Google Play – August 1, November 1

[canalrun]

For uploading to Google Play, August 1 and November 1 seem to be important dates. New and/or updated apps will need to use AAB's instead of APK's and the target API will need to be 30.

I've seen some news on this forum that App Inventor will support these two things. I saw the date of July 12, that things are in progress, and I've seen the beta AI version that supports AAB's. But, I haven't seen anything final.

Will there be an announcement that these changes have been made or will it just happen in the silently in the background?

Will it be obvious on the AI ide that these changes are in place?

Thanks,
Barry.

[Anke]

What are your specific questions?

[Taifun]

@canalrun

Will there be an announcement that these changes have been made or will it just happen in the silently in the background?

yes, see also here

how do I change the SDK version to 30?

The goal is to release the update on Aug 1. If you'd like to test in the meantime, however, you can load your project into http://ai2-test.appinventor.mit.edu to try out the new functionality. You can read more about what's available in the upcoming release here:

@canalrun

Will it be obvious on the AI ide that these changes are in place?

yes, you will see it in the splash screen after opening App Inventor...
also you can click Help - About to see the current release...

Taifun

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[canalrun]

Great thanks!