RPGM [Guide] Porting your RPG Maker game to Android!

[KaguraRPG]

I've seen a lot of people having issues with Android porting and I'm no exception x_x, so I decided to share the method I came up with!
It's made to be as easy and as automatic as possible (though it requires some configuration the first time) and also up to date

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What you need:
- NodeJS -

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- Java JDK Version 24 -

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- Android Studio (for the Android SDK) -

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(Check that Java and Android SDK are added to your environment variables after installation)

Instructions:
1) Extract the contents of the attachment into a folder of your choice
2) Deploy your game as "Web browsers / Android / iOS" in RPG Maker and throw the resulting folder inside the same folder from step 1
3) Create a keystore file

Spoiler: Keystore guide

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Your folder should look like this now:

ExtractedFolder/
├── YourDeployedGameFolder/
│   │   index.html
│   └── [other files]
├── build_apk.bat
├── build-capacitor-android.ps1
└── my-release-key.keystore

4) Open "build-capacitor-android.ps1" and edit the variables at the top (they have little comments to help you, but feel free to ask if you're stuck)
5) Run "build_apk.bat"

And done! the script should create the apk and put it on your Desktop

Once you do all of the configuration you won't have to do it again! just replace your old RPGM export and run the .bat file whenever you need to generate a new APK

Let me know if it works or if you have some suggestions for it!
I'll update the post soon to include steps to replace the generic icon with a picture of your choice


Edit: VirusTotal report for the attachment just in case

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[u z i]

thank you so much for this. i had previously tried to follow some guides but failed every time (not really a developer, especially when it comes to android, so couldn't debug the issue). anyways, i had a few hiccups here and there, but finally managed to build one app. i used jdk-21 instead of 24, some version issue with gradle 8.11.1 (?)

 

[KaguraRPG]

thank you so much for this. i had previously tried to follow some guides but failed every time (not really a developer, especially when it comes to android, so couldn't debug the issue). anyways, i had a few hiccups here and there, but finally managed to build one app. i used jdk-21 instead of 24, some version issue with gradle 8.11.1 (?)

yeah, I tried to make it so that it works best with up to date dependencies and stuff x_x not a big dev either so I'm learning all this as I go
edited the script so that it's less picky with the JDK version from now on but glad to hear it worked!