Is it mandatory to upload aab(Android App Bundle) instead of APK file

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Shashank HS picture Shashank HS · Sep 26, 2019 · Viewed 8.6k times · Source

In the recent try for uploading a new version of apk for existing application to PlayStore, threw an warning message as mentioned below

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  1. So the question is, is it mandatory to upload only aab files to PlayStore or normal apk file can also be updated.

  2. If aab file has to be uploaded, then how to sign the aab file before uploading.

I referred this Link for Goolge App signing. Is this also required ?

Note:

The application developed is a cordova application. So if the above mentioned things are mandatory is the procedure different to build for cordova application ?

Thanks in advance !

Answer

Jaimoto picture Jaimoto · Sep 30, 2020

"Important: In the second half of 2021, new apps will be required to publish with the Android App Bundle on Google Play. New apps larger than 150 MB must use either Play Feature Delivery or Play Asset Delivery".

Taken from

https://developer.android.com/guide/app-bundle

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