Google Play app update - can't publish a new apk

Question

I am getting the following error when trying to publish a new APK in Google Play:

It is forbidden to downgrade devices which previously used M permissions (t

Answer 1

I've hit the same thing. I'm stuck on Marshmallow because I upgraded my target SDK in Beta.

One would think that you can back out as far as you want on a beta or alpha channel as long as it has not been published to production. That is the way it would work in the real world.

You only have a hind-site workaround.

The workaround is to not to develop for Marshmallow in Beta on your production app. Create a new application in Google Play and develop there until it is ready. This will also let you update the production code if a bug fix comes up before your marshmallow release.

Answer 2

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