My app has a "mobile" module and a "wear" module in AndroidStudio with a goal of producing a native version of the app for Android wear and for the phone. So when generating the apk through Android studio, 2 apk's are produced. Does this mean on the Google Play Developer console I need 2 separate app listings? Which means I would also need separate packages for the apps(since no 2 can be the same)?
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possible duplicate of [Android Wear generate two apk](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24599852/android-wear-generate-two-apk) – matiash Jul 07 '14 at 20:01
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For the Google Play store, the small wear application needs to be packaged inside the larger mobile application following these gradle instructions, or these manual instructions.
For debugging purposes, you'll need to update and debug both applications separately. That is why Android Studio initially sets them up that way.
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OK thank you. To be more clear: The apk generator creates "wear-release.apk" and "mobile-release.apk" at the same time. Which one should I upload to the developer console? – MobileMon Jul 07 '14 at 19:50
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As has been said before: when creating the release build, a properly set up Gradle build file will compile an APK for the wearable and copy this to the _/assets_ folder of the mobile APK. You should then upload _mobile-release.apk_ to the Play store using the developer console. When the user installs your app on their mobile device and Android detects a connected wearable device, the wear APK will automatically be transferred to the wearable device. – Peter Friese Jul 07 '14 at 20:42
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Usually Android studio will generate two apks, named mobile-release.apk and wear-release.apk.
But you need to upload mobile-release.apk into play store. this apk is already bundled along with the wear apk.
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