I contacted the Google support and they replied within 24 hours.
The issue is the android:versionCode
in the AndroidManifest.xml
is lower than my previous release. After I fixed the issue I was able to release my app without any issue.
How I fixed the issue
I changed the android-versionCode
to a higher value in <manifest
tag in the config.xml
file so AndroidManifest.xml
has the higher value.
Full reply from Google
Hi,
Thanks for contacting Google Play Developer Support.
You’re seeing that error message because your new APK has a lower version code than the previous APK. Newer APKs must always have a higher version code than the previous version, or the Play Store won’t know that the new APK is an update. Please change your new APK’s version code to be at least 206020.
Regards,
Google Play Developer Support