android - Google Play Store Release Issue

Question

I am trying to release a new version of my Android App. I can upload the APK file but after I click the "Review" Button I am getting below error.

Review summary Errors

Resolve these errors before starting the rollout of this release. You can't rollout this release because it doesn't allow any existing users to upgrade to the newly added APKs.

Please note that this app was developed using CORDOVA

The app version details are as below image. The only difference from the previous and this new version is the Target SDK is changed from 24 to 26

Can someone please give some idea to fix this issue. Thanks for your help

Answer 1

I contacted the Google support and they replied within 24 hours.

The issue is the android:versionCode in the AndroidManifest.xml is lower than my previous release. After I fixed the issue I was able to release my app without any issue.

How I fixed the issue

I changed the android-versionCode to a higher value in <manifest tag in the config.xml file so AndroidManifest.xml has the higher value.

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Full reply from Google

Hi,

Thanks for contacting Google Play Developer Support.

You're seeing that error message because your new APK has a lower version code than the previous APK. Newer APKs must always have a higher version code than the previous version, or the Play Store won't know that the new APK is an update. Please change your new APK's version code to be at least 206020.

Regards,

Google Play Developer Support