(I am fighting now with PdDroidPublisher as we would need to have an apk that we can just install into participants mobiles. The PdDroidPublisher documentation is outdated as far as I can see and I far from being an expert in Android Studio configuration, lets see)
If you can get the PdDroidParty apk installed on the devices then it's possible to distribute the patch as a zip file to the devices quite easily. You can zip the patch folder and then rename the zip so it has a
.dpzextension. If a user has PdDroidParty installed and they receive a .dpz file by email or click on a link to a .dpz file then it should automatically open in PdDroidParty.This still means you have to install two things (the DroidParty apk and the .dpz file) but maybe it's easier than creating a custom apk and easier than copying the folder onto SD cards one by one.
ok, this is actually quite a good method and it is rather painless compared to installing and fighting with android studio/sdk/ndk etc...
More info about this can be found in the "Sharing your patches" section on the droidparty.net site.
thanks I didnt see that sorry
enrike