How to make Android App Bundle ( aab ) file from apk?

gbelo · February 22, 2020, 5:57am

OK, I’m giving it another shot from scratch-ish. Forgive the long pastes but I’m trying to be thorough, I guess…?

Here’s trying it with lime 7.7.0. Version info for haxelib and openfl:

PS C:\Users\greed\Files\Personal\Software\Games\lst\haxe> haxelib version
3.3.0 (a494d8be523e26fcf875e2c33915808dc221e17a)
PS C:\Users\greed\Files\Personal\Software\Games\lst\haxe> openfl --version

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888     888 888 "88b d8P  Y8b 888 "88b 888     888
888     888 888  888 88888888 888  888 888     888
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 "Y88 88P"  88888P"   "Y8888  888  888 888     "Y888P
            888
            888

OpenFL Command-Line Tools (8.9.6-LpgCLS)
Use openfl setup to configure platforms or openfl help for more commands


PS C:\Users\greed\Files\Personal\Software\Games\lst\haxe> lime --version

_/\\\\\\______________________________________________
_\////\\\______________________________________________
_____\/\\\_____/\\\_____________________________________
______\/\\\____\///_____/\\\\\__/\\\\\_______/\\\\\\\\___
_______\/\\\_____/\\\__/\\\///\\\\\///\\\___/\\\/////\\\__
________\/\\\____\/\\\_\/\\\_\//\\\__\/\\\__/\\\\\\\\\\\___
_________\/\\\____\/\\\_\/\\\__\/\\\__\/\\\_\//\\///////____
________/\\\\\\\\\_\/\\\_\/\\\__\/\\\__\/\\\__\//\\\\\\\\\\__
________\/////////__\///__\///___\///___\///____\//////////___

Lime Command-Line Tools (7.7.0)
Use lime setup to configure platforms or lime help for more commands

And then, running lime 7.7.0:

PS C:\Users\greed\Files\Personal\Software\Games\lst\haxe> C:\HaxeToolkit\haxe\haxelib run lime build "project.xml" android -64
Creating C:/Users/greed/Documents/Temp/lst/builds/export-released/android/obj/obj/android-v7/__pch/haxe/hxcpp.h.gch...

Compiling group: haxe
arm-linux-androideabi-g++ -Iinclude --sysroot=C:\\Users\\greed\\AppData\\Local\\Android\\ndk\\android-ndk-r10e/platforms/android-16/arch-arm -IC:\\Users\\greed\\AppData\\Local\\Android\\ndk\\android-ndk-r10e/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.8/include -IC:\\Users\\greed\\AppData\\Local\\Android\\ndk\\android-ndk-r10e/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.8/libs/armeabi/include -DHXCPP_ARMV7 -DHXCPP_VISIT_ALLOCS(haxe) -DHXCPP_API_LEVEL=331(haxe) -IC:/HaxeToolkit/haxe/lib/hxcpp/4,0,64/include -Iinclude -fpic -fvisibility=hidden -ffunction-sections -funwind-tables -fstack-protector -fno-short-enums -Wno-overflow -D_LINUX_STDDEF_H  -Wno-psabi -DHXCPP_CPP11 -DHXCPP_ARMV7 -march=armv7-a -mfpu=vfpv3-d16 -mfloat-abi=softfp -fomit-frame-pointer -fexceptions -fno-strict-aliasing -finline-limit=10000 -DANDROID=ANDROID -DHX_ANDROID -DHXCPP_ANDROID_PLATFORM=16 -Wa,--noexecstack -O2 -DNDEBUG -c ... tags=[haxe,static]
 - src/StateDOS.cpp
 - src/lime/utils/AssetCache.cpp  [haxe,release]
Link: libApplicationMain-v7.so
Error: Source path "C:/HaxeToolkit/haxe/lib/lime/7,7,0/ndll/Android/liblime-x86_64.so" does not exist

But when I try the version in the repo, I get:

PS C:\Users\greed\Files\Personal\Software\Games\lst\haxe> C:\HaxeToolkit\haxe\haxelib run lime build “project.xml” android -64
Error: Source path “C:/HaxeToolkit/haxe/lib/lime/lime/ndll/Android/liblime-v7.so” does not exist

It looks like I’m using the 4 Feb 2020 version from the repo:

Any ideas? Any other info that I can share or things that I can try that might be helpful?

gbelo · February 29, 2020, 11:10pm

Hey guys, any ideas?

gbelo · March 8, 2020, 11:35pm

Bump

Have you happened to figure this one out?

