Creates an APK which is suitable for inclusion in a system image from an already uploaded Android App Bundle.

Scopes

You will need authorization for the https://www.googleapis.com/auth/androidpublisher scope to make a valid call.

If unset, the scope for this method defaults to https://www.googleapis.com/auth/androidpublisher. You can set the scope for this method like this: androidpublisher3 --scope <scope> systemapks variants-create ...

Required Scalar Arguments

  • <package-name> (string)
    • Package name of the app.
  • <version-code> (string)
    • The version code of the App Bundle.

Required Request Value

The request value is a data-structure with various fields. Each field may be a simple scalar or another data-structure. In the latter case it is advised to set the field-cursor to the data-structure's field to specify values more concisely.

For example, a structure like this:

Variant:
  device-spec:
    screen-density: integer
    supported-abis: [string]
    supported-locales: [string]
  options:
    rotated: boolean
    uncompressed-dex-files: boolean
    uncompressed-native-libraries: boolean
  variant-id: integer

can be set completely with the following arguments which are assumed to be executed in the given order. Note how the cursor position is adjusted to the respective structures, allowing simple field names to be used most of the time.

  • -r .device-spec screen-density=48
    • Screen dpi.
  • supported-abis=duo
    • Supported ABI architectures in the order of preference. The values should be the string as reported by the platform, e.g. "armeabi-v7a", "x86_64".
    • Each invocation of this argument appends the given value to the array.

  • supported-locales=sit

    • All installed locales represented as BCP-47 strings, e.g. "en-US".
    • Each invocation of this argument appends the given value to the array.

  • ..options rotated=false

    • Whether to use the rotated key for signing the system APK.
  • uncompressed-dex-files=true
    • Whether system APK was generated with uncompressed dex files.

  • uncompressed-native-libraries=false

    • Whether system APK was generated with uncompressed native libraries.

  • .. variant-id=49

    • Output only. The ID of a previously created system APK variant.

About Cursors

The cursor position is key to comfortably set complex nested structures. The following rules apply:

  • The cursor position is always set relative to the current one, unless the field name starts with the . character. Fields can be nested such as in -r f.s.o .
  • The cursor position is set relative to the top-level structure if it starts with ., e.g. -r .s.s
  • You can also set nested fields without setting the cursor explicitly. For example, to set a value relative to the current cursor position, you would specify -r struct.sub_struct=bar.
  • You can move the cursor one level up by using ... Each additional . moves it up one additional level. E.g. ... would go three levels up.

Optional Output Flags

The method's return value a JSON encoded structure, which will be written to standard output by default.

  • -o out
    • out specifies the destination to which to write the server's result to. It will be a JSON-encoded structure. The destination may be - to indicate standard output, or a filepath that is to contain the received bytes. If unset, it defaults to standard output.

Optional General Properties

The following properties can configure any call, and are not specific to this method.

  • -p $-xgafv=string

    • V1 error format.

  • -p access-token=string

    • OAuth access token.

  • -p alt=string

    • Data format for response.

  • -p callback=string

    • JSONP

  • -p fields=string

    • Selector specifying which fields to include in a partial response.

  • -p key=string

    • API key. Your API key identifies your project and provides you with API access, quota, and reports. Required unless you provide an OAuth 2.0 token.

  • -p oauth-token=string

    • OAuth 2.0 token for the current user.

  • -p pretty-print=boolean

    • Returns response with indentations and line breaks.

  • -p quota-user=string

    • Available to use for quota purposes for server-side applications. Can be any arbitrary string assigned to a user, but should not exceed 40 characters.

  • -p upload-type=string

    • Legacy upload protocol for media (e.g. "media", "multipart").

  • -p upload-protocol=string

    • Upload protocol for media (e.g. "raw", "multipart").