Publishing on Google Play
Update the App - every app you built, one list
Reopen any app in the wizard with every step filled in, or bring it back from its APK
1What it is#
Menu → Update the App lists every app built on this phone, in every mode: website, ZIP and HTML apps, AI and AI Studio apps, Live Dev, Documents, Gallery, Audio and Video. One list, one tap per app. Search by name or package, or filter by mode.
2Edit anything, build again#
Tap an app: the build wizard opens with every step filled in exactly as you built it, including the icon, splash, music, permissions, ads, push, PIN, side menu, scripts and signing key. Tap any step number at the top to jump straight to it. Change what you need, then build; every step is checked before the build starts.
3It installs over the app people already have#
The package name is locked and the app keeps its signing key, including the older shared AppMint key and your own imported keystore. The version is raised for you, and never below the last version you shipped, so phones install the update and Google Play accepts it.
4Apps with no saved project#
A row that says Needs the APK is rebuilt from the APK it was built into: apps built before projects were saved, Documents, Gallery, Audio and Video apps, or apps whose saved files were cleared. Tap Find it for me, or pick the APK yourself. Settings, web files, media, icon, splash, music, the PIN and the push setup all come back. Anything the APK does not contain is listed by name.
5Import an app built on another phone#
Import from an APK file, at the top of the list, restores an app you built with AppMint elsewhere. If that APK is signed with a key this phone does not have, you are told so and asked to import that keystore in the Signing Key step. The app is never re-signed with a different key without you choosing to.
6Apps with Remote Update#
For an app with Remote Update on, Publish an update without rebuilding opens the Remote Update editor for that app, so you can change its content without a new APK.
7The older updaters#
The Zip to APK, Web to APK and Single HTML updaters are still there, under Older updaters at the bottom of the list.