Google Play offers app signing by Google Play, where Google manages the signing key securely and signs your app after you upload it. This is recommended for Flutter apps as well.
The Play Store requires each new upload to have a strictly higher versionCode than the previous one. If it is lower or equal, the upload is rejected.
The package name uniquely identifies an app on the Play Store. Changing it creates a new app entry, so users cannot update the old app with the new one.
Internal testing track releases are only available to testers added to that track. Production users continue using the stable production version.
android {
signingConfigs {
release {
storeFile file('my-release-key.jks')
storePassword 'storepass'
keyAlias 'keyalias'
keyPassword 'keypass'
}
}
buildTypes {
release {
signingConfig signingConfigs.release
minifyEnabled false
shrinkResources false
}
}
}The snippet correctly assigns signingConfig.release inside buildTypes.release and uses correct property names for keystore configuration.