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Tej Zaveri
Tej Zaveri

Reputation: 567

How to zipalign the .apk file using eclipse?

Can anyone tell me how to zipalign my .apk file with using eclipse. I have made my .apk file by giving command like,

  1. Right Click on Project Folder

  2. Click on "Android Tools" option from menu.

  3. Click on "Export Signed Application Package..." and my .apk generated in given application alias.

Now want to do zipalign for this above generated .apk file. Does any tool require to do so OR anything that can solve my problem.

Upvotes: 53

Views: 62939

Answers (8)

droid kid
droid kid

Reputation: 7609

This is a very tricky part and initially i was also ran in to strange problems . Before uploading to android market you must do the following steps.

  • Create a Certificate
  • Signing your application apk
  • Finally Zip align the signed apk

Check this site: How to sign Android project apk

Upvotes: 5

fidazik
fidazik

Reputation: 433

Eclipse automatically zipaligns