Publish to Huawei AppGallery
Appcircle supports sending APK and AAB binaries to Huawei AppGallery through the Publish module.
Prerequisites
Before uploading a binary to the store, please make sure that an application listing is created in Huawei AppGallery Connect and the initial binary is manually uploaded with the same keystore and the application ID (package name). Otherwise, the store upload process will fail.
You also need to have an AppGallery Connect API and its key as a JSON file. Please refer to the following document for more information on creating your API key.
Adding Huawei AppGallery API KeyAdding a Huawei AppGallery API Key
To send apps from Appcircle, you need to provide a Huawei AppGallery Developer API key. To add a key, go to the My Organization and press the "Add New" button (or the "Manage" button first if you have saved keys) next to the "Huawei AppGallery Developer API Keys" item under the Connections section. The Add Key screen will be displayed.
Create a key in JSON format in the AppGallery Connect and upload it here for API authentication. Please keep this file as it is the only copy and it will be required during every store submission for security purposes.
Adding Huawei AppGallery API KeyThen enter a user-friendly name to identify the key in the lists and press save. You can use this key in multiple apps without the need for key uploads at every upload process.
Uploading your Keystore file
Your uploaded keystore file should also be uploaded to Huawei AppGallery. Follow the AppGallery documentation to convert your keystore file and upload it to App Signing section on AppGallery.
Deploying the Binary from the Testing Distribution
You can deploy the binaries to the Publish module from the Testing Distribution. Both directly uploaded apps and built apps deployed from the build module are supported as long as they are valid for Huawei AppGallery. (e.g. in release mode and signed properly if APK - you can manage this in the build configuration for all types of development frameworks.)
Select a binary in the list and press "Send to Publish" from the three dots. The package name of the binary will be matched automatically if there is an existing Publish profile. If not, you have to create a new Publish profile.
Publish Profile Details
Once deployed, the binary will be available in the related publish profile. Note that the profile name and icon are automatically fetched from the latest binary.
There are six actions available for each version in the version list.
The Details button lets you start the workflow, while App Information gives you key details about the app.
History shows logs of past actions. You can use Mark as RC to indicate the application as a release candidate.
Download allows you to get the app version easily.
Lastly, Delete helps you remove the app version easily.
Sending Apps to Huawei AppGallery
To publish Android applications to Huawei AppGallery, click on the Android Publish button on the left in the Publish module.
Click on Add New to create a new publish profile, Open details, and click on Publish Flow.
In Publish Flow, the default flow steps will appear. For Android publish flow, Send to Google Play Store is the default step.
So, for Huawei AppGallery, you need to replace it with the Send to Huawei AppGallery flow step.
Click on Manage Flow button to edit flow steps. From there, delete Send to Google Play Store from the flow and add Send to Huawei AppGallery to the flow.
Click on the Save button to return and then click on Send to Huawei AppGallery to configure the step settings.
In the step settings, select a Huawei API Key from the drop-down list and enter Huawei App ID into the text field.
Appcircle will require Huawei App ID for Huawei AppGallery submissions. This form field should be correct for successful store submission.
When you complete configuring the publish flow, add an application version by configuring the build module or manually adding a version by binary upload.
Click on the three dots to open the Actions menu for the version and select Details there.
In the window that opens afterwards, you can click on the Start Flow button to start the flow that includes publish to Huawei AppGallery.
You can add or remove steps, change the order of steps in the flow, and edit step settings anytime you need.
When you change the publish flow for some reason after adding an application version, you will see the Restart Flow button in the version Details. You can use the same button for either starting flow for the first time or restarting flow for a previously executed one.
After publish flow execution, if no errors occurred, that means the sending to the store was completed successfully.
Deleting Huawei Publish Profiles
Either for freeing up space purposes or if you wish to not use the Publish module, you can delete your Publish Profile. Click on the three-dot menu on the profile card:
Delete a Single Publish Version
If you want to free up space but don't want to lose your Publish profile, you can delete a submitted version from the Android Publish module. Note that if the version is sent to the Huawei AppGallery, your version will not be deleted from the Huawei AppGallery.
Click on the three dot menu on the version, and click on the Delete button.
After typing the name, your version will be deleted.
In order to free up storage in your organization, you should also remove the other references pointing to the artifact. For example, if you have the same artifact on the builds, you should also delete those artifacts as well.