Android App Bundle (.aab) Format is getting enforced

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Re: Android App Bundle (.aab) Format is getting enforced

Post by bogs » Sat Jul 03, 2021 10:39 am

SteveP495 wrote:
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Should credentials be the same between forum and the QA pages ?
No, for whatever reason, there is no unified login between your account page, the forums, the mailing list, or the quality db / bug db, you can *make* them all the same, but you have to do each separately, which I still think is a real drag.
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Re: Android App Bundle (.aab) Format is getting enforced

Post by jacque » Sat Jul 03, 2021 4:53 pm

SteveP495 wrote:
Sat Jul 03, 2021 10:26 am
Emailed support to ask anyways
Good. Please post the reply here when you have it.
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Re: Android App Bundle (.aab) Format is getting enforced

Post by SteveP495 » Mon Jul 05, 2021 11:34 am

Support confirmed that it will be supported before the required date.

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Re: Android App Bundle (.aab) Format is getting enforced

Post by jacque » Mon Jul 05, 2021 6:24 pm

Thanks for the confirmation. So far LC has always met new OS requirements on time so I wasn't too worried, but I figure it isn't a bad idea to make sure occasionally.
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Re: Android App Bundle (.aab) Format is getting enforced

Post by SteveB » Sat Jul 31, 2021 6:50 pm

Downloaded 9.6.3 but still no build as .aab option that I can see. Looking at https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=22251
the status still shows as in progress, so I guess LC missed the deadline?

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Re: Android App Bundle (.aab) Format is getting enforced

Post by FourthWorld » Sat Jul 31, 2021 7:23 pm

Google sez:

"After August 2021, all new apps and games will be required to publish with the Android App Bundle format."

https://developer.android.com/distribute/play-policies
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Re: Android App Bundle (.aab) Format is getting enforced

Post by SteveB » Sat Jul 31, 2021 9:29 pm

Deadline for new apps is August 2nd as far as i can tell

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Re: Android App Bundle (.aab) Format is getting enforced

Post by FourthWorld » Sat Jul 31, 2021 9:59 pm

Hard to say when Google publishes contradictory guidance.

If you get rejected for this please drop a note here so we can find out which guidance is correct.
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Re: Android App Bundle (.aab) Format is getting enforced

Post by SteveB » Sat Jul 31, 2021 10:30 pm

I agree there is conflicting information on the Google site. Your linked page states 'After August' whereas this page states 'Starting August':
https://developer.android.com/guide/app ... et_started

I uploaded an .apk a couple of days ago and got a 'Starting August' warning, and I note that the Google Play Billing V3 dates for new and existing apps are August 2 and November 1 respectively, so I believe that same dates apply to .aab

I'm working on an app so I'll try an upload on August 2 and post back here

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Re: Android App Bundle (.aab) Format is getting enforced

Post by jacque » Sun Aug 01, 2021 1:44 am

This is what developers received last month in the Android update:

===
Upcoming Google Play and Android deadlines
August 2021:
New apps must target at least Android 11 (API level 30).
New apps and games must be published with the Android App Bundle.
New apps using Play Billing must use Billing Library version 3 or newer.
===

Existing apps have until November, after that updates have the same requirements. I remember that the exact date for new apps was August 2 but I can't find the reference.
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Re: Android App Bundle (.aab) Format is getting enforced

Post by SteveB » Sun Aug 01, 2021 2:36 pm

Found it! I thought it was tomorrow but it started today

https://android-developers.googleblog. ... .html?m=1

That's my current project stopped until LC come up with a fix :(

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Re: Android App Bundle (.aab) Format is getting enforced

Post by FourthWorld » Sun Aug 01, 2021 3:29 pm

SteveB wrote:
Sun Aug 01, 2021 2:36 pm
Found it! I thought it was tomorrow but it started today

https://android-developers.googleblog. ... .html?m=1

That's my current project stopped until LC come up with a fix :(
Good find, thank you. Did they actually reject a submission of yours?
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Re: Android App Bundle (.aab) Format is getting enforced

Post by SteveB » Mon Aug 02, 2021 10:43 am

Good find, thank you. Did they actually reject a submission of yours?
If you go to the Play Console and try to create a new release you will see that the 'Starting from..' message has gone, and the upload dialogue is now 'App bundles: Drop app bundles here to upload', so I assume that new apps not in aab format will be rejected.

I was going to try but realised that the project I'm working on has already been uploaded to the internal test track, so any upload should be treated as an update and so should be OK as apk files until November.

Anyone got a new project to try with?

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Re: Android App Bundle (.aab) Format is getting enforced

Post by SteveB » Tue Aug 03, 2021 6:27 pm

Ok. Tried with an existing project and created a new project.

Existing projects will accept .apk and .aab files in the upload files dialogue

New projects will ONLY accept .aab files

So anyone wanting to upload a new project is stuck until the LC team fix this one!

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Re: Android App Bundle (.aab) Format is getting enforced

Post by keliko » Wed Aug 04, 2021 4:04 am

yesterday my new application was rejected. required to use .aab
Zhong guo dui jia you LC Team! :D

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