Deploy to Android Play Store

Pre-requisites

• Make sure you completed the Preparing your App step, then navigate to the folder created (e.g. my_first_app).
• Sign your Android app's release version. The below is a demonstration and maybe out-of-date. Please follow Android's latest documentation for up-to-date information.
  • Generate a release key using Java's keytool
    • Run keytool -genkey -v -keystore ~/<file_name>.jks -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000 -alias <key>
    • Replace <file_name> and to your liking. The tool will also ask you to choose the passwords.
  • Under the /android folder, create a file called key.properties(DO NOT check this in) and populate these required values:

storePassword=<store password created above>
keyPassword=<key password created above>
keyAlias=<the key alias you used>
storeFile=<location to the .jks file created above>

• Open /android/app/build.gradle. Under android > buildTypes > release, enter signingConfig signingConfigs.release.

Uploading your build

• Navigate to the folder for your project (e.g. my_first_app).
• Open the file pubspec.yaml and look for version e.g. version: 1.0.0+1. The last number is the build number which has to be unique on every upload. Simply increment it for each production build.
• Run flutter build appbundle --no-tree-shake-icons. This will create the bundle file under build/app/outputs/bundle/release/app-release.aab.
• Log into your Play Store console (opens in a new tab) and go to your App. Select your release and upload the .aab file.

Updating your Play Store app.

• Once your app has been approved and live on the Play Store, follow these instructions for subsequent updates:
  • Run flutter pub upgrade to upgrade Ensemble dependencies. This may include framework's bug fixes as well as new widget additions.
  • If you are using Ensemble-hosted definitions, you already have the latest page definitions.
• Increment the version (the one after the + sign) in pubspec.yaml.
• Run flutter build appbundle --no-tree-shake-icons. This will create the bundle file under build/app/outputs/bundle/release/app-release.aab.
• Log into your Play Store console (opens in a new tab) and go to your App. Select your release and upload the .aab file.