Configure Settings to Upload an App to the Google Play Store

You can follow the steps below to publish the mobile application you developed in Kuika on Google Play Store.

1. After logging into the Kuika platform, open the mobile project you will work on from the “Apps” screen.
2. Then click on the “Configuration Manager” module.

3. From the screen that opens, give a name (1) to the configuration and click the “CREATE” (2) button.

4. Click on the “Android” tab in the App Settings modal.
5. Configure the following fields in the “Mobile App Settings” section:
   • App Name: Enter the name of your app to be displayed on the device.
   • Bundle ID: Enter the unique identifier of the app, usually in the format “com.workspaceadi.appname”.
   • Version: This is the version number of your app, usually specified as “1.0.0”.
   • App Version Code: The version code of your app, usually an integer and incremented with each update.
   • Minimum Android Version: The minimum version of the Android operating system required for your app to run. The current minimum Android OS version for the Kuika platform is “Android 8”.
   • Use Cleartext Traffic: Allows you to determine whether your application can use "HTTP ” traffic.
   • Trust All Certificates: Allows you to specify whether your app will accept all "SSL ” certificates as trusted.
   • Haptic Enabled: Allows you to determine whether haptic feedback will be enabled in your app.

6. Select “ADD NEW” from the "Play Store Settings" section.
7. In the modal that opens, there are three different “Publish Types” to suit your needs:

• Appetize: Allows cloud-based testing of mobile apps. After naming the relevant field, enter the authentication key used to programmatically access the Appetize service in the "Appetize API Token" field.

• APK: The file format used for the distribution and installation of Android applications. After naming the relevant field, in the “SHA-256 Certificate Fingerprints” field, enter the SHA-256 information to be used in the application signing process on the “Play Console” screen.

• AAB: It is the file format used in the distribution of Android applications. You can complete the configuration by filling in the relevant fields below:some text
  • Signing Store File: Add the file with “.jks” extension for the key store.
  • Signing Store Password: Enter your password.
  • Signing Key Alias: Enter the key alias.
  • Signing Key Password: Enter the password for the key.
  • SHA-256 Certificate Fingerprints: Enter the SHA-256 information to be used in the application signing process
    

After entering the information for the publication type you have selected, complete the process by clicking the “CREATE” button.