Generate Universal APK from Android App Bundle

Question

I have an app bundle file, now I want to generate a universal APK that can be installed to all devices. I have tried to use this command to generate universal APK:

$bundletool build-apks --bundle=myapp_bundle.abb --output=myapp.apks --universal

However, what I got is .apks (not .apk) where I cannot install directly to any devices. Anyone know how to get a universal .apk file instead of .apks?

Thank you very much.

Answer 1

Use --mode=universal in place of --universal. For example, you can run something like this:

bundletool build-apks --bundle=myapp_bundle.aab --output=myapp.apks --mode=universal

At the end you have myapp.apks, this file is something like a zip file. You can extract the content into a folder, for example:

unzip out.apks -d apks

Now in the folder apks you have only one apk, in my case universal.apk, that you can install as usual on any device.