Protectecd APK File Could NOT Upload to Play Store!

[GoRaN909]

Hi and thank you for this amazing tool it's very good and helpful to protect our content from reverse engineering or modding the two main feature Refactor and Protect are so great to protect APK file against any editor or modder but it have a small bug when you want to upload the protected file to play store you get some errors that app not compiled properly or it doesn't have meta data com.android.vending.derived.apk.id my apk file is already included that meta data and it's compiled without any errors and it's signed with same signature certificate I can install on my devices but I don't know what is the problem play store console doesn't let me upload it to release new protected version.

Need some help please

Here is the screenshot:

[REAndroid]

Most probably the parser on google is failed because of our protection on manifest. The solution is to protect files without manifest. Maybe I should add -skip-manifest ?

[GoRaN909]

Most probably the parser on google is failed because of our protection on manifest. The solution is to protect files without manifest. Maybe I should add -skip-manifest ?

Yes you right the protecting/refactor is somehow changes the manifest that should not touch it becuase it can't be uploading to play store. Could you plesae fix that :)

[REAndroid]

You can skip AndroidManifest protection by using flag -skip-manifest

java -jar APKEditor.jar p -skip-manifest -i your_file.apk

Check the latest update

[GoRaN909]

Okay bro thank you let me check it now wait please..

[GoRaN909]

You can skip AndroidManifest protection by using flag -skip-manifest

java -jar APKEditor.jar p -skip-manifest -i your_file.apk

Check the latest update

I tested it's same warning like before this happens only when you Protect apk file it's okay with Refactor

I used the latest jar file on release page

[REAndroid]

My guess is the parser at playstore failed when it tries to resolve references ( like app name, icon ...) from manifest, this references linked to resource.arsc which is protected

[GoRaN909]

My guess is the parser at playstore failed when it tries to resolve references ( like app name, icon ...) from manifest, this references linked to resource.arsc which is protected

So what things do I need to do to fix that problem in my app content?

[REAndroid]

I don't know may be use custom resources just like facebook which loads at runtime ??? BTW I am surprised play store still accepts .apk format

[GoRaN909]

I don't know may be use custom resources just like facebook which loads at runtime ??? BTW I am surprised play store still accepts .apk format

No I doesn't used any facebook resources and my app is no need any permission to work only used this <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE"/> one to vibrate when user tap on keys!

And yeah play store is still support .APK format but it always advise you to use an .AAB app bundles to save storage and faster installation time on devices.

Anyways thanks for your work I like it so much the Refactor is maybe good enough for now.

Edit: sorry I forget to attach the play store link the update is live now on play store with Refactored app contents. My app is downloaded by more that 100K users :)

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