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259          <p>This week, we added a feature that allows you to configure your release status when uploading your Android builds to Google Play. We also began a beta test to add support for using a custom Cordova Android engine version 9.1.1.</p>
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261<h2 id="set-your-own-release-status">Set Your Own Release Status</h2>
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263<p>Now you can use the <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">googlePlayReleaseStatus</code> attribute in your <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">voltbuilder.json</code> file to configure your app’s release status. You can set your status to one of four accepted release statuses: <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">completed</code>, <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">draft</code>, <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">halted</code>, or <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">inProgress</code>. The default value is <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">completed</code>. If you’re not sure which status to use, you can review the status definitions in the <a href="https://developers.google.com/android-publisher/api-ref/rest/v3/edits.tracks#status" target="\_blank">Google Play Developer API Documentation</a>.</p>
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