Google Play - Fully Shadowed apk

Question

I have an existing app on the PlayStore. I am releasing new version of the app as staged rollout. However, I am not able to publish the app due to \"Fully S

Answer 1

The Play Console has a bug and that's why it doesn't work. This is the work around:

Say, you have two versions:

1. Beta: 29
2. Alpha: previously version 29, but now empty: 'Promoted to beta’ it says. You want to upload version 30.

Then do this:

1. Create a new Alpha release with version 30, and deactivate the previous APK. When you try to roll it out, it errors Fully shadowed APK.
2. Go back a page and now remove version 30. Version 29 will be selected, click Save and Start roll out to Alpha. This only deactivates 29.
3. Create a new Alpha release for 30, it should work now.