I missed the part where you name is .properties, I thought i had to link it somewhere in IntelliJ sorry mate
Renamed it .properties and im getting
Execution failed for task ':submitForReview'.
> Unable to locate submission token from extension property, project property, system property or...
maybe it went too fast for me but i missed the part where it said where im supposed to put the token in intelliJ so I can publish which is what I watched looking for. Watched it twice and didnt see that part. I have it saved like you showed in .gradle folder but when i choose publish it closes...