Android App Development in Kuwait

It was 20 when the rule was introduced in November 2023, but Google reduced it to 12 on 11 December 2024 — many guides still quote the old number. The requirement is a closed test with at least 12 testers opted in continuously for 14 days, and testers who opt out and rejoin reset the clock. It applies only to personal developer accounts created after 13 November 2023, and the Production and Pre-registration tracks stay locked until it is satisfied. Afterwards you apply for production access and Google reviews it, typically within about seven days.

Yes — organization accounts are exempt from it. If your business is a registered company, publishing under an organization account rather than a personal one removes roughly three weeks from the launch date: fourteen days of mandatory testing plus up to seven days of production-access review. Organization registration requires a D-U-N-S Number, a website, and business documents such as a commercial licence, so it takes a little setup at the start — which is exactly why we do it in week one rather than at submission.

A one-time $25 US registration fee, and unlike Apple there is no annual renewal — the Apple Developer Program is $99 US per year. The account is registered to your company, not to us, so the app is never dependent on a developer's login. If you are publishing on both stores, note that the D-U-N-S Number required for a Google Play organization account is the same identifier Apple requires, so it only has to be obtained once.

It should be a deliberate decision written into the quote, because no single Android version covers even a quarter of devices. In mid-2026 Android 16 sits at roughly 24%, Android 15 and Android 14 around 17% each, Android 13 near 14%, and over 40% of devices still run Android 12 or older. For comparison, iOS 18 reached about 84% of active iPhones within a year of release. An app verified only on the newest flagship has been verified against less than a quarter of the market, which is why we agree a minimum supported version and a device test matrix before development starts.

Kotlin is the native language for Android and is the right choice when the app leans hard on device hardware, needs the smallest possible install size, or when you intend to hire Android developers in-house later. Flutter builds Android and iOS from a single codebase and is usually better value for standard business apps. The full comparison, including the cases where Flutter is the wrong answer, is on our Flutter app development page.

Most business apps take 8–16 weeks from approved scope to Play Store launch. Google's review is usually faster than Apple's, but a personal developer account adds the mandatory 14-day closed test plus review on top — which is the main reason we set the account up as an organization at the start of the project.

Yes. KNET is integrated in-app through a licensed gateway (MyFatoorah, Tap Payments, and UPayments), alongside card payments, with verification handled server-side rather than in the app. Google Pay can be added where the customer's bank supports it.

It keeps working for people who already have it, and it quietly stops reaching everyone else. Two target API deadlines will have passed, so the app will no longer be offered to new users on current devices and you will not be able to publish updates until it is rebuilt against the current level. Meanwhile Android will have shipped two releases underneath it. This is why we budget roughly 10 to 20 percent of the build cost per year for maintenance — it is not a support retainer for bugs, it is the cost of the app remaining publishable.