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TL;DR

bundletool

Manipulate Android Application Bundles. Some subcommands such as validate have their own usage documentation. More information: https://developer.android.com/tools/bundletool.

  • Display help for a subcommand:

bundletool help subcommand

  • Generate APKs from an application bundle (prompts for keystore password):

bundletool build-apks --bundle path/to/bundle.aab --ks path/to/key.keystore --ks-key-alias key_alias --output path/to/file.apks

  • Generate APKs from an application bundle giving the keystore password:

bundletool build-apks --bundle path/to/bundle.aab --ks path/to/key.keystore --ks-key-alias key_alias –ks-pass pass:the_password --output path/to/file.apks

  • Generate APKs including only one single APK for universal usage:

bundletool build-apks --bundle path/to/bundle.aab --mode universal --ks path/to/key.keystore --ks-key-alias key_alias --output path/to/file.apks

  • Install the right combination of APKs to an emulator or device:

bundletool install-apks --apks path/to/file.apks

  • Estimate the download size of an application:

bundletool get-size total --apks path/to/file.apks

  • Generate a device specification JSON file for an emulator or device:

bundletool get-device-spec --output path/to/file.json

  • Verify a bundle and display detailed information about it:

bundletool validate --bundle path/to/bundle.aab

This document was created using the contents of the tldr project.