I am working for a client on their Android app. I need to create an APK file which will be deployed to the client's server.
The client does not have the original KeyStore file! In Android Studio it says that the KeyStore file is required! What can I do?
if exists a previous version of the app it can´t be updated because need the same Keystore file, Now you need to create another Keystore to sign your app.
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So I have a client that has sent me a keystore file and told me that is how I will get the APK. I followed the directions for generating an APK from a keystore here:
https://developer.android.com/studio/publish/app-signing#sign_release
What am I missing here? Why am I still loading the default blank project I am trying to load? Have I overwritten something?
i think you miss understood the concept of a keystore .
the keystore is used along with a password to sign an apk or aab of an existing project.
so if a client sent you a keystore how do you expect to get an apk from the keystore file ? it doesn't contain an apk in it .
I have an Android app in Android Studio and want to sign it to update and existing app to Google Play. So I am selecting Generate Signed Bundle but for some reason when I select my existing keystore no bundle or APK gets built. When I create a new keystore file then the APK gets build but of course I can't upload it to Play since the app already exists with another keystore file there.
I have automatic signing in Google Play enabled and was hoping to get a new keystore file from there. But all I get is an upload certificate. How do I use this upload certificate to sign my app in Android Studio?
Thanks!
I've changed my pc and reinstalled Android Studio as well as my old project.
I've copied my old keystore files in the following directory
"C:\Users\MyUserName.android"
But when I run the program it looks like the keystore is not recognized(not connecting to google services and so forth...)
How do I check if my keystore file is working properly?
There are two keystore files usually used. One for debugging and one for doing release builds of your apps you plan to upload to an app store. The debugging keystores can be generated anytime, so, it doesn't hurt to create a new one in your new IDE setup. But for your release keystore, you will want to build a new version release of your app and export it, then try to upload it to your App Store. If there is anything wrong with the signing, the App Store should reject it.
Just try to generate signed apk . If you got error than you keystore is not setup. If it generate then it's okk.
I have created cordova App using Visual Studio 2015.
If I build App in Release mode unsigned APK created.
Now I want to deploy the App.
How can I create keystore?
How can I sign my apk created in Released folder?
Note: I dont have android studio
I followed MS instructions from here, see section Package and Sign Android app (shown below), and it worked for me.
To sign an Android app for distribution
1.Generate a keystore and provide the information required to create a certificate (private key). For more information, see Signing your applications in the Android documentation.
2.When you have created a keystore, open the res\native\android folder.
3.Open the ant.properties file, and enter information about the keystore and the alias.
The Key.store property in ant.properties must specify a relative or absolute path to the certificate file.
4.Put the keystore you created either in the same folder as ant.properties, or in some other location. (For example, for security reasons, you might not want to check the keystore into source control.)
5.Build the Android app.
When you build the app, Visual Studio will sign the package with the credentials you supplied.
I am creating an in-app purchase app. I have uploaded apk file once while creating the application in Google Play developer console. But now when I am trying to upload another version of apk file it is showing error of different SHA-1 keys. I have changed the version code and package name is also same. I referred questions here and I got to know that apk should be signed with same certificate.
But my problem is when I export the project from Eclipse to generate signed apk it is not allowing to use existing keystore; moreover when I select existing keystore the dropdown list of alias are empty. So each time I have to create new keystore. Also it is showing "Invalid keystore format" on selecting exiting keystore. Please provide me with some solution to how can I generate an APK with same SHA-1 key.
Is this apk file generated from another computer than the first?
Make sure to have the same .keyStore file on your different PC.