gradle-appstore-deploy-plugin

Gradle Plugin for upload Android applications and application details to the Google Play Store

Applying plugin

Gradle 2.1+

In whichever build.gradle file.

plugins {

id 'info.appsense.appstore' version '0.0.26' 
}

Note: exact version number must be specified, + cannot be used as wildcard.

All versions of Gradle

Add dependency to the top-level build.gradle file.

 buildscript {

  repositories {

jcenter()
  
}

  dependencies {

classpath 'info.appsense:gradle-appstore-deploy-plugin:0.0.26'
  
}
 
}

Note: mavenCentral() and/or jcenter() repository can be specified, + can be used as wildcard in version number.

Apply plugin and add configuration to build.gradle of the application, eg:

apply plugin: 'info.appsense.appstore'

Usage

Running the generateGooglePlayResources<Variant Name> task will fetch all existing data from the Google Play Store and generate the required files and folders.

[project root]/
  [sourceDir]/

[variantName]/

 [language]/

  fullDescription.txt

  shortDescription.txt

  video.txt

  title.txt

  recentChangesAlpha.txt

  recentChangesBeta.txt

  recentChangesProduction.txt

  images/

icon.png

featureGraphic.png

promoGraphic.png

tvBanner.png

screenshots/

 phone/

  1.png

  ..

  8.png

 sevenInch/

  1.png

  ..

  8.png

 tenInch/

  1.png

  ..

  8.png

 tv/

  1.png

  ..

  8.png 

Note: Currently the API not supports downloading the play store graphics. Task creates empty files for the image.

Running the publishGooglePlayAlphaApplication<Variant Name>, publishGooglePlayBetaApplication<Variant Name> or publishGooglePlayProductionApplication<Variant Name> task will upload an APKs to alpha, beta and production tracks.

Running the publishGooglePlayResources<Variant Name> task will upload the descriptions, recent changes and images for the Google Play Store listing.

Note: It is not recommended to upload builds to any track more than once a day. The production track should be updated even less frequently, and with extreme care. See Google Play Developer API Usage Instructions for more tips.

Note: debuggable build types are skipped by default.

Credentials

To use the publisher plugin you have to create a service account for your existing Google Play Account.

Grant at least the following permissions to that service account:

• Edit store listing, pricing & distribution
• Manage Production APKs
• Manage Alpha & Beta APKs
• Manage Alpha & Beta users

Once you finished the setup you have a so called service account email address and a p12 key file that we will use later on.

If you need to change the password on a p12 certificate the following simple steps will do it.

openssl pkcs12 -in key.p12 -out /tmp/cert.pem openssl pkcs12 -export -in /tmp/cert.pem -out /tmp/new.p12 rm -f key.p12 /tmp/cert.pem

Note: this is not the best security practice unless you can be absolutely 100% positive that there are no other copies of the cert with the old password.

Basic configuration

Add to your build.gradle

appStoreDeploy {

  googlePlay {

serviceAccount {

 clientEmail = 'your-service-account-client_id'

 privateKeyId = 'your-service-account-private_key_id'

 privateKeyPem = 'your-service-account-private_key'

}

  
}
 
}

appStoreDeploy {

  googlePlay {

serviceAccount {

 clientEmail = 'your-service-account-client_id'

 keyStoreFile file('key.p12')

}

  
}
 
}

Advanced configuration

Add to your build.gradle

appStoreDeploy {

  googlePlay {

serviceAccount {

 clientEmail = 'your-service-account-client_email'

 keyStore {

  file = file('key.p12')

  storePassword = 'notasecret'

  keyAlias = 'privatekey'

  keyPassword = 'notasecret'

 
}

}

tracks = ['alpha', 'beta', 'production']
  
}

  resources {

sourceDir = 'store-resources'
  
}
 
}

Dependencies

Needs the com.android.application plugin applied. Supports the Android Application Plugin as of version 1.0.0.

License

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.