In order for the Google Play Store to accept updated APKs, you’ll need to edit the config.xml file to increment the version value, then rebuild the app for release. Be patient and your hard work should be live in the wild! Updating your AppĪs you develop your app, you’ll want to update it periodically. When you are ready, upload the APK for the release build and publish the listing. Here is a little preview from when we filled out the application with the Ionic Todo app: You’ll want to fill out the description for the app. Then, you can go ahead and click the button to edit the store listing (We will upload an APK later). Once you have a developer account, you can go ahead and click “Publish an Android App on Google Play” as in the screenshot below: However, the cost is only $25 compared to Apple’s $99. To start, you’ll need to visit the Google Play Store Developer Console and create a new developer account. Now that we have our release APK ready for the Google Play Store, we can create a Play Store listing and upload our APK.

Refer to the official Android App Signing documentation for more information.) Google Play Store

(There are a few other ways to sign APKs. Now we have our final release binary called HelloWorld.apk and we can release this on the Google Play Store for all the world to enjoy!

$ zipalign -v 4 HelloWorld-release-unsigned.apk HelloWorld.apk

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