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Cannot Get Client Secret When Publishing To Google Play
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Nathan Sokalski
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I am attempting to publish my app to Google Play as described at
However, it asks for a Client Secret which I cannot seem to find. Everywhere I looked when registering the app gave a Client ID, but not a Client Secret. Some of my searches gave instructions that used a project type of Web application, but I need it for Android application. Are there any good up to date tutorials on obtaining this information for an Android app, and a more up to date & detailed tutorial on how to do the publishing with Visual Studio 2019? Thanks.
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JarvanZhang 23,971 Reputation points2021-08-16T10:08:02.783+00:00 Hi, njsokalski. I've reproduced the issue on my side. I am trying to find out the cause of the problem and come back later.
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JarvanZhang 23,971 Reputation points
2021-08-17T05:40:23.397+00:00 According to the OAuth document, the client_secret is not applicable to requests from clients registered as Android, iOS, or Chrome applications. So if we select the "Application Type" to "Android" option, there will be no client_secret.
The Xamarin publishing document has not been updated for a long time, and is not applicable for current publish steps. To publish the Android application, please upload the apk to google play store manaually.
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