What is .aab file?
.aab file is Android App Bundle file. It contains only your app, it doesn’t have the necessary Android libs
Is it possible to install .aab file into your Android device?
No, you can’t. You have to convert .aab file to apk file.
This is because .aab contains only your app bundle files. It lacks the necessary Android libs.
Why is it better to upload .aab to Google Play than using APKs?
Upload .aab into Google Play, Google Play will automatically generate APKs for different device configuration and offer smaller APKs to the end users
How to convert .aab file to .apk file?
Solution 1
- Share app via Internal app sharing
https://play.google.com/console/internal-app-sharing - Enable internal app sharing from your Android device
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57478894/how-to-enable-internal-app-sharing-for-android
Solution 2
- Download bundletool
https://github.com/google/bundletool - Export apk file
java -jar bundletool.jar build-apks --bundle=your_file.aab --output=your_export_file.apks --mode=universal- Change “your_export_file.apks” to “your_export_file.apks.zip”, then unzip
Solution 3
Create a release in Google Play, explore the uploaded bundle file and download apk
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