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How create a Xamarin Android distro than can be sideloaded?
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Charles Mills
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I have done this before. I believe in Android Porject->Properties->Archive I used to be able to create an APK that could then be sideloaded from a shared Windows server onto an Android device. I am now on VS 2022 and it seems the only Archive option is to create an AAB, and my Android phone at least (Samsung, recent model) says "This file type is unsupported" when I tap on the AAB.
"How create sideloaded Xamarin app" gets lots of hits but all seem to be for earlier versions of VS that offer APK distros as an Archive option.
What do I need to do in VS 2022 to create a Xamarin Android distro that can be sideloaded (or alternatively, how do I sideload an AAB distro onto Android)?
Thanks!
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Charles Mills 26 Reputation points
2023-02-02T19:54:21.3066667+00:00 Thank you.
#1. I am running VS 2022 Version 17.4.0 Preview 2.1
#2. Thank you. I see that option in the Manifest now. It seems to me that before I could just pick .APK in the Archive Save As dialog, but no matter. I have selected APK.
#3. Now I am getting this issue: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/871988/visual-studio-2022-xamarin-android-failing-to-arch. I have filled out the password field on the Manifest and selected Release build. Any ideas?
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Charles Mills 26 Reputation points
2023-02-03T17:24:36.2966667+00:00 From your CUSTOMER's point of view it's all one problem: want to create a side-loadable module and cannot.
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Leon Lu (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 68,261 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor2023-02-06T08:57:32.4266667+00:00 Could you share your version of VS? I test it in Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022 (64-bit) - Preview
Version 17.5.0 Preview 1.0, I can change theAndroid package formatselection to APK (Android Options tag-> Android package format->APK ) -
Leon Lu (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 68,261 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2023-02-06T09:01:15.39+00:00 Could you share archived error? Please share the reproduced steps and related minimal code.
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