How to create a signed App Bundle

Motivation

When you are building an Android App you finally want to publish it in the Google Play Store.

To achieve this you need to build an signed app bundle in Android Studio first

Settings

Select build variant “release”

Go to Build -> Select Build Variant

Now a new tool window becomes visible. Select “release” from Active Build Variant drop down menu.

Generate Signed Bundle

Go to Build -> Generate Signed Bundle / APK

Select Android App Bundle

Set keystore credentials

After the gradle build finished you can find the signed bundel under app/release/app-release.aab