Google outlines the Play Store’s 64-bit transition for all Android apps.
A year ago, Google gave Android app developers a heads-up about a new 64-bit requirement coming to the Google Play store in August 2019, and now it has outlined more details about its 64-bit transition.
As per the original announcement in December 2017, Google Play will continue to support 32-bit apps for now, but as of August 1,2019 all 32-bit apps must have a 64-bit version too. Google is requiring 64-bit apps to prepare for Android devices that only support 64-bit code.
Google today outlined a more detailed timeline for the 64-bit transition through to August 1,2021, including extensions for game developers that use Unity.
From August 1 this year, all new apps and app updates that include native code must have 64-bit versions as well as 32-bit versions when publishing to Google Play.
This ruling applies to apps written in C or C++ code or apps with links to third-party native libraries, for example. It does not apply to the many apps written in Java or Kotlin.
« If your app uses only code written in the Java programming language or Kotlin, including any libraries or SDKs, your app is already ready for 64-bit devices.
