API detected by Play Console

[nounours18200]

Hello,

I have used MIT AppInventor to create my application (a very simple one), so I have got my ".APK" file.

In order to publish my application the Google Play Store (requiring a ".AAB" file and not accepting anymore the ".APK" format), I have been obliged to:

• -import my ".APK" file on my smartphone
• -convert it in ".AAB" file using a "APK to AAB converter" utility on my smartphone (Samsung S8 under Android 9)
• -export my "AAB" file back to my PC
• -sign my "AAB" file with a personal key.

The signature is successful, but the Google Play console refuses to upload my application because "the required level of API (>=31 is not reached by my application (v29)".


Based on my reading of the Google articles, I see no other solution that to perform the "APK to AAB conversion" on modern smartphone using a recent version of Android: because I believe (not sure) that the API version detected by the Google Play Console is defined by the Android version of the smartphone.

Can you tell me if there is another way (then using a modern smartphone with a recent Android version) to generate a ".AAB" file with the correct API level (>=31) ?

Thank you,

 

[B. Diddy]

I moved this to the Software Development forum for more specific traffic.

Try getting support here: https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/10357403?hl=en. Click the Contact Us button at the bottom of the page.