# Publish your Android app

> Learn how to deploy your app to Android devices either through Google Play Store or via sideloading for limited audiences using PandaSuite. Discover steps for submitting to Google Play and the benefits of sideloading.

https://docs.pandasuite.com/essentials/mobile-publishing/android/publish-your-android-app/

**Deploy your app** **to Android devices. The most popular way is to publish to Google Play Store but if your app is only for a limited audience, you can also distribute it outside via sideloading.**

The applications made with PandaSuite are compatible with Android 7.0 and later.

Your Android app carries your brand: it holds a single project, or several brought together in a [content hub](https://docs.pandasuite.com/essentials/content-management/content-hub/).

> **Info**
>
> Before choosing a distribution path, generate the Android binary from
> PandaSuite: [Export an APK / AAB
> file](https://docs.pandasuite.com/essentials/mobile-publishing/android/export-an-apk-or-aab-file/).

## Publish to Google Play Store

[Google Play](https://play.google.com/) is the largest marketplace for applications. You just need to have a Google Play developer account and submit your application. The standards to approve an app have been strengthened but they remain more flexible than Apple's.

[Image: Three Android screens of the Google Play Store: recommendations, top charts and an app page with its Install button]

Your application is accessible to all Play Store users and easily downloadable. Your application must respect Google's guidelines, especially in terms of audience (measures are reinforced to protect younger audiences).

Learn more: [**Publish on the Play Store**](https://docs.pandasuite.com/essentials/mobile-publishing/android/publish-on-google-play-store/)

## Sideloading: distribute outside the Play Store

Unlike iOS, it is possible to directly install any signed APK file on an Android device.

[Image: Download page of an app outside the Play Store on an Android phone: icon, name, framed Download button and I already have the app]

The advantage of sideloading is that you can distribute your application more quickly and without going through the Play Store submission process. This is especially useful when your application is aimed at a limited group of users. On the other hand, your users must authorize your application at the time of installation knowing that it does not go through the Google security protocol.

Learn more: [**Deploy out of Play Store (sideloading)**](https://docs.pandasuite.com/essentials/mobile-publishing/android/publish-your-android-app-without-google-play/)

## For internal use: PandaSuite Hub

For internal use, [PandaSuite Hub](https://docs.pandasuite.com/essentials/mobile-publishing/hub/distribute-your-app-via-private-hub/) can also open your published projects through a private link, with no developer account.