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Brad
Brad

Reputation: 177

keytool error: java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\AndroidWorkspace\androidKey\public.jks (The system cannot find the path specified)

I am to trying to create a signed app in Android Studio, but i am stuck at this error which says

keytool error: java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\AndroidWorkspace\androidKey\public.jks (The system cannot find the path specified)

I get this error when i am creating a new key store. i am confused, why would it search for this key, when i am trying to create a new one.

Android Studio : V1.1.0

JRE: 1.8.0_25-b18 amd64

Upvotes: 16

Views: 35605

Answers (12)

Abdullah Opadeji
Abdullah Opadeji

Reputation: 236

Before:

keytool -genkey -v -keystore ~/upload-keystore.jks -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000 -alias upload

Now:

keytool -genkey -v -keystore C:\upload-keystore.jks -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 1000

Now, it worked for me.

Upvotes: 2

tarekahf
tarekahf

Reputation: 960

In my case, I faced the same error on the server using the CMD window with Admin access. No problem with my laptop. My colleague can run the keytool command on the same server without any problem. I was unable to find out why it was not working from my end. I decided to use PowerShell and it worked.

Upvotes: 0

Rob
Rob

Reputation: 1047

if you are using window you should run android studio as administrator and it will be ok

Upvotes: 0

Jacob Okello Okomo
Jacob Okello Okomo

Reputation: 381

When generating the .aab file for Android, java SDK normally finds it hard to locate a safe default storage location, hence the Access Denied Error. So what I did is changed the default keytool path to the homepage of Disk D i.e D:\> then launched cmd in that Directory, Then pasted the command into sth like this:

D:\>  keytool -genkey -v -keystore d:\appname.jks -storetype JKS -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000 -alias appname

Then it worked, then copy the generated file to your android/app/src.

Upvotes: 1

Rono
Rono

Reputation: 11

run cmd as adminstrator then: keytool -genkey -v -keystore c:\key.jks -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000 -alias key.jks

Upvotes: 0

balu k
balu k

Reputation: 4998

It is clearly saying that it can't find the path to save the generated keystore. Change the path to a known location, it will work.

You can follow the steps from this article

Upvotes: 0

Madhav Kumar
Madhav Kumar

Reputation: 1114

In my case I had to update the Java JDK, and then it worked.

Upvotes: 0

Jihad Mehdi
Jihad Mehdi

Reputation: 65

If the error says "permission denied" above, then if you run the command in cmd, run cmd as administrator.

Upvotes: 2

Taba
Taba

Reputation: 4316

On windows if you are trying to generate the key using the cmd and copying the command from the android docs which is the following:

keytool -genkey -v -keystore c:\Users\USER_NAME\key.jks -storetype JKS -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000 -alias key

you need to change the USER_NAME part to what ever is your PC name which is a folder name in the users folder and then execute the code. For example if my users folder name is Taba then I have to execute this code:

keytool -genkey -v -keystore c:\Users\Taba\key.jks -storetype JKS -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000 -alias key

Or you can even change the directory to where ever you like the .jks file to be saved.

Upvotes: 20

dclaudiud
dclaudiud

Reputation: 334

Delete the build directory at the app module level and then File -> Invalidate Caches / Restart... . I guess it caches some configs there.

Upvotes: 1

Divakar Rajesh
Divakar Rajesh

Reputation: 1210

Windows path might be the problem

 keytool -genkey -v -keystore c:\key.jks -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000 -alias key

Use a path like above where the slash used is backward slanting.

Upvotes: 17

Brad
Brad

Reputation: 177

Manual modifying the build.gradle(Module:app) file to sign the apk did the work. This is the code I've included in build.gradle.

signingConfigs {
    release {
        storeFile file("release.keystore")
        storePassword "******"
        keyAlias "******"
        keyPassword "******"
    }
}

buildTypes {
    release {
        signingConfig signingConfigs.release
    }
}

Upvotes: -1

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