# Building App Bundles with Processing

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/building-app-bundles-with-processing/16471>\
**Category:** Processing for Android\
**Created:** [December 17, 2019, 1:15pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/building-app-bundles-with-processing/16471 "2019-12-17T13:15:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![humano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dbc845/32.png) [@humano](https://discourse.processing.org/u/humano)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 1:15pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/building-app-bundles-with-processing/16471/1 "2019-12-17T13:15:26Z")

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I have finished my app with processing, I have exported to apk file and now Google Play says I need a bundle. All tutorials on internet are with Android Studio, but I don’t know how to use this software, and every tutorial says different theings, so is there any way to make it with Processing?

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**Author:** ![akenaton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@akenaton](https://discourse.processing.org/u/akenaton)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 2:28pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/building-app-bundles-with-processing/16471/2 "2019-12-17T14:28:48Z")

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@humano === can you explain better?- If you have an .apk release mode you have a bundle!

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**Author:** ![humano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dbc845/32.png) [@humano](https://discourse.processing.org/u/humano)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/building-app-bundles-with-processing/16471/3 "2019-12-17T14:44:01Z")

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Google Play Console says: use Android App Bundle format (or you’ll never upload your app here!) Hate machines 😒

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**Author:** ![akenaton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@akenaton](https://discourse.processing.org/u/akenaton)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/building-app-bundles-with-processing/16471/4 "2019-12-17T16:26:41Z")

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@humano ===  
that means that you cannot anymore use your .apk for uploading to googlePlay: with AS you generate the App Bundle version directly; with P5 i cannot see how to do that…Perhaps using command line tools and bundletools but i have never tried that till now and it could be a long way to do. Note also that compiling with 28+ is now necessary for uploading…

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**Author:** ![Rupesh\_Kumar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/rupesh_kumar/32/12638_2.png) [@Rupesh\_Kumar](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Rupesh_Kumar)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/building-app-bundles-with-processing/16471/5 "2021-11-08T16:51:16Z")

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> [@\[Android\] \[2 issues\] 1) Is it possible to release '.aab'? 2) '.apk' release error](https://discourse.processing.org/t/android-2-issues-1-is-it-possible-to-release-aab-2-apk-release-error/33295/6):
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> @GWAK I’m having trouble remembering what ‘.aab’ does. @Rupesh_Kumar or someone else might know. Perhaps start a new thread with your second question if it doesn’t get answered here.