1page.title=Opt-In to Designed for Families 2meta.tags="families", "guidelines", "quality" 3page.tags="families", "addendum" 4page.metaDescription=Join Designed for Families in just a few simple steps. 5 6@jd:body 7 8<p> 9 If you're building an app designed for kids and families, there are a few 10 things you need to do <em>before</em> you’ll be ready to opt-in to the Designed for 11 Families program: 12</p> 13 14<ul> 15 <li>Complete the content rating questionnaire for your app and meet an ESRB 16 rating of Everyone or Everyone 10+ rating 17 </li> 18 19 <li>Add a privacy policy link to your app’s <strong>Store Listing</strong> 20 page. 21 </li> 22 23 <li>Make sure your app meets all the <a href= 24 "https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/6184502">Designed 25 for Families program requirements.</a> 26 </li> 27</ul> 28 29<p> 30 Now that your app is ready to publish, you can opt-in to Designed for 31 Families directly from the <a href= 32 "https://play.google.com/apps/publish/">Developer Console</a>. Opt-in means 33 that you want your app to be made available on the family-friendly 34 experience on Google Play in addition to the category you’ve selected on 35 the Google Play Store. 36</p> 37 38<p> 39 Opt-in also confirms that your app complies with <a href= 40 "http://play.google.com/about/developer-content-policy.html">Google Play 41 Developer Program Policies</a> and the <a href= 42 "http://play.google.com/about/developer-distribution-agreement.html">Developer 43 Distribution Agreement</a>, including the <a href= 44 "https://play.google.com/intl/ALL_us/about/families/developer-distribution-agreement-addendum.html"> 45 Designed for Families DDA Addendum</a>. If you are not familiar with these 46 policy documents or the Addendum, make sure to read them before opting-in. 47</p> 48 49<p> 50 Once you're ready, here's how to opt-in to Designed for Families for a specific app: 51</p> 52 53<ol> 54<li>In the Developer Console <strong>All Applications</strong> page, click the app you want to 55 opt-in. Under Pricing and Distribution, scroll down to find <strong>Designed for 56 Families</strong> and the opt-in checkbox.<img src="/images/gp-dff-optin.png" style= 57 "border:2px solid #ddd;margin:1em 0;"> 58 </li> 59 60 <li>Start the opt-in flow and confirm that your app meets the eligibility 61 requirements.</li> 62 <li>If your app has ads, confirm that it meets the ads policy. 63 <img src="/images/gp-dff-appinfo.png" 64 style="border:2px solid #ddd;margin:1em 0;"></li> 65 <li>Choose your target age groups from: Ages 5 & Under, Ages 6 to 8, Ages 9 66 to 12, or General Audience (for apps which target children and older 67 audiences). You can choose up to two adjacent age groups only if your app 68 targets more than one age group. Apps with an ESRB 10+ rating can only choose an 69 age target of 9-12 or General Audience. <!--Apps that are found to be inappropriate 70 for the age groups selected will --> 71 </li> 72 73 <li>Choose a category for your app for the new family-focused experience on 74 Google Play. Your app will also be discoverable in its existing category in 75 Google Play.</li> 76 <li>Review and agree to the linked documents and then click 77 <strong>Opt-In</strong>. Finally, click <strong>Submit update</strong> on the 78 Pricing & Distribution page to publish or update your app. 79 </li> 80</ol> 81 82<p> 83 Once you opt-in your app, it will be thoroughly reviewed before being 84 accepted into the Designed for Families program. 85</p> 86 87<p class="note"> 88 <strong>Note</strong>: Published apps in the Designed for Families program 89 are also available to all users on Google Play. 90</p> 91 92<p> 93 If you opt-in an app that you're publishing for the first time and it doesn't 94 meet the Designed for Families program requirements, it won't be made available 95 on Google Play until <strong>either</strong> you update the app to meet the 96 program requirements <strong>or</strong> you uncheck the opt-in box and pass 97 Google Play's standard review process. 98</p> 99 100<p> 101 If you opt-in an app that's already published on Google Play and it doesn't 102 meet the program requirements, it will remain available to all users but won't 103 be added to the family experience until you update the app to meet the 104 program requirements. 105</p> 106 107<p> 108 If you publish an update to an app that's opted-in to Designed for Families, 109 the app update needs to pass the Designed for Families review before it will 110 become available to all users on Google Play.</p> 111 112<div class="paging-links" style="padding-top:.75em;"> 113 <a href="{@docRoot}distribute/googleplay/families/faq.html" class= 114 "next-class-link">Next: Frequently Asked Questions</a> 115</div> 116
