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I’ve written an Android app that is specifically for Muslims. Obviously I don’t expect the Google team to feature my app in the United States, but it would make sense to have it be featured in majority Muslim countries like Malaysia, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, etc. Does anyone know if the Google Play Store has different featured apps for different regions?
The featured apps in Google Play are those which the Google Play team consider as model citizens adhering to various Android app design guidelines and best practices (for example, they apply the Action Bar UI pattern in a proper way; they handle the back stack consistently .. etc). I do not recollect coming across any mention about them being region-specific. You could watch this Google I/O 2011 video to be absolutely sure though.
Having said that, purely from observation, I would say that the “Featured” tab in the Google Play Store is not region-specific. I live in India, and I have seen featured apps that make little sense to an Indian user.
However, it looks like some of the other tabs (“Top New Free”, “Top New Paid”, “Trending”) etc do seem to be region-aware. I do see some apps in those tabs which are highly specific to India; and I would be surprised if they sold so much as to be on the global “trending” list.