Moving from APK sideloading to the Google Play Store with "vibe coded" Android apps?

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Hey everyone, I’ve recently started building my own Android apps using a vibe-coding workflow. So far, it's been incredibly smooth - I can essentially generate an APK and just install it directly onto my smartphone to test everything out without any friction. However, I'm starting to think about the next step. I want to move beyond just side-loading my own files and actually launch a "real," live app that is available for anyone to download via the Google Play Store. I'm assuming the process for that is a much bigger undertaking than just generating an APK. What kind of tool stack or workflow should I be looking at to handle the official deployment? I'm thinking about things like app signing, managing the Goog