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Triple-T / gradle-play-publisher

GPP is Android's unofficial release automation Gradle Plugin. It can do anything from building, uploading, and then promoting your App Bundle or APK to publishing app listings and other metadata.
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Option to retain APK/App Bundle from previous release #630

Closed OnlyInly closed 5 years ago

OnlyInly commented 5 years ago

Problem description

Hi! We have a build (apk/app bundle) for WearOS and a build for Mobile. We decide that we are going to release a new version for Mobile but not for WearOS version. We would then retain the WearOS version from previous release and replace the new version for Mobile only. Is there any option to achieve desired with Triple-T plugin?

Potential solutions/workarounds

Maybe new 'retain' to resolutionStrategy

SUPERCILEX commented 5 years ago

I'm still a little confused. So you have your production track with 2 artifacts (WearOS + app) and you want to only upload a new version of your app and retain the WearOS artifact. Is that correct?

OnlyInly commented 5 years ago

Yes

SUPERCILEX commented 5 years ago

Gotya. A feature like that would be painful because retained artifacts are identified by their version code. So the GPP API would look something like retainedArtifacts = [123, 456], which can't be automated. I'm not sure that would be useful since you'll probably have to go to the Play Store anyway to find the version code. WDYT?

OnlyInly commented 5 years ago

Now we use the plugin to create draft release and then go to the play console and manually retain the wearOS version. It's a solution but not ideal. In our development cycle, the wearOS version updated once every few months. At the same time, the application is updated several times a month.

I agree that retainedArtifacts feature a little bit tricky but it can help with a CI process. So any support for this functionality will be very useful.

SUPERCILEX commented 5 years ago

Ohhh, I get it. Yeah, that sounds like a super useful feature. 👍

SUPERCILEX commented 5 years ago

See https://github.com/Triple-T/gradle-play-publisher/pull/644#issuecomment-515816693