With about 450 million mobile users in China, there are around 30 app stores for Android and around 10 for iOS. However, most app stores are similar to each other, including the apps in each app store, the requirements and app submitting procedure. According to the statistics of TalkingData, the biggest app stores in China are app stores of Tencent, 360 and Baidu. In this article, we list 15 top app stores in China and introduce how to submit your app to each app store in detail.

1. 360 App Store

360 app store is one of the most popular and safest app stores in China. According to the statistics of TalkingData, the biggest independent mobile data service platform in China, the coverage and active rate of 360 app store is the TOP1 of China’s mobile app store. Compared to other mobile app stores, 360 App Store has the least ShanZhai app (ShanZhai app means an app that copy the functions and features of a popular app but with another brand).

Steps to submit apps:

1. Go to http://dev.360.cn/, the 360 mobile apps developer platform.
2. Click ‘Submit an app’.
3. Sign in with your 360 account. (Create one if you don’t have.)
4. Click the ‘Developer category’.
5. Choose from personal developer or corporate developer and fill in the information according to the requirements.
6. After you signed up successfully, enter the platform of submit an app or a game. Here I’ll use ‘submit an app’ as an example. Click ‘submit an app’ and then select the category of your app.
7. Go to the page of submit APK, fill in the information according to the notes and then submit your app for review. After it’s reviewed successfully, you will be able to see it in the 360 app store!

Maybe some of you are confused, got stuck or wondered why the vertical/horizontal alignment of Textview is not working on your desired output. Following are important points and examples that may help you understand how it works:

• Check the parent (LinearLayout) width/height.  Let us assume that you want to positon the TextViews vertically to the center of the LinearLayout. With the layout example below, the gravity and layout_gravity will not work since the parent layout(LinearLayout) height has the same size as of its children(TextViews) and the children have no space for movement.

For those who are interested in using Java in android applications and who are currently into developing applications written in C# using .net framework then I recommend the following points that could give you an idea on how to start:

1. First of all, I suggest that you use Android Studio as the Integrated Development Environment(IDE). It is light and simple to use. The environment is pretty much the same as that of Visual Studio. It is like mobile IDE version of the visual studio where you can find the following cool features: 

1.1.  Project wizard creation. This feature will help you in naming your project, choosing android devices. It will also help in adding activity from different templates and you’re done.  Codes and layout page are easily generated. After that, project is ready to run.

1.2.  Drag and drop. Widgets and layouts can be dragged and dropped on the page, then the codes will be generated automatically.

1.3.  Code assistant. If you are familiar with ReShaper then this what I exactly mean. Yes, it’s like as if you have a free tool. This is what I like the most, it will really speed up your coding.

You can found a complete reference guide from downloading the Android Studio, its features and other using this link.

What is ASP.net Core? Check the previous blog here.

For this blog, I’ll be guiding you on how to create a simple ASP.net Core MVC project.  This will be a straight forward implementation, from creating up to running it locally.

So let’s start.

Install Visual Studio and .NET Core

• Download Visual Studio Community 2015, this is a free version of Visual Studio
• Install .NET Core + Visual Studio tooling

Creating our first ASP.net Core Web App

A popup dialog will open:

• In the left pane, tap Web
• In the center pane, tap ASP.NET Core Web Application (.NET Core)
• Name the project “MvcMovie” (It’s important to name the project “MvcMovie” so when you copy code, the namespace will match. )
• Tap OK