Cannot publish App (Download) for Google Play

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Hi there,

I run into the problem, that I get a Error notification with ‘Download Android App’ and in fact I cannot resolve the problem. Here is the message:

App Download Error: Command failed: $ANDROID_HOME/build-tools/28.0.3/aapt package -f --no-crunch -I $ANDROID_HOME/platforms/android-28/android.jar -M /backend/builds/d206af83-d16c-48e4-89e1-2d06d1db538e/AndroidManifest.xml -S /backend/builds/d206af83-d16c-48e4-89e1-2d06d1db538e/resources -m -J /backend/…/thunkableCompanion/android/app/build/generated/not_namespaced_r_class_sources/templateRelease/processTemplateReleaseResources/r -F /backend/builds/d206af83-d16c-48e4-89e1-2d06d1db538e/resources.apk -G /backend/…/thunkableCompanion/android/app/build/intermediates/proguard-rules/templateRelease/aapt_rules.txt --custom-package host.exp.exponent -0 apk --output-text-symbols /backend/…/thunkableCompanion/android/app/build/intermediates/symbols/templateRelease --no-version-vectors warning: string ‘com_facebook_loginview_logged_in_using_facebook_f1gender’ has no default translation. /backend/builds/d206af83-d16c-48e4-89e1-2d06d1db538e/AndroidManifest.xml:2: Tag attribute package has invalid character ‘-’. /backend/builds/d206af83-d16c-48e4-89e1-2d06d1db538e/AndroidManifest.xml:11: Tag attribute name has invalid character ‘-’. /backend/builds/d206af83-d16c-48e4-89e1-2d06d1db538e/AndroidManifest.xml:16: Tag attribute name has invalid character ‘-’. /backend/builds/d206af83-d16c-48e4-89e1-2d06d1db538e/AndroidManifest.xml:375: Tag attribute name has invalid character ‘-’. /backend/builds/d206af83-d16c-48e4-89e1-2d06d1db538e/AndroidManifest.xml:624: Tag attribute name has invalid character ‘-’.

Has anybody an idea, what I have done wrong or what I can do to solve the problem?
This app has been published successfully about 8 month ago and I had minor fixes now. I checked these fixes but cannot find any problem with them. As far as I understand this message, there are invalid characters; but how can I find them?

Thanx,
Robert

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does your package name fulfill Googles requirements?

  • It must have at least two segments (one or more dots).
  • Each segment must start with a letter.
  • All characters must be alphanumeric or an underscore [a-zA-Z0-9_].

I ran into issues once when for some reason Thunkable created a package id that did not match those rules.

Best, Chris

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