring policy per thread using {@link
  android.os.StrictMode.ThreadPolicy.Builder} and enable all supported
  monitoring in the <code>ThreadPolicy</code> using {@link
  android.os.StrictMode.ThreadPolicy.Builder#detectAll()}.
</p>

<p>
  Make sure to enable <strong>visual notification</strong> of policy violations
  for the <code>ThreadPolicy</code> using {@link
  android.os.StrictMode.ThreadPolicy.Builder#penaltyFlashScreen()
  penaltyFlashScreen()}.
</p>