mix mob.setup.google_play (mob_dev v0.3.37)

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Interactive wizard that automates the Google Cloud steps required before mix mob.publish --android can work.

Usage

mix mob.setup.google_play
mix mob.setup.google_play --package com.example.myapp

What it does

Opens your browser for a one-time Google sign-in, then automatically:

  1. Lists your Google Cloud projects (prompts you to pick one)
  2. Enables the Android Publisher API in that project
  3. Creates a play-publisher service account
  4. Generates a JSON key and saves it to ~/.google_play/
  5. Attempts to grant Release Manager access via the Play Developer API
  6. Generates android/upload_jks.keystore if not present
  7. Prints the mob.exs config block to add

The wizard also walks you through the four steps that genuinely cannot be automated (account creation, identity verification, app record creation, and linking the Cloud project to Play Console).

Manual fallback

If you prefer to complete any step manually, the wizard degrades gracefully and prints exact instructions. See guides/publishing_to_google_play.md for the full browser-based walkthrough.

Options

  • --package — Android applicationId (e.g. com.example.myapp). If omitted, the wizard will prompt for it.
  • --key-name — Base filename for the saved JSON key (without .json). Defaults to the last segment of the package name + -service-account.
  • --dry-run — Print every step the wizard would take without making any API calls, writing any files, or opening a browser. Use this to preview the wizard before running it for real.

OAuth client

The wizard signs in using an OAuth2 Desktop App client bundled with mob_dev. No external CLI tools (gcloud, etc.) are required. The sign-in is a standard Google OAuth browser flow — you will see Google's consent screen.

To use your own OAuth client instead, set:

export GOOGLE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID=your_client_id.apps.googleusercontent.com
export GOOGLE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET=your_client_secret