Where is the android deployment APK?

[tooth4tooth]

Hi all. after quickly  testing the RPG MV deployment to android i see no APK file for android in the deployment folder? so how am i suppose to release and game to android via playstore if their is no APK?

 

[Archeia]

APK is just zip. So just use either Winzip/Winrar/7zip and make it a zip file.

 

[Zalerinian]

Hi all. after quickly  testing the RPG MV deployment to android i see no APK file for android in the deployment folder? so how am i suppose to release and game to android via playstore if their is no APK?

There is a guide in the manual that is integrated in MV, please follow the guide.

APK is just zip. So just use either Winzip/Winrar/7zip and make it a zip file.

While it's true APKs are just zip files, there are other Android-specific files that need to be generated and included in it. The guide in MV's manual will tell you how to get the tools that will eventually allow you to get them all made. Just zipping it might work, I don't know, but I doubt Google would allow it on their store like that.

 

[Archeia]

Zipping it does work since I used some tools that 'exports' to APK and they just zip it up. I think it's more like google tools that does the APK process -- which is separate from the engine.

 

[tooth4tooth]

so could you give me a quick tutorial on how i can zip it up correctly then somewhow convert it to apk so i can test it on my android?

(Edit)

Never mind lol

theirs a lot that needs doing

 

[tooth4tooth]

There is a guide in the manual that is integrated in MV, please follow the guide.

While it's true APKs are just zip files, there are other Android-specific files that need to be generated and included in it. The guide in MV's manual will tell you how to get the tools that will eventually allow you to get them all made. Just zipping it might work, I don't know, but I doubt Google would allow it on their store like that.

okay so i found 

Converting to an Android App <Creating an apk file>

in the manual. seems like a VERY long process. surely theirs a quicker way

 

[Zalerinian]

okay so i found 

Converting to an Android App<Creating an apk file>

in the manual. seems like a VERY long process. surely theirs a quicker way

Mmm, I understand Faytless has something to make this "easier", but in my personal opinion if you're going to cut corners for this, you're not going to get a good result. Just because there's an easy way to port to another platform doesn't mean that it'll be a good one. If you want a good result for mobile ports, you'll have to put n more work to ensure that the controls and stuff are well-optimized for the mobile platform, not just click a button and boom, you've got a port.

But if you want the easy way out, search for his posts. A lot of it has been going on here.

 

[Shaz]

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