I pushed out a new release for my android application to the play store for beta testers. The testers are able to update/install the new version, but afterwards the app is not displayed anywhere on the device. The play store also only has the option to Uninstall (whereas most applications have an "Open" option).
This push includes upgrading the app to Gradle 3 so I'm assuming the issue might pertain to that.
Sorry if this has been asked before I couldn't find any similar posts. Thank you for any help!
Heres some of my Gradle (*ed out private info):
def bbBuildNumber = "4";
if (project.hasProperty('BUDDYBUILD_BUILD_NUMBER')) {
bbBuildNumber = project.properties['BUDDYBUILD_BUILD_NUMBER'];
}
android {
signingConfigs {
prodConfig {
keyAlias '**** development'
keyPassword '****'
storeFile file('*******')
storePassword '****'
}
devconfig {
keyAlias 'key1'
keyPassword '****'
storeFile file('*******')
storePassword '****'
}
}
compileSdkVersion 26
buildToolsVersion "25.0.2"
defaultConfig {
applicationId '*******'
minSdkVersion 16
targetSdkVersion 26
versionCode 341
versionName "1.9"
testInstrumentationRunner "*******"
buildConfigField "String", "BUILD_NUMBER", "\"${bbBuildNumber}\""
multiDexEnabled true
}
dataBinding {
enabled = true
}
buildTypes {
debug {
debuggable true
buildConfigField "String", "BUILD_NUMBER", "\"${bbBuildNumber}\""
}
release {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
}
}
compileOptions {
targetCompatibility 1.8
sourceCompatibility 1.8
}
dexOptions {
javaMaxHeapSize "4g" //specify the heap size for the dex process
preDexLibraries = false //delete the already predexed libraries
}
lintOptions {
abortOnError true
ignoreWarnings false
lintConfig file('../config/lint.xml')
}
//flavorDimensions "dev", "prod"
flavorDimensions "prod"
productFlavors {
// devConfig {
// minSdkVersion 16
// applicationId '*******'
// targetSdkVersion 26
// testInstrumentationRunner '******'
// versionCode 341
// versionName '1.9'
// dimension "dev"
// vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
// javaCompileOptions {
// annotationProcessorOptions {
// includeCompileClasspath false
// }
// }
// }
prodConfig {
minSdkVersion 16
applicationId '*********'
targetSdkVersion 26
testInstrumentationRunner '******'
versionCode 341
versionName '1.9'
signingConfig signingConfigs.prodConfig
dimension "prod"
vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
javaCompileOptions {
annotationProcessorOptions {
includeCompileClasspath false
}
}
}
}
}
Heres the manifest:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="*******">
<application
android:name=".dagger.******"
android:allowBackup="false"
android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="@style/****">
<activity
android:noHistory="true"
android:name="****.android.ui.splash.SplashActivity"
android:screenOrientation="portrait">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE"/>
<data android:scheme="app" android:host="****.com" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity
android:name="com.*.android.ui.MainActivity"
android:screenOrientation="portrait">
</activity>
<activity
android:name="com.*.android.ui.TabbedActivity"
android:screenOrientation="portrait">
</activity>
<activity
android:name="com.*.android.ui.forgot.ForgotPasswordActivity"
android:label="@string/title_forgot_password"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:parentActivityName=".ui.MainActivity">
</activity>
<activity
android:name="com.*.android.ui.support.SupportActivity"
android:label="@string/title_support"
android:screenOrientation="portrait">
</activity>
<activity
android:name="com.*.android.ui.forgot.ForgotUsernameActivity"
android:label="@string/title_forgot_username"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:parentActivityName=".ui.MainActivity">
</activity>
<activity
android:name="com.*.android.ui.transfer.DoTransferActivity"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:label="@string/card_transfer_title"
android:parentActivityName=".ui.TabbedActivity">
</activity>
<activity
android:name="com.*.android.ui.transfer.bank.BankTransferActivity"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:label="@string/bank_transfer_title"
android:parentActivityName=".ui.TabbedActivity">
</activity>
<activity
android:name="com.*.android.ui.transfer.destination.DestinationPickerActivity"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden">
</activity>
<activity
android:name="com.*.android.ui.transfer.amount.AmountPickerActivity"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateVisible">
</activity>
<activity
android:name="com.*.android.ui.transfer.confirm.ConfirmationActivity"
android:screenOrientation="portrait">
</activity>
<activity
android:name="com.*.android.ui.transfer.result.ResultActivity"
android:screenOrientation="portrait">
</activity>
<activity
android:name="com.*.android.ui.settings.notifications.NotificationsActivity"
android:screenOrientation="portrait">
</activity>
<activity
android:name="com.*.android.ui.settings.timestamp.TimestampPickerActivity"
android:screenOrientation="portrait">
</activity>
<activity
android:name="com.*.android.ui.settings.document.DocumentsActivity"
android:screenOrientation="portrait">
</activity>
<activity
android:name="com.*.android.ui.settings.accounts.BankAccountsActivity"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:parentActivityName=".ui.TabbedActivity"
android:label="@string/bank_accounts_title">
</activity>
<activity
android:name="com.*.android.ui.settings.accounts.EditBankAccountActivity"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:parentActivityName=".ui.TabbedActivity"
android:label="@string/edit_account_title">
</activity>
<activity
android:name="com.*.android.ui.profile.ProfileWebview"
android:screenOrientation="portrait">
</activity>
<activity
android:name="com.*.android.ui.settings.accounts.AddBankActivity"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:parentActivityName=".ui.TabbedActivity"
android:label="@string/add_account_title">
</activity>
<activity android:name="com.*.android.ui.settings.accounts.CurrencyExchangeActivity"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:parentActivityName=".ui.TabbedActivity"
android:label="@string/currency_exchange_title">
</activity>
<activity android:name="com.*.android.ui.transfer.cashpickup.CashPickupActivity"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:parentActivityName=".ui.TabbedActivity"
android:label="@string/cash_pickup_title">
</activity>
<activity android:name="com.*.android.ui.history.CashPickupDetailsActivity"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:parentActivityName=".ui.TabbedActivity"
android:label="History"
></activity>
<meta-data
android:name="io.fabric.ApiKey"
android:value="********" />
</application>
<uses-permission
android:name="android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH"/>
</manifest>
Check in your Manifest whether at least one activity (usually your main activity) has the correct intent-filter as follows:
<activity
android:name="your.package.YourMainActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
</intent-filter>
</activity>
Your main activity should declare the action MAIN
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
and the category LAUNCHER
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
If there is no activity in your Manifest with the category LAUNCHER, the app will not be shown in the launcher.