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Re: Android App Bundle (.aab) Format is getting enforced
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2021 10:39 am
by bogs
SteveP495 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 10:26 am
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.
Re: Android App Bundle (.aab) Format is getting enforced
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2021 4:53 pm
by jacque
SteveP495 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 10:26 am
Emailed support to ask anyways
Good. Please post the reply here when you have it.
Re: Android App Bundle (.aab) Format is getting enforced
Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2021 11:34 am
by SteveP495
Support confirmed that it will be supported before the required date.
Steve
Re: Android App Bundle (.aab) Format is getting enforced
Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2021 6:24 pm
by jacque
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.
Re: Android App Bundle (.aab) Format is getting enforced
Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2021 6:50 pm
by SteveB
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?
Re: Android App Bundle (.aab) Format is getting enforced
Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2021 7:23 pm
by FourthWorld
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
Re: Android App Bundle (.aab) Format is getting enforced
Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2021 9:29 pm
by SteveB
Deadline for new apps is August 2nd as far as i can tell
Re: Android App Bundle (.aab) Format is getting enforced
Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2021 9:59 pm
by FourthWorld
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.
Re: Android App Bundle (.aab) Format is getting enforced
Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2021 10:30 pm
by SteveB
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
Re: Android App Bundle (.aab) Format is getting enforced
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 1:44 am
by jacque
This is what developers received last month in the Android update:
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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.
Re: Android App Bundle (.aab) Format is getting enforced
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 2:36 pm
by SteveB
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
Re: Android App Bundle (.aab) Format is getting enforced
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 3:29 pm
by FourthWorld
Good find, thank you. Did they actually reject a submission of yours?
Re: Android App Bundle (.aab) Format is getting enforced
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 10:43 am
by SteveB
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?
Re: Android App Bundle (.aab) Format is getting enforced
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 6:27 pm
by SteveB
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!
Re: Android App Bundle (.aab) Format is getting enforced
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2021 4:04 am
by keliko
yesterday my new application was rejected. required to use .aab
Zhong guo dui jia you LC Team!