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To publish Xamarin Project on Google play:
https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/android/deployment,_testing,_and_metrics/publishing_an_application/
You dont need to do all above steps mentioned in xamarin website. (e.g create a google play account and upload it via browser)
Choose release instead of Release ( Goole play doesnt allow Debugging)
RightClick on Publish and then click on Archive.
After Archiving click on Distribute there you have to define a signing identity (Adhoc) then you can click on Save As and export the project.
Then you have to zipalign the apk file:
go to android skd folder
C:\Users\"username"\AppData\Local\Xamarin\MonoForAndroid\AndroidSDK
and jumped into “android-sdk\build-tools\” and for ease, pasted my .APK here.
open a terminal and navigated to the build tools folder, and typed in the followng command
After installing Android SDK you need to enable Accelerator for having Fast emulator
To publish Xamarin Project on Google play:
https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/android/deployment,_testing,_and_metrics/publishing_an_application/
You dont need to do all above steps mentioned in xamarin website. (e.g create a google play account and upload it via browser)
Choose release instead of Release ( Goole play doesnt allow Debugging)
RightClick on Publish and then click on Archive.
After Archiving click on Distribute there you have to define a signing identity (Adhoc) then you can click on Save As and export the project.
Then you have to zipalign the apk file:
Update 2023: No need to sign it manually using Zipalign. just use abb format and after Disturbution can be uploaded to the play directly:
go to android skd folder
C:\Users\"username"\AppData\Local\Xamarin\MonoForAndroid\AndroidSDK
and jumped into “android-sdk\build-tools\
open a terminal and navigated to the build tools folder, and typed in the followng command
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zipalign.exe -f -v 4 mono.samples.helloworld-Signed.apk helloworld.apk
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