bug: Setting Android releaseType in capacitor.config.ts has not effect

[pwespi]

Bug Report

Capacitor Version

Latest Dependencies:

  @capacitor/cli: 4.6.1
  @capacitor/core: 4.6.1
  @capacitor/android: 4.6.1
  @capacitor/ios: 4.6.1

Installed Dependencies:

  @capacitor/cli: 4.6.1
  @capacitor/core: 4.6.1
  @capacitor/ios: 4.6.1
  @capacitor/android: 4.6.1

Platform(s)

• Android

Current Behavior

I'd like to build an APK (not AAB). So I set the following config and found that the releaseType has no effect.

capacitor.config.ts

import { CapacitorConfig } from '@capacitor/cli';

const config: CapacitorConfig = {
  android: {
    buildOptions: {
      keystorePath: 'something.keystore',
      keystorePassword: process.env['KEYSTORE_PASSWORD'],
      keystoreAlias: 'something',
      keystoreAliasPassword: process.env['KEYSTORE_ALIAS_PASSWORD'],
      releaseType: 'APK',
    },
  },
};

export default config;

When running npx cap build android, it is still building an AAB.

I think the reason is because the command line flag has a default option:

capacitor/cli/src/index.ts

Line 157 in dccb0a9

.default('AAB'),

So when not setting the release type via command line flag, it is set to 'AAB' (the default option) and the value from the config file is never used.

Expected Behavior

Should build APK when releaseType is set to APK in config file and no command line flag is passed.

Code Reproduction

Set releaseType in capacitor.config.ts to 'APK' in any capacitor project.

Run npx cap build android.

Other Technical Details

npm --version output: 8.19.2

node --version output: 16.18.0

pod --version output (iOS issues only):

Additional Context

Using the command line flag works as expected:
npx cap build android --androidreleasetype APK

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