https://sudarshantechlabs.com/blog/tag/release Posts tagged Release from SudarshanTechLabs. en-us Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT support@sudarshantechlabs.com (Sudarshan Chaudhari) support@sudarshantechlabs.com (Sudarshan Chaudhari) https://sudarshantechlabs.com/blog/android-proguard-r8-guide https://sudarshantechlabs.com/blog/android-proguard-r8-guide R8 is enabled in every release build but most developers just hope it works. When it breaks something, debugging is painful. Here's how to configure ProGuard rules correctly, debug obfuscation issues, and keep your app running after shrinking. · 4 min read Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Android Tools Release https://sudarshantechlabs.com/blog/my-android-release-workflow https://sudarshantechlabs.com/blog/my-android-release-workflow A step-by-step breakdown of how I release Android apps to Google Play as a solo developer — versioning, signing, AAB builds, store listing, and the checklist that prevents me from shipping broken releases. · 6 min read Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Android Play Store Release CI/CD Automation Kotlin https://sudarshantechlabs.com/blog/why-os-updates-break-your-app https://sudarshantechlabs.com/blog/why-os-updates-break-your-app Your app didn't change. The OS did. And now you have a critical bug in production. Here's why this keeps happening — and how to catch it before your users do. · 6 min read Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Testing Android Mobile Release https://sudarshantechlabs.com/blog/shipping-android-app-solo https://sudarshantechlabs.com/blog/shipping-android-app-solo There's no team to hand off to when you're solo. Here's the complete end-to-end release process: final testing, building the AAB, signing, uploading, writing release notes, and monitoring after launch. · 5 min read Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Android Solo Dev Release Play Store Engineering https://sudarshantechlabs.com/blog/release-process-quality-gates https://sudarshantechlabs.com/blog/release-process-quality-gates A quality gate is a checkpoint that a release must pass before moving to the next stage. Defining clear gates eliminates the 'looks good to me' releases that become production incidents. Here's how to structure them. · 5 min read Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Testing Release CI/CD https://sudarshantechlabs.com/blog/mobile-testing-checklist https://sudarshantechlabs.com/blog/mobile-testing-checklist A comprehensive pre-release checklist for Android apps covering functionality, performance, device compatibility, offline behavior, accessibility, and more. Use this before every production release. · 4 min read Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Android Testing Release