Minimum SDK... Play Store doesn't like my .aab

[NRFi]

Why is the iconname included in this extension? Could that be removed to reduce reliance on an external site?

[Anke]

It's the extension icon; you can also leave it out. Anyone can do it however they want.

[Fabiano_Spada]

Obrigado, funcionou para meu app.

[Taifun]

@NRFi

Could that be removed to reduce reliance on an external site?

yes, it could be stored it subdirectoery aiwebres and added locally by the extension author like this

iconName = "aiwebres/icon.png"

however

@Anke

Anyone can do it however they want

Taifun

[Lye_S_K]

Hi,
I followed your instructions and loaded my aab bundle successfully. Thank you.
Lye SK

[YoussefM]

[quote="ewpatton, post:65, topic:133782"]
After I turned off the "Installer check" the save button (loose its brilliance) cannot work.

I also tried another option from ChatGPT, and it didn't work.
Any other ideas please?

[Anke]

@YoussefM

Any other ideas please?

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[YoussefM]

I did "Import and drag it onto the screen." It didn't change anything.
Should I use the extension in the BLOCS section? How?
Thank you

[TIMAI2]

See this post for a different method:

Minimum SDK... Play Store doesn't like my .aab

This is a new feature of Google Play and has nothing to do with extensions. Specifically, Google now by default has a feature called "Automatic Protection" for apps, which if turned on injects new code into the AAB before it is converted into APKs to be distributed to users. The code Google injects requires the app be min SDK 21. It looks like if you turn it off you can upload AABs created by App Inventor without issue (like every app ever made up until Google introduced this new mechanism). Her…

[Taifun]

@YoussefM

I did "Import and drag it onto the screen." It didn't change anything.

You should not get the error message in Google Play anymore
Do you like to show us in a screenshot what you did and which message you get from Google Play?

@YoussefM

Should I use the extension in the BLOCS section?

No
Taifun

[YoussefM]

Thank you Taifun. I tried it again, I believe that the SDK21 is

possibly solved, but I have got the key signing nightmare. Any hint on how to do that, PLEASE. Tks

[Anke]

Use a valid app signing key to continue

Completely unnecessary, complicated, time-consuming, ... It only takes a few seconds to successfully upload a new app (as AAB) to the Play Store. As I have already explained several times in various posts and guides, you only need a new keystore (if the old one has already been used for other Play Store apps). Export and backup the current keystore. Delete the current keystore in the Designer (AI2). Reload the browser (not quite sure if necessary). Build the AAB (a new keystore is generated t…

[YoussefM]

Your solution worked.
Thank You.

[Corto21]

Which solution are you referring to specifically? I'm a bit lost on what the working solution is to solve the low SDK issue

[Taifun]

@Corto21

I'm a bit lost on what the working solution is

Both solutions work, the accepted one

Minimum SDK... Play Store doesn't like my .aab

This is a new feature of Google Play and has nothing to do with extensions. Specifically, Google now by default has a feature called "Automatic Protection" for apps, which if turned on injects new code into the AAB before it is converted into APKs to be distributed to users. The code Google injects requires the app be min SDK 21. It looks like if you turn it off you can upload AABs created by App Inventor without issue (like every app ever made up until Google introduced this new mechanism). Her…

As well as using the extension to set the min sdk to 21

Minimum SDK... Play Store doesn't like my .aab

minSdk21.aix (4.0 KB) Import and drag it onto the screen.

Taifun

[Corto21]

I used the first of the two proposals and it worked.
Thank you

[picky_beaver80]

I would like to use Android SDK min target 35 (API 15). Can AI2 be updated to build Android SDK 35 packages please.

[TIMAI2]

@picky_beaver80

I would like to use Android SDK min target 35 (API 15)

I do not believe you do. AI2 will target API 35 (max not min) in the upcoming release, to comply with Google Play requirements for new apps and app updates from Aug 31 2005.

This topic is about minimum SDK.

[Anke]

@TIMAI2

(max not min)

There is also a maxSdkVersion which ensures that an app can only be installed on devices with at most this API.