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GETTING STARTED
This is post is concentrated for the people who have already published an app in Google play console and who trying to give an update to the existing app. If you don’t follow the best practice you may end up crashing the existing application.
PREREQUISITES
- App Publish in Google play console.
- Active Google play store application.
- Should remember the Keystore value.
Step 1: Open Android Studio and go to the project you have already created. Firstly go and edit whatever changes you need to make. then go to Gradle Script -> build the Gradle option and go Version name and change the Version.
For Instance: if it is Version 1 before you can change to Version 2, and remember this version number, because while uploading the apk in Google play console the same will be required.
Step 2: The same change the Version code as well and remember this version code as well.
Step 3: you have done your job and now go to Generate Signed APK, in Build Menu. Here you are going to generate a new version of the apk with your existing key-store Password.
Step 4: Click on Next.
Step 5: So I hope you have given the Keystore value i have skipped the screenshot because of security concern. If you don’t remember the keystore value then its going to hard for you to update the existing application.
After that You can follow the below link to troubleshoot the key-store path.
Step 6: Now click on the finish you Gradle will start building and once it got successfully completed them you will get a notification like this below. Click on locate and get the apk file.
Step 7: Go to Google play console, click on the app you need to update. Now go to the Release management option, Go to App release in that, and in the new window click on manage.
Step 8: Now you get an option to add apk release and after that upload the apk, once its loaded 100 percentage it will show you any errors if any. if all good to go.
Step 9: In the bottom, you will have an option to add details regarding your new update. that”s it click on publish, this is how you will manage release in Google play console.
FINAL VERDICT :
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