Improve Google Play update script to allow updates without content change

[kelson42]

From @mhutti1 on December 30, 2016 18:9

upload-apk.py should be updated to allow for uploading APKs with an existing expansion. For now this operation can only be achieved using the Google Play Admin Web UI.

Copied from original issue: kiwix/kiwix-xulrunner#407

[kelson42]

From @mhutti1 on December 30, 2016 18:9

@kelson42 as this requires an API key to test its not really suitable for GCI.

[kelson42]

@mhutti1 AFAIK update-play-store.py is only there to update the play store meta data, not to upload APK. So it is not clear to me which problem this ticket should solve.

[kelson42]

From @mhutti1 on December 31, 2016 11:1

@kelson42 my mistake I meant upload-apk.py

[kelson42]

@mhutti1 You mean, you meant update-play-store.py?

[mhutti1]

This should be implemented into our new build system however it ends up working.

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[macgills]

uploading APKs with an existing expansion. this is so developers do not have to go into the play console and manually associate our expansion files with each new apk, there are a host of gotchas when working with expansion files. This functionality is supported by gradle play publisher

[kelson42]

@macgills great if we can do that almost out of the box. This sounds an important feature indeed.

[kelson42]

@macgills From what I have heard recently, this is not so easy to do (anymore)? What is the status here?

[macgills]

We couldn't use GPP for custom uploads so it is not implemented, it is possible afaik but we would probably need to add another config file on the root of kiwix-android-custom to offer options to the GitHub action on how it builds.

The Action uploads the artifact in draft and at that point the attached obb can be manually selected to be an older version if we so wish, obviously would be better if it were automatic

[kelson42]

@macgills Thx, I descope it from the milestone for now.

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[kelson42]

Seems to be a topic for kiwix/Kiwix-android-custom

[kelson42]

@MohitMaliDeveloper Is that not something automatically allowed now with bundle?