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droigons
droigons

Reputation: 355

how to get a fingerprint from my android device

I would like to get a fingerprint from my android device ?

I have done a research it gave me following command :

C:>keytool -list -alias androiddebugkey -keystore C:\Users\abc_username.android\debug .keystore -storepass android -keypass android

I would not think the above command is my answer ? what does about command do ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1902

Answers (2)

silwar
silwar

Reputation: 6518

Please go through this

With the following command you dont generate Fingerprint (MD5 Fingerprint more specifically) for you android device. You generate MD5 Fingerprint against keystore (C:\Users\abc_username.android\debug .keystore in your case) you are using for android development.

C:>keytool -list -alias androiddebugkey -keystore C:\Users\abc_username.android\debug .keystore -storepass android -keypass android

In Android this Fingerprint is useful to get Google Map api key which we can use in MapView.

If you change keystore, you will have to regenerate this fingerprint regarding to new keystore for getting api key from Google for MapView

About keytool

keytool is a key and certificate management utility. It enables users to administer their own public/private key pairs and associated certificates for use in self-authentication (where the user authenticates himself/herself to other users/services) or data integrity and authentication services, using digital signatures. It also allows users to cache the public keys (in the form of certificates) of their communicating peers.

Hope this will help you

Upvotes: 0

marko.petrovic
marko.petrovic

Reputation: 164

see this link, it explains obtaining Maps API key through MD5 fingerprint with debug .keystore of Android: http://eagle.phys.utk.edu/guidry/android/apiKey.html

Upvotes: 1

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