Android - Different Builds

[J. Landman Gay]

Is a combined LC app the same as the bumdle the Play Store expects? I think 
the Play Store extracts and sends only the parts the user needs.

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Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
On June 15, 2019 2:37:40 AM JJS via use-livecode 
<use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> you can choose yourself.
>
> You can submit a bundle (1 big apk) with different builds, or you can
> upload different builds per release
>
>
> i have opted out on Google's signing, because i don't what happens if
> you use their app shrinking method
>
>
> Op 15-6-2019 om 05:51 schreef J. Landman Gay via use-livecode:
>> For testing we could just do what we do now, since you can distribute
>> to testers privately. I think we'd only need the bundle when
>> submitting to the Play Store.
>> --
>> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com
>> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
>> On June 14, 2019 10:01:40 PM Brian Milby via use-livecode
>> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>
>>> From reading a little about it, I’m not sure why not.  Everything
>>> besides the engine/splash stack would go in the common bundle (not
>>> the right name) and then each engine would have its own slice.  The
>>> store would combine the two pieces into the apk for delivery.  We
>>> would still need to produce the apk for testing though (it looks like
>>> there is a way to pull an apk out of the bundle too).
>>>
>>> How to do this is beyond me though....
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Brian
>>> On Jun 14, 2019, 10:55 PM -0400, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
>>> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>, wrote:
>>>> This is good to know. But what I'd really like to see is the app bundle
>>>> that the Play Store expects. I wonder if that's possible.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com
>>>> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
>>>> On June 14, 2019 9:24:24 PM Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
>>>> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Got it, it works...
>>>> >
>>>> > Jerry __ thanks for the chart!
>>>> >
>>>> > "Boy!" this needs to be documented somewhere...
>>>> >
>>>> > BR
>>>> >
>>>> > ?Jerry wrote
>>>> > So like this for your sequence if your highest used VC is 15 then:
>>>> >
>>>> > Build VC
>>>> > arm v7a 16 ---->next time --->20---->next time--->24
>>>> > arm64 17---->next time--->21--->next time--->25
>>>> > X86 18--->next time--->22--->next time--->26
>>>> > x86-64 19--->next time--->23--->next time--->27
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > and so on, you see the 64 builds need to be higher vc then the 32bits
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Mark (W) wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > > I wonder if the reason this didn't work is because you have the
>>>> > > version code
>>>> > > for armv7 > that for arm64...
>>>> > >
>>>> > > I suspect the play store will choose the highest version coded APK
>>>> > > that will
>>>> > > run on the target device. As ARMv7 APKs will run on devices
>>>> which can
>>>> > > run ARM64,
>>>> > > it will choose the ARMv7 in preference (as it is version code 14,
>>>> > > which is greater
>>>> > > than 7) and thus 'completely shadow' the ARM64 APK.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Upshot: probably best to make sure ARM64 APKs have higher
>>>> version code
>>>> > > than
>>>> > > ARM7 ones (the same is true of x86-64 and x86 - but in that case
>>>> > > you've already
>>>> > > got version-code-of(x86-64) > version-code-of(x86) which is why you
>>>> > > aren't getting
>>>> > > a shadowed error for those)
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Warmest Regards,
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Mark.
>>>> > >
>>>> >
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