Cannot create .aab Archive using Visual Studio. Keep geeting .apk format

KA 76

I have been at it for a few days now but no matter what I do my Visual Studio 2019 refuses to generate .aab package format for my Android C# project.

First screenshot is from the Android Options Screen in Project Properties.
Second one is the Archive Manager after it has generated the archive.

Yonglun Liu (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 47,206 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2022-06-06T03:10:33.487+00:00
I've tested it with your configuration.

In my testing, it will generate .aab file correctly.

If you create a new project, and archive your application with the following steps, would the issue occur?

Right click your project, and select .Properties

Navigate to .Android Options

Change your configuration to Release.

Change the Android Package Format to .bundle

Generate the app bundle by right clicking your project and selecting.
Yonglun Liu (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 47,206 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2022-06-09T06:42:09.117+00:00

May I know whether your issue has been solved or not? If not, please share it in here. We can work together to figure it out.
KA 76 Reputation points

2022-06-09T06:43:58.833+00:00

@Yonglun Liu (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) Thanks for the note.
I upgraded to Visual Studio 2022 and for now the issue has been resolved. I am able to generate the .aab file successfully.

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