Gradle Play Publisher 2.7.0

This release is focused on fixing long-standing bugs and minor feature requests.

Note: GPP v2.7 requires at least Gradle 6.2 and the Android Gradle Plugin 3.6.0.

Improvements

• Support for top-level graphics is now available. This means that you can put your app's icon (for example) in graphics/icon.png instead of graphics/icon/1.png.
• If no local release notes are found, existing release notes from the Play Console will be carried over when publishing your APK or App Bundle.
• You can now upload and/or install debuggable internal sharing artifacts.
• A warning is now logged if your playConfigs contain an unrecognized variant, product flavor, or build type.

Bug fixes

• CLI params now always override your build script configuration instead of failing if you had playConfigs.
• CLI params on lifecycle tasks (such as promoteArtifact instead of promoteReleaseArtifact) now propage down to their respective implementation tasks correctly.
• The --artifact-dir CLI param is now correctly respected in eagerly configured Gradle projects.

Deprecations

• The --track CLI param on promotion tasks has been removed as it led to confusing bugs and unpredictable behavior. Use --promote-track instead.