Anke
October 31, 2021, 2:46pm
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If you email is no longer "carlos_comiomucho@..." and / or the projectName (projectName.aia) is no longer "LiveChat" (LiveChat.aia), then the packageName changed and you can't update your app in the Play Store.
See also here:
In order to be able to release an app in the Play Store, at least the following requirements must be met:
The version code is higher than the current version.
The packageName is the same (as the previous / original one).
The keystore is identical (with the previous / initial version).
The targetSdkVersion corresponds to the minimum SDK required by Google (from Aug 2021: SDK 30 for new apps and from Nov 2021 also for updates).
If you want to upload and publish an app in the Play Store, the following should be observed:
Apps that were published in the Play Store before Aug 1, 2021 can still be uploaded as APKs in the Play Developer Console (even after Nov 2021) and therefore do not need to switch to Google App Signing (which simplifies it).
Apps that were published in the Play Store after July 31, 2021 must use AABs and also Google App Signing. To test such apps in advance, you should always have an APK generated…