Error: "This app is not published in the Google Play console.

[Ahmed-Hmila1]

when I use this workflow to upload aab to firabase app destrubtion

deploy:
needs: build-android
runs-on: ubuntu-latest

steps:
  - name: Checkout code
    uses: actions/checkout@v1

  - name: set up JDK 1.8
    uses: actions/setup-java@v1
    with:
      java-version: 1.8

  - name: Download Android app bundle artifact
    uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
    with:
      name: android-app-bundle
      path: android/app/build/outputs/bundle/release/

  - name: upload artifact to Firebase App Distribution
    uses: wzieba/Firebase-Distribution-Github-Action@v1
    with:
      appId: ${{ secrets.FIREBASE_APP_ID }}
      serviceCredentialsFileContent: ${{ secrets.CREDENTIAL_FILE_CONTENT }}
      groups: testers
      file: android/app/build/outputs/bundle/release/app-release.aab
      internalDistribution: true
    env:
      DEBUG: true

I'm encountering the following issue: Error: "This app is not published in the Google Play console.

[phillipjacobs]

Hey Ahmed, if you're trying to push your QA build to Firebase App Distribution - I just ran into the same issue.
I just saw a comment that this issue is caused due to us pushing the .aab. Aparently Firebase will require a Play Store app if it's an aab. Try to build and push an .apk instead when you build for QA/Internal.

Here's the comment i'm referring to: https://github.com/orgs/codemagic-ci-cd/discussions/2164#discussioncomment-7453566

Looking at Firebase Docs, the comment seems true:

APK: https://firebase.google.com/docs/app-distribution/android/distribute-console?apptype=apk#before_you_begin
AAB: https://firebase.google.com/docs/app-distribution/android/distribute-console?apptype=aab#before_you_begin

[xcoinmakers-chiang]

I think this issue can be closed.
firebase/firebase-tools#4183 (comment)
This question has already been discussed. Firebase-tool has a limitation that prevents uploading ABB files when the app has not been published, so you cannot use this action to upload ABB files. However, you can upload APK files instead.