How deeply does .NET MAUI in Action cover service account?

Defines creation, role assignment, key generation, secret storage, and workflow use, but does not detail key rotation.

Service account

A service account is a non-human identity used by software to authenticate to cloud or application services.

A service account is a software identity that supplies credentials for automated access to cloud or application APIs. In a deployment workflow, it lets GitHub Actions upload signed Android builds to Google Play. section 12.2.4

Set up a Google Play deployment service account by:

Linking a Google Cloud Platform project to the Google Play Console. section 12.2.4
Creating the account from Google Play Console's API Access and Credentials area. section 12.2.4
Assigning Service Account User rather than the Owner role. section 12.2.4
Creating a key and storing its JSON credentials as a GitHub Actions secret. section 12.2.4

Using the account in GitHub Actions

The Android upload action reads the service account JSON from the GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT secret, then uploads a signed AAB to the internal Google Play track.

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