bundletool build-apks `--connected-device` or `--device-spec` flag/parameter are not working about bundletool HOT 14 CLOSED

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@rksinghj4 For the first error, did you set the ADB path? If not then set it or use the full absolute path of adb.
for the second error, I think there is a problem with --, make sure you've written the correct command. copy-paste sometimes creates the problem.

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Thanks for reporting the issue.

These flags eventually couldn't make it in the I/O release, but will be coming shortly.
There is however an easy workaround (at the cost of longer build times): build an APK Set for all devices (i.e. without passing --device-spec or --connected-device), then call "install-apks" with the flag --device-spec or --connected-device.

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@plecesne Thanks for the insights and a workaround.

One more question, not sure it will be feature-request or something I don't know.
I want to compare/analyze the two apks: Universal (traditional) apk vs APK to the specific device (for eg. pixel 2 XL). But I didn’t find any way where I can generate apk for a specific device, I can extract the apks as per device configuration but it gives me all different apks. I am looking for a way to generate only one apk which should be for that particular device (for eg: base+en_US+arm64+xxxhdpi = pixel2 XL) Thus, I can compare/analyze that apk.

Any insights on this?

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There is no way today to generate such APK, but more importantly, it is not something that Play would deliver and thus your comparison would not be accurate.
If you just need the list of files, you could just unzip the files from the APKs and look at what's present, but analyzing the resource tables would be more complicated.

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I see, so, how google play delivers the apk on the device. If I have pixel 2 XL and google play has 4 different apks (base + en_US + arm64 and xxxhdpi) then google play installs 4 apks on the device?
How merging works here?

Actually, I'm more interested to know about the total apk size for the specific device. So I can conclude that how much apk size has been reduced.

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There is no merging: Play would serve 4 APKs for this app. This is possible with the use of Split APKs. Here is some documentation about Split APKs:

the Android platform is able to treat multiple installed split APKs as a single app

Hence you can just sum the size of the 4 APKs.

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@plecesne thanks.
That's it? Is it final to consider the total size of the 4 apks as a benchmark? I thought there must be different size after merging of those 4.

Is it possible to install one by one those 4 apks?

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Ok, thanks for the info so far.
Closing this now.

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I am getting following error. Please help.

java -jar bundletool-all-0.4.1.jar get-device-spec --output=motog5.json
[BT:0.4.1] Error: Unable to determine the location of ADB. Please set the --adb flag or define ANDROID_HOME environment variable.
com.android.tools.build.bundletool.exceptions.CommandExecutionException: Unable to determine the location of ADB. Please set the --adb flag or define ANDROID_HOME environment variable.
at com.android.tools.build.bundletool.commands.GetDeviceSpecCommand.lambda$null$1(GetDeviceSpecCommand.java:127)
at java.util.Optional.orElseThrow(Unknown Source)
at com.android.tools.build.bundletool.commands.GetDeviceSpecCommand.lambda$fromFlags$2(GetDeviceSpecCommand.java:125)
at java.util.Optional.orElseGet(Unknown Source)
at com.android.tools.build.bundletool.commands.GetDeviceSpecCommand.fromFlags(GetDeviceSpecCommand.java:120)
at com.android.tools.build.bundletool.commands.GetDeviceSpecCommand.fromFlags(GetDeviceSpecCommand.java:102)
at com.android.tools.build.bundletool.BundleToolMain.main(BundleToolMain.java:80)
at com.android.tools.build.bundletool.BundleToolMain.main(BundleToolMain.java:44)

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How to pass key to generate install able apks? Please help. I am getting following errors:

java -jar bundletool-all-0.4.1.jar build-apks --bundle F:...\app\build\outputs\bundle\prodMyappRelease\bundle.aab --output=output_apk_archive_set --ks F:...\play-store-release-key.keystore
Error while parsing the flags: Syntax error: flags should start with -- (F:\app\build\outputs\bundle\prodMyappRelease\bundle.aab)

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Thanks a lot saurabhkpatel. 👍

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Hi,
How to resolve this error.
Error: Unable to access jarfile bundletool-all-0.6.0.jar

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@agiratech-sankar This issue has been closed. Please file a separate issue and fill the form with the details on what you're doing.

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