Im having trouble exporting as an aab

Godot Version

4.5.1

Question

I am trying to export my game to android. It seems like play console wants an *.aab and wont accept an *.apk but when i try to export as an aab i get an error message that says invalid file name! apk needs apk extension. please help me. this is so frustrating.

You need to change the Export format to Export AAB in the export window and follow the instructions.

I did. That is what is so crazy and frustrating. I’m using export as aab and it’s telling me no it must be APK.

omg i found it. if anybody in the future has this problem, it is not enough to export as an aab and choose aab. There is also a little drop down box under gradle build that you have to click. Which is what I think mrcdk was trying to tell me.