I am new to Android development, so I would appreciate any advice that you might be able to provide.
I have developed a LiveCode application and have it working just perfectly in both the Android simulator and on an actual device. So I feel that I am at least on the right track.
So my next task is to get the application ready for the GooglePlay store. And this is where I am having some trouble.
The first problem I have is that when I build an Android standalone, it creates a file named (in my case) Lifeguard.app
I thought it was supposed to be a .apk file.
Also, on the website, I see instructions that state:
However, even though I'm building with the "sign with my key" option, and I've specified my .keystore file, I don't receive any prompts when I build the standalone."Once you select Save as Standalone Application... you are prompted to specify a location into which to save your application. The generation process then builds your application and prompts you further for information required by the signing process. This is the alias that you specified when creating the key, the .keystore password and the private key password."
So it seems that I may have already done something wrong at this point. Any advice?
But, not to be stopped, I decided to go ahead and compress the .app file. I verified the signing, used the zipalign tool and uploaded to GooglePlay. But I got the error:
failed because no AndroidManifest.xml
So, I think I'm fairly close, but am missing some key steps. I'd be very grateful for any advice.
Thanks so much.
Peace.
Joel
