What can mean "Failed to load File could not be recognized." when uploading an APK to GooglePlay?

Question

Android

Problem uploading APK to GooglePlayConsole.
The first problem was the error "The archive of the APK file is not optimized. Run the optimization tool, and then try again.", found a solution - exported and signed the application. Now, when loading, it gives an error with the following text: "Failed to load. The file could not be recognized."

Answer 1

One of the likely reasons.
he (GP) does not like some kind of icon, they should be in png format.
that is, see what would not be lost there bmp / ​​jpg
and even worse when bmp , but the png extension)
Upd, strange, like writing an addition here.
In general, in order to get a clear error,
change the language in your Google account to English,
simply, they decided not to work with translating them into Russian.

Answer 2

One friend suggested a possible solution