A simple but effective command line tool to programmatically release updated APK for existing Android apps
To install, simply use pip or easy_install:
$ pip install --upgrade android-publish-cli
or
$ easy_install --upgrade android-publish-cli
Python 2.6 or 2.7 is required. Python 3.x is not yet supported.
This tools works only with Google Service Accounts, not generic OAuth clients. A Service Account is an Oauth2 account specifically created for server-to-server communication. You create an account once, store the credentials on your servers, and use those credentials to authenticate api requests.
Follow this guide to create a new service account in your Google Play Developer console. At the end of the process you will get an email address and a .p12 private key. Safely store this informations and you are ready to go!
positional arguments:
apk The APK filepath
other arguments:
--email/-e EMAIL The service account email
--key/-k KEY The key filepath
--package/-p PACKAGE The package name. Example: com.android.sample
--track/-t TRACK The track. Could be 'alpha', beta', 'production' or 'rollout' (optional, default: production)
--changes/-c CHANGES Recent changes (optional)
$ android-publish
--email "[email protected]" \
--key "/path/to/your/service/account/key/file.p12" \
--package "com.yourcompany.yourapp" \
--track "production" \
--changes "Updated the app for Android 5.0" \
"/path/to/your/apk/file.apk"