Upload AppBundle on the PlayStore via the termial. Based on the Google API Publisher v3.
- Be sure to have Java installed
- Be sure to have your AppBundle file
.aab - Be sure to have setup the PlayStore of your app to publish AppBundle (upload the keystore or let Google manager it)
- Download the secret json file to authentify you to the PlayStore. How to get the json secret file:
- (1) Go to https://play.google.com/apps/publish.
- (2) Go to "Settings" > "Developer account" > "API access" > "OAuth Clients".
- (3) Click "Create OAuth Client" otherwise if already created click "View in Google Developers Console".
- (4) Click on one of the "OAuth 2.0 Client IDs"
- (5) Click "Download JSON" as
play-store-authentication.json
- Replace arguments and run this command on the terminal. (arguments explained below)
# Download the play_store.jar if not previously downloaded: tool to upload.
if [ ! -f ./play_store.jar ]; then
curl -L https://github.com/Mercandj/play-store-cmd/releases/download/2020_08_10/play_store.jar \
--output play_store.jar
fi
# Run the jar with arguments.
java -jar ./play_store.jar app-bundle-upload \
--application-name my_team-fake_app/1.0 \
--application-package com.example.my_great_fake_app \
--app-bundle ./1_00_00_fake_app.aab \
--secret-file ./play-store-authentication.json| Argument | Presence | Description |
|---|---|---|
| --application-name | Required | The name of the application. You can put whatever you want. Google code suggests "MyCompany-Application/1.0" |
| --application-package | Required | Easy, your app package name |
| --app-bundle | Required | App bundle file path |
| --secret-file | Required | Json OAuth 2.0 file path |
| --track | Optional default: internal | PlayStore's channel of distribution. - internal - alpha - beta - production |
| --rollout-percentage | Optional default: 1.0 | Rollout percentage between 0.0 and 1.0 |
- The first run of this Jar will open your web-browser to ask you to login with your Google Account
- Authentication is stored in
~/.store/android_publisher_api(if you want to change your account then delete this folder) - The version created in the PlayStore console will be the version name of the AppBundle
- The changlog of your new version will be empty
- Multi app bundle files for the same version not supported
- Apk not supported
- The Jar is not open source yet 😢 but it's not minified so you can read the code easily 💪😄