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VinceFR
VinceFR

Reputation: 2571

Is it possible to update an app from another publishing account but with the right key

Let's say that a publisher publisherA published an app AppA on his account with the KeyA key.

Is it possible for publisherB to do an update of the AppA application(with the same package name) if he has the KeyA key.

publisherA and publisherB are not linked to the same publishing account.

All docs from Google I read talk about the importance of the key but never talk about the publishing account.

Any authenticated answer would be appreciated.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 124

Answers (2)

Geobits
Geobits

Reputation: 22342

No, you can't do this. publisherB would not see the app on their developer console, so it wouldn't be possible to update it.

If they tried to get around it by uploading an APK with the same package name, it would get rejected as non-unique.

If you're working as a team, or someone has taken over a project, you'll probably want to use the multiple user account options. You can link other users to the account and set what permissions they have. If the original publisher is unreachable, you'll have to change the package name and somehow convince current users to switch over.

Upvotes: 2

zeiger
zeiger

Reputation: 700

I don't think you can use the key from publisherA to update an app from publisherB's account. A key belongs to a particular account.

Upvotes: 0

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