ci: keep GitHub release when Play Store upload fails; attach AAB

- Mark the fastlane step continue-on-error so a Play policy rejection
  (e.g. scoped storage declaration) no longer blocks publishing the
  signed APK + AAB to the GitHub release.
- Attach the release AAB alongside the APK.
- Override R8 to 8.13.19 so Kotlin 2.3 metadata parses cleanly under
  AGP 8.11.2.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: nqmgaming

.github/workflows/publish-release.yml

@@ -66,7 +66,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Grant execute permission
         run: chmod +x gradlew
 
+      # Play Store upload is allowed to fail (e.g. metadata/changelog/permission policy
+      # rejection) without blocking the GitHub release — we still want the signed artifacts
+      # published so users on side-load tracks can grab them.
       - name: Deploy to internal track
+        id: play_store
+        continue-on-error: true
         run: bundle exec fastlane internal
 
       - name: Build release APK
@@ -82,13 +87,16 @@ jobs:
             app/build/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk
           retention-days: 30
 
-      # Upload assets to existing GitHub Release (or create if missing)
+      # Upload assets to existing GitHub Release (or create if missing). Both APK and AAB
+      # are attached so users can grab the bundle for manual testing / sideload.
       - name: Create GitHub Release
         id: create_release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
         with:
           name: ${{ env.VERSION_NAME }}
           draft: false
           prerelease: false
-          files: app/build/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk
+          files: |
+            app/build/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk
+            app/build/outputs/bundle/release/app-release.aab
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

build.gradle.kts

@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
 // Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
+
+// AGP 8.11.2 ships with an older R8 that doesn't recognize Kotlin 2.3 metadata. Override
+// to R8 8.13.19 (minimum version supporting Kotlin 2.3 per
+// https://developer.android.com/studio/build/kotlin-d8-r8-versions). Drop this block when we
+// upgrade AGP to a version whose bundled R8 already supports the Kotlin in use.
+buildscript {
+    dependencies {
+        classpath("com.android.tools:r8:8.13.19")
+    }
+}
+
 plugins {
     alias(libs.plugins.android.application) apply false
     alias(libs.plugins.kotlin.android) apply false