Android packaging (AAB) for uploading to playstore for Saral v1.0 and document the steps.

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Android packaging (AAB) for uploading to playstore for Saral v1.0 and document the steps.

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Navin, Please document Command-line approach, not using Android studio keeping our clients in mind. Thanks

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On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 5:43 PM navin9584 ***@***.***> wrote: *Android App Bundle (AAB) steps* 1. open android folder of the project in android studio 2. in android studio click on Build then in Build click on Generate Signed Bundle or Apk then select Android App Bundle [image: Screenshot (48)] <https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/91952702/143022054-832f2429-dda7-45de-a5bf-9748c946b3ac.png> — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#30 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AVL45SBNEQ2HXRLPIRSHOLLUNOAPPANCNFSM5IGM6TBA> . Triage notifications on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS <https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1477376905?ct=notification-email&mt=8&pt=524675> or Android <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.android&referrer=utm_campaign%3Dnotification-email%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dgithub>.

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Android App Bundling Steps
1.Open Terminal in %FRONTEND_FOLDER%/SaralApp/android folder

./gradlew clean

2. APK Signing can be enabled using the below Gradle files. Make sure the Keystore file is to be used for signing placed in FRONTEND_FOLDER%/SaralApp/android/app folder.

%FRONTEND_FOLDER%/SaralApp/android/gradle.properties

MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_FILE=my-upload-key.keystore
MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_PASSWORD=tarento@mis
MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_ALIAS=hwrecog-key-alias
MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_PASSWORD=tarento@mis

%FRONTEND_FOLDER%/SaralApp/android/app/build.gradle
Note: Make sure signingConfig signingConfigs.release line is uncommented.

signingConfigs {
release {
if (project.hasProperty('MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_FILE')) {
storeFile file(MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_FILE)
storePassword MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_PASSWORD
keyAlias MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_ALIAS
keyPassword MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_PASSWORD
}
}
debug {
storeFile file('debug.keystore')
storePassword 'android'
keyAlias 'androiddebugkey'
keyPassword 'android'
}
}

buildTypes {
debug {
signingConfig signingConfigs.release
}
release {
signingConfig signingConfigs.release
debug {
debuggable true
}
}
}

3. Open Terminal in %FRONTEND_FOLDER%/SaralApp/android folder
   ./gradlew bundleRelease

4. You can find release .aab file in Project-Saral/v1.0/frontend/SaralApp/android/app/build/outputs/bundle/release folder.

upload on playstore steps

1. got to google console by click on this link
   https://play.google.com/console/about/
2. login with developer account
3. required short discription of saral app
4. required long discription of saral app
5. required app icon
6. required screenshots of app minimum 1 and maximum 8
7. required one banner size image
8. select the type of application
9. add contact detail (optional)
10. after all detail go to option publish your app on google play
11. select app countries for publishing
12. go to create new release and upload the AAB file
13. click on review release
14. click on start rollout to production

step to convert AAB file Into APK file
1 download java bundletool from
https://github.com/google/bundletool/releases
2 make a folder suppose name (saralapp) and put java bundletool, AAB file & keystore file in same folder
3 open command folder from saralapp folder
4 run this command :-

java -jar bundletool.jar build-apks --bundle=./app-release.aab --output=./universal.apks --ks=./hwrecog-upload-
key.keystore --ks-key-alias=hwrecog-key-alias --mode=universal
(make sure bundletool name , AAB file name , keystore file name , and alias name is correct)

5 give keystore password
6 Now universal zip file is generated in saralapp folder after extract it will be installed