Issues AMM0000 error in the AndroidManifest

Description

I get errors from PlayStore trying to upload my *-signed.aab file. (after following Jerald Versluis instructions on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfSVb_RR7X0) I get an error: You uploaded an APK or Android App Bundle that was signed in debug mode. You need to sign your APK or Android App Bundle in release mode After researching solutions to this problem, it appears that the configurations for debugging aren’t always consistently followed, so on a mission, I set out to disable any remnants that sound at all related to debugging. I edited the project file and set: 1. Build -> General -> Debug symbols from: PDB file, portable across platforms to: No Symbols are emitted 2. Developer instrumentation I unchecked the option for “Debug” (now it is empty/false) 3. iOS-> Debug -> Debugging changed from True to False

Now when I do only the build of release mode (not the Publish which signs the *.aab), I get this error: Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State Error AMM0000 uses-sdk:minSdkVersion 19 cannot be smaller than version 21 declared in library C:\MTRClient\MTRClient\obj\Release\net6.0-android\lp\130\jl\AndroidManifest.xml as the library might be using APIs not available in 19 Suggestion: use a compatible library with a minSdk of at most 19, or increase this project’s minSdk version to at least 21, or use tools:overrideLibrary=“androidx.security” to force usage (may lead to runtime failures) MTRClient C:\MTRClient\MTRClient\obj\Release\net6.0-android\AndroidManifest.xml 28

so… I can’t upload because of debug mode, and I can’t turn off debug mode. Quite difficult to publish to the Google Play store…

Steps to Reproduce

Change debugging settings in Project file as explained above.

Link to public reproduction project repository

no

Version with bug

6.0.486 (current)

Last version that worked well

Unknown/Other

Affected platforms

Android

Affected platform versions

android

Did you find any workaround?

Not even after spending several hours was I able to find a way to publish my app to the Google Play store.

Relevant log output

no

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The error looks like you could have a couple of potential issues:

1. Your android manifest has the android:debuggable="true" set in your final build. I believe we disable this by default in the Android build targets when you use the build configuration Release. I’d suggest building with dotnet build -f net7.0-android -c Release MyApp.csproj and inspecting the resulting .apk file’s manifest to confirm.
2. You may not be signing correctly. I’d suggest reviewing the documentation to create the appropriate keys.
3. Unfortunately the “Debug symbols” in the project settings is slightly misleading as those refer to .NET managed debug settings, and do not directly influence the platform settings for debug options which is what Google cares about.

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