Google Play Publisher account terminated, can another Developer publish my apps?

You can, But everything has to be different. New gmail account. The new Google Play account should use a different credit card to make payments. Use different machine (to create Google Play dev account), different mobile number, and ofcourse different package name and signature. Dont specify any website as its optional. And upload only those which you are very sure are compliance with Google play developer TOS.

EDIT: Google Play now scans the code to check if the app was published before or is already published in some other package name making it even more difficult for developers to republish even after fixing the violation, so make sure you change the whole code structure and file names.

EDIT2: Google now doesn't suspend app for minor violation but just "remove" it from google play and you can fix and upload again. They also have now a automatic basic review of apps once they are uploaded, so if your app doesn't ask for too many permission it will be approved instantly (within few hours) else will take few days.

EDIT: Google nowadays also check the code similarity - some things like code size, number of lines, number of classes, objects. It if good to introduce new classes/functionalities for new apps.


From the Google Play Support:

When your developer account is terminated all applications in your catalog will be removed from the Play Store

So, I'm guessing if the app is removed then it is like you uploaded a new app to Google Play. Which mean, assuming Google do not keep track of the deleted apps, you can upload the same app with a different Account.


If you have the source code: just change the package name and and the sign certificate and is ready to post to another dev account :)