How submit .apk or .aab for google developer console now?

Report · Jul 08, 2022

Hi guys, well Google has changed a lot of things and its been hard submit apps/games for them.
First they changed the kind of file, now just .AAB would be accepted. Android App Bundle.

As I saw now, its not mandatory anymore. now you can send .APK or .AAB

but the problem now its about Certificate and Signed Key. in past its just create a .P12 certificate and upload your app. but if you lost yout certificate you are screwd!

Now its a positive thing, cuz the Certificated and Signed Key are generated and hosted by Google. but I have no Idea how to make it! =/
Anyone knows how to get this certificate or google signed key and then donwload the .p12 from it. generate the .APK or .AAB and upload?
tnx!

Report · Jul 09, 2022

Hi.

I really suggest you look for any AIR related questions here:
https://github.com/airsdk/Adobe-Runtime-Support/discussions

Unfortunately, Adobe doesn't care about AIR/Flash anymore and Google doesn't help with so many changes to their store policies either.

Regards,
JC

Report · Sep 17, 2025

On Google Play Console you only need to upload a **signed .aab or .apk**. You don’t have to manage the old .p12 certificate anymore because Google now handles the signing key. You just create and use an **upload key** to sign your build before uploading. If you ever lose the upload key, you can request a reset from Play Console support.