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Reputation: 1638

I cannot find the android.jks file shown in the tutorial

I'm trying to get a Release Certificate Fingerprint for my app. I was following this tutorial. In the Sign Your Release Build section of the tutorial, I saw android.jks used in the Key store Path.

Problem is, I can't find it ANYWHERE in my computer. I'm using Win 7 & I have looked into my .android directory as well as in Java/bin directory in C:\Program Files(x86), but nowhere could I find android.jks file or any .jks file for that matter.

When I try Generate Signed APK, even that requires the .jks file.

I have my debug.keystore and default.keyset in my .android directory, but I can't seem to find the android.jks file anywhere

Please help

Thank you for your time!!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2573

Answers (1)

Aniket Thakur
Aniket Thakur

Reputation: 68975

You need to create your own .jks or keystore file that you will use to sign your apk. You can simply use keytool to do that (Refer http://opensourceforgeeks.blogspot.in/2014/06/creating-self-signed-certificate-for.html for my detailed personal blog post on how to do that)

As per what I see in the link you have Studio provides a way to create one too (If you don't want to use command line and keytool) (Refer https://developer.android.com/studio/publish/app-signing.html#release-mode) The path that you see in the image on the tutorials page is the path where your android.jks will be created.

Basically you are creating a self signed certificate that you will use to sign your apk before uploading it to play store.

Upvotes: 1

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