How to upload symbols file to Google Play Publisher Console ?

When I was uploading the release version of image to text OCR app , Google Play Publisher Platform says “This App Bundle contains native code, and you’ve not uploaded debug symbols. We recommend you upload a sumbol file to make your crashes and ANRs easier to analyze and debug. Learn More”

Here are the steps to generate the symbols file and upload it.

in app/build.gradle add 🔗

android {
   ...
    defaultConfig {
       ...
+        ndk {
+            debugSymbolLevel 'FULL'
+        }
    }
}

go to this path inside your project 🔗

cd app/build/intermediates/merged_native_libs/release/mergeReleaseNativeLibs/out/lib

compress them all in one file 🔗

zip -r symbols.zip .

upload the symbols.zip file upto Google Play Console 🔗

In Google Play Console, inside release, upload the symbols compressed file.

That’s it, you’re done.

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