Google Play Package (QR Code)
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Create Google Play Package (QR Code) ›Used by 700,000+ people
Free Google Play QR code generator.
Scanned on Android, a Google Play QR code opens a Play Store search for your app or for your developer account's apps.
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How to create a Google Play QR code
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Copy the exact name
Take only the package name after
id=in your listing's address, not the whole link, or the developer name with its capitals. -
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Set 6-pixel modules
Keep QR Code for phone cameras. Under Settings, choose 300 dpi and 6 Pixel per module: 0.508 mm.
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Leave 4 modules clear
The PNG has no margin: keep 2.03 mm clear around it, and test a printed proof on Android.
What a Google Play QR code holds
A Google Play QR code holds a market:// link: a Play Store search for one exact, case-sensitive package or developer name. It launches the Play Store app of Android devices with Google Play and some Chromebooks.
Manuals, devices and trade-fair stands
Print a package code in a device's quick-start guide for its companion app, or on onboarding sheets for company Android phones.
A publisher code suits a stand presenting several apps: TEC-IT Datenverarbeitung GmbH finds TEC-IT's Scan-IT to Office and Scanner Keyboard.
Into the Play Store app, 20.83 mm wide
Google's 2014 guide says a market:// link launches the Play Store app; an http:// link offers app or browser.
The sample needs QR Code version 4, 33 × 33 modules: 16.76 mm at 0.508 mm per module. Its error correction is fixed at level L.
Formats, app lists and TEC-IT software
Download GIF, PNG or JPG, or SVG with a plan. Signed out, one code at a time; signed in for free, a data sheet of package names downloads as one ZIP.
In TEC-IT's other tools, encode the full https link: TBarCode Office from Excel cells, Barcode Studio from CSV files, TBarCode API by URL.
Google Play QR code at a glance
- Content
market://search:pname:orpub:plus your name- Opens in
- The Play Store app on Android
- Match
- Exact, case-sensitive
- Symbologies
- QR Code, Data Matrix ECC 200 (Semacode), Aztec Code
- Quiet zone
- QR Code 4 modules, Data Matrix 1, Aztec none
Other link codes
QR Code ›
A URL QR code takes the https listing link, which iPhones open as a web page.
Package or publisher, in three symbologies
Google Play Package (Semacode)
One app as Data Matrix.
Create Google Play Package (Semacode) ›Google Play Package (Aztec)
One app in Aztec.
Create Google Play Package (Aztec) ›Google Play Publisher (QR Code)
One developer's apps, by exact name.
Create Google Play Publisher (QR Code) ›Google Play Publisher (Semacode)
The developer search in Data Matrix.
Create Google Play Publisher (Semacode) ›Google Play Publisher (Aztec)
The developer search in Aztec.
Create Google Play Publisher (Aztec) ›Frequently asked questions
Learn more about Google Play QR code.
How do I make a Google Play QR code for my app?
Choose Google Play Package (QR Code), enter your app's package name and download a PNG. On Android it opens a search listing your app.
Can iPhone users scan a Google Play QR code?
Not usefully. iOS passes market:// only to an app registered for it, and Google offers its Play Store app for Android devices and some Chromebooks. Offer iPhone users Apple's App Store code.
Can one QR code lead to the App Store and Google Play?
Not here: each code holds one fixed link. Print two codes, or a URL QR code to a page of yours that links both stores.
Do Google Play QR codes stop working?
Nothing expires at TEC-IT: the link sits in the code. Google's current guide no longer lists market:// searches; test a proof on a current Android phone.
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