Reset version number on the google play store

Question

I've published an app on the playstore and accidentally used version number 9999999 for testing purposes on my gradle build. So now my application is published with that version and I cannot decrement it, otherwise the google play developer console will complain. Also, I cannot remove the app from the play store because it has already been published. So I'd have to either use a different package name and create a new app (which I don't really want) or I'd have to somehow reset the version number.

Is this possible at all? Are there other alternatives for me here?

Answer 1

I'm very much fear that you're screwed up, I don't think there's a way to do that. As commented above, changing the version number for that number could be very dangerous and you have to be very careful.

However, if I were you I would contact ([email protected]) them explaining what you've just done. After that, just keep your fingers crossed!

Answer 2

It seems like this problem hasn't been considered when building the developer console. You can still try to contact google directly and see if they can remove the faulty apk for you.