Holger_Wagner · March 9, 2020, 9:44am

Did you rebuild lime ?

gbelo · March 10, 2020, 12:31am

That would make sense. I tried all of the instructions in README.md. Started from scratch and essentially ran these:

git clone --recursive https://github.com/openfl/lime
haxelib dev lime lime
haxelib install format
lime rebuild windows

That built some ndll’s for Windows and Windows64 with no problem.

But lime rebuild android -64 doesn’t:

PS C:\HaxeToolkit\haxe\lib\lime\from-cmd> lime rebuild android -64
Compiling group: native-toolkit-openal
arm-linux-androideabi-g++ -Ilib/openal/Alc -Ilib/openal/build/ -Ilib/openal/common/ -Ilib/openal/include/ -Ilib/openal/OpenAL32/include/ -DAL_ALEXT_PROTOTYPES -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGE_FILES -Ilib/sdl/include/ -Ilib/sdl/include/configs/default/ -DHAVE_SDL2 -fPIC -fvisibility=hidden -pthread --std=c99 -Wno-psabi -fsigned-char --sysroot=C:\Users\greed\AppData\Local\Android\ndk\android-ndk-r10e/platforms/android-16/arch-arm -IC:\Users\greed\AppData\Local\Android\ndk\android-ndk-r10e/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.8/include -IC:\Users\greed\AppData\Local\Android\ndk\android-ndk-r10e/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.8/libs/armeabi/include -DHXCPP_VISIT_ALLOCS(haxe) -DHXCPP_API_LEVEL=0(haxe) -IC:/HaxeToolkit/haxe/lib/hxcpp/4,0,64/include -Iinclude -fpic -fvisibility=hidden -ffunction-sections -funwind-tables -fstack-protector -fno-short-enums -Wno-overflow -D_LINUX_STDDEF_H  -Wno-psabi -DHXCPP_CPP11 -DHXCPP_ARMV5 -D__ARM_ARCH_5__ -D__ARM_ARCH_5T__ -D__ARM_ARCH_5E__ -D__ARM_ARCH_5TE__ -march=armv5te -mtune=xscale -msoft-float -fomit-frame-pointer -fexceptions -fno-strict-aliasing -finline-limit=10000 -DANDROID=ANDROID -DHX_ANDROID -DHXCPP_ANDROID_PLATFORM=16 -Wa,--noexecstack -O2 -DNDEBUG -c ... tags=[haxe,static]
 - lib/openal/Alc/effects/compressor.c
 - lib/openal/Alc/ringbuffer.c
 - lib/openal/Alc/mastering.c
 - lib/openal/common/atomic.c
 - lib/openal/OpenAL32/alSource.c
 - lib/openal/common/alcomplex.c
 - lib/openal/OpenAL32/alBuffer.c
Error: In file included from lib/openal/OpenAL32/include/alMain.h:28:0,
                 from ./lib/openal/OpenAL32/alBuffer.c:31:
lib/openal/common/atomic.h:27:23: fatal error: stdatomic.h: No such file or directory
 #include <stdatomic.h>
                       ^
compilation terminated.
Error: In file included from ./lib/openal/Alc/ringbuffer.c:29:0:
lib/openal/common/atomic.h:27:23: fatal error: stdatomic.h: No such file or directory
 #include <stdatomic.h>
                       ^
compilation terminated.
Error: In file included from lib/openal/OpenAL32/include/alMain.h:28:0,
                 from lib/openal/OpenAL32/include/alError.h:4,
                 from ./lib/openal/Alc/effects/compressor.c:24:
lib/openal/common/atomic.h:27:23: fatal error: stdatomic.h: No such file or directory
 #include <stdatomic.h>
                       ^
compilation terminated.

Any good way to see where stdatomic is or if it’s there?

singmajesty · March 10, 2020, 6:29pm

Run lime rebuild android with the Android r15c NDK to rebuild Lime

gbelo · March 12, 2020, 10:16pm

Using r15c fixed everything. (I was on r10-something.) Thanks for the support!

andreasdr · September 20, 2020, 5:03am

Hi, was anyone recently able to upload two different APKS for ARMV7, ARM64 using the hint “same version number and different version code”. I tried everything I can imagine but Google Console refuses to accept my APKs.

Any other news here? Maybe that App Bundle is in its way?

hoang_dung · September 20, 2020, 8:16am

You can now create Android App Bundle by using the latest version of Lime/HXCPP
<setenv name="ANDROID_GRADLE_TASK" value=":app:bundleRelease" />

I still did not know what happened at your side but I was able to upload different apk files on Google Play Console

AndroidManifest.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.yourcompany.yourapp" android:versionCode="4602" android:versionName="1.0.0" android:installLocation="auto">
	
	<!--<uses-feature android:glEsVersion="0x00020000" android:required="true" />-->
	
	<!--<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />-->
	<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
	<!--<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />-->
	<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
	<!--<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="19" android:targetSdkVersion="29"/>-->
	
	<application android:label="Name of your app">	
		<meta-data android:name="android.max_aspect" android:value="2.5" />
	</application>

          <!--uncomment if using admob ex-->
	<!--<uses-library android:name="org.apache.http.legacy" android:required="false"/>-->
	<supports-screens 
		android:resizeable="true"
		android:smallScreens="true"
		android:normalScreens="true"
		android:largeScreens="true"
		android:xlargeScreens="true"
		android:anyDensity="true"/>	
</manifest>

Using android:versionCode=“4602” for 32bit app (armv7) and android:versionCode=“4603” for 64bit app(arm64). The versioncode of 32bit app is always lower than 64bit app and upload app that supports armv7 chipset first!

project.xml (in short)

   >  <meta title="Name of your app" package="com.yourcompany.yourapp" version="1.0.0" company="Your Company" />
>     	
>     	<!-- output -->
>     	<app main="Main" file="yourapp" path="bin" />
> <!--<setenv name="ANDROID_GRADLE_TASK" value=":app:bundleRelease" />-->
>     <!--<architecture name="arm64" if="android"/>-->
> 	<!--<architecture exclude="armv7" if="android"/>-->
> 	
> 	<architecture name="armv7" if="android"/>
> 	<architecture exclude="arm64" if="android"/>
> <config:android minimum-sdk-version="19" target-sdk-version="29" />
> <template path="templates/AndroidManifest.xml" rename="AndroidManifest.xml" if ="android" />
<window hardware="true" allow-high-dpi="true" width="0" height="0" orientation="portrait" fps="60" resizable="true" vsync="false" fullscreen="true" antialiasing="0" if="cpp"/>

andreasdr · September 20, 2020, 5:51pm

Man I can build a app bundle now. Thank you very much. <3 <3 <3

gbelo · September 24, 2020, 1:25am

Works here too. Thanks!

velezoso · January 21, 2021, 6:56pm

Great, it works here as well

pozirk · August 3, 2021, 2:18pm

No more 2 apks, bundle is mandatory now:

Starting August 2021, new apps will be required to target API level 30 (Android 11) and use the Android App Bundle publishing format. Starting November 2021, all app updates will be required to target API level 30 (Android 11).

sach · August 7, 2021, 1:34pm

How to Convert website into ABB?

Sharon_2021 · August 15, 2021, 9:35am

Could you please help me Im a bit thick what am I doing wrong thank you for the script

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<uses-feature android:glEsVersion="0x00020000" android:required="true" />

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />

<application android:label="tailbert11">
    <meta-data android:name="android.max_aspect" android:value="2.5" />
</application>

<uncomment if using admob ex>
<uses-library android:name="tailbert"/> 
<supports-screens
    android:resizeable="true"
    android:smallScreens="true"
    android:normalScreens="true"
    android:largeScreens="true"
    android:xlargeScreens="true"
    android:anyDensity="true"/>

Using android:versionCode=“4602” for 64bit app (armv8) and android:versionCode=“4603” for 8

hoang_dung · August 15, 2021, 10:30am

If you want to upload your file to the Play Store, let’s use aab format

setenv name=“ANDROID_GRADLE_TASK” value=":app:bundleRelease"

Please keep in mind, delete all you xml tags that related to “armv7, arm64”.

For your Android Manifest file you should delete the “uncomment if using admob” line.

Sharon_2021 · August 15, 2021, 11:06am

Thank you so much Ok fixed that up having problems with the Gradle

Sharon_2021 · August 15, 2021, 11:12am

Where do I put the setenv name=“ANDROID_GRADLE_TASK” value=":app:bundleRelease" please and thank you

Sharon_2021 · August 15, 2021, 11:43am

sorry to be annoying I did say I was a bit thick what do I put in here
defaultConfig {
applicationId “tailbert1.yes”
minSdkVersion 14
targetSdkVersion 30
versionCode “01”
versionName “11”

hoang_dung · August 15, 2021, 12:11pm

Add this line to your project.xml (not android manifest file). For more info you should dig in the Lime /OpenFL documentation or take a look on my comment above. Ah, let’s use command line for creating apk/aab files faster and much easier.