Problem when trying to publish multiple Apks in Google Play Store

Question

Good morning, everyone.

I developed an application with Ionic using the crosswalk plugin. When compiling, two . apk files are generated, one for Arm7 architecture and one for x86 architecture. So far, everything ok. I tested both apks on compatible smartphones and both worked.

I performed the signature and alignment steps described in Documentation of the Ionic Framework.

My doubt occurs when trying to make the publication on Google Play Console.

There is the following documentation from Google informs that it is possible to send more than one apk to the same application. In this same documentation, it says that this is only possible when the Advanced Mode is enabled.

To publish multiple Apks to the same application, you must enable Advanced mode in your application’s APK file tab (as discussed in the previous section). Once in advanced mode, you can load, activate, and then publish multiple Apks to the same app.

And in the above-mentioned topic, it is written:

Google Play Console offers two modes to manage the Apks associated with your application: simple mode and advanced mode. You can switch between these by clicking on link in the upper-right corner of the APK file tab.

The problem is, where is this blessed link in the upper right corner, I’m looking for hours and I can’t find it.

Thank you for your attention.

Answer 1

I managed to solve after a lot of fighting.

What I did was:

1 - I executed a compilation, which generated the Apks with the internal version 100012, signed, aligned, uploaded the version Arm7 and ignored the x86 generated in this same compilation.

2 - I executed a new compilation, which generated the Apks with the internal version 100014, signed, aligned and uploaded the version x86 and ignored the Arm7 generated in this same compilation.

When sending the two apks to the Google Play Store, they were accepted.

For those who have the same problem, when searching the Google documentation, they will see that there they mention an option called Advanced Mode. This option no longer exists, by default more than one APK is accepted for the same version of the APP.