Publish APK file to Google Play with command line tool

Create Service Account and download P12 Key

• Go to Google Developers Console https://console.developers.google.com
• Create a new project
• On Select a project that you have just created.
• At Hamburger button, select APIs & Services.
• Select Credentials.
• On top menu, click + CREATE CREDENTIALS > select Service accounts
• Enter your service account name > click CREATE > select Service Account User > click Done
• In Service Account section, select a service account that you have just created.
• Select KEY tabs > click ADD KEY > click Create new key > select json > clickCREATE`.
• Save you key and key password

Add permission to your service account

• Go to Google Play Console https://play.google.com/apps/publish
• On left menu, select Settings > Developer account > API access
• At Service accounts section > find your service account that you have just created > click Grant access
• All releases permissions already checked, for simplify this click Invite user.

Install apkup as a global tool

• apkup is a tool to publish an apk file to Google play
• Install apkup globally with

yarn global add apkup

• Use with minimum parameters to publish an apk file and make it ready for production.

apkup --key service-account-key.json --apk app.apk --release-notes "en-US=Your English release note" --track production