This is documenting the release process.
Make sure the CHANGELOG.md is up to date and follows the http://keepachangelog.com guidelines. Start the release with git flow:
git flow release start vYYYYMMDD
Now update the CHANGELOG.md [Unreleased] section to match the new release version.
Also update the __version__ string of the version.py file. Then commit and finish release.
git commit -a -m "vYYYYMMDD"
git flow release finish
Push everything, make sure tags are also pushed:
git push
git push origin master:master
git push --tags
Useful links:
- https://developer.android.com/studio/publish/app-signing.html
- https://github.com/kivy/kivy/wiki/Creating-a-Release-APK
- my-project - The directory for your project
- my-new-key - The name of the key you generate
- my-alias - A short alias name for the key
Prepare the environment variables:
export P4A_RELEASE_KEYSTORE=~/.android/<my-alias>.keystore
export P4A_RELEASE_KEYSTORE_PASSWD=android
export P4A_RELEASE_KEYALIAS_PASSWD=android
export P4A_RELEASE_KEYALIAS=<my-alias>
Generate a keystore if not yet generated:
keytool -genkey -v -keystore ~/.android/<my-new-key>.keystore -alias <my-alias> -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000
Run buildozer:
buildozer android release
https://play.google.com/apps/publish/
Got to GitHub Release/Tags, click "Add release notes" for the tag just created. Add the tag name in the "Release title" field and the relevant CHANGELOG.md section in the "Describe this release" textarea field. Finally, attach the generated APK release file and click "Publish release".