"Only releases with status draft may be created on draft app"

Question

I have been successfully publishing my Maui app to the Google Play Store. However, something changed recently (I’m assuming it was moving to RC1) and now when I try to publish I get the message “Only releases with status draft may be created on draft app.”. I don’t think I’m doing anything differently – I’m still just publishing to “Internal”. Is there a new way to mark an app as “draft”?

On a related subject, I notice a significant overlap between what’s in the “AndroidManifest.xml” and the entries in the “csproj” file (e.g. “AndroidManifestApplicationPackageName” == “package”, “AndroidManifestApplicationVersionNumber” == “android:versionCode”, “AndroidManifestApplicationVersionName” == “android:versionName”). Which is the “correct” place to put these entries, or do we need to keep both up-to-date? Is there any publicly available guidance on this?

Thanks in advance!
Brad.

P.S. I am able to upload the package manually and create a new release just fine.

Answer 1

Hello,

At this time, publishing is only supported through the .NET command line interface. You need to open a terminal and navigate to the project's folder. Run the dotnet publish command, and there are four parameters, please check https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/maui/android/deployment/overview#publish

Best Regards,
Wenyan Zhang

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