You uploaded a file that is not a well formed zip archive

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When I try to release an aab, I am getting this error. Someone help me please. How can I fix it.
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1,258 1 1 gold badge 16 16 silver badges 28 28 bronze badges asked Oct 21, 2021 at 17:13 Fariba Laiq Fariba Laiq 83 1 1 silver badge 6 6 bronze badges

You have to give us more info si we can help you, e.g. what have you tried? How did you build it? If you rename the extension of the AAB to .zip, can you open it?

Commented Oct 21, 2021 at 18:07

Thanks for reply @Pierre Yes I have generated the signed aab using android studio by following the correct way. I also tried renaming True Id aab.aab to TrueID.aab but the problem still persists.

Commented Oct 21, 2021 at 19:20

What about my second question: have you tried renaming the extension of the file to .zip and extract it as a normal zip file?

Commented Oct 22, 2021 at 10:29 Try with removing old apk from folder or try with clean and rebuilt Commented Jan 19, 2022 at 13:05 Did you found solution for this issue? @FaribaLaiq Commented Mar 8, 2022 at 19:28

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I kept regularly getting this error when using drag & drop to the web browser.
The issue didn't occur if I used the "Upload" button on the page and selecting the AAB using a file chooser.

One may want to try this approach before rebuilding, etc.

answered Jul 25, 2022 at 17:00 1,168 1 1 gold badge 15 15 silver badges 22 22 bronze badges

I have faced same issue, I solved by doing this

clean you project rebuild project create new build (.aab file, make sure increase build number) now upload this new file then error has resolved 

this worked for me.

answered Mar 30, 2022 at 5:53 Vishal Pawar Vishal Pawar 1,697 12 12 silver badges 11 11 bronze badges

Just came across this error too, I renamed the file to not include any Spaces " " and then it worked

answered May 12 at 16:42 Tim Karlowitz Tim Karlowitz

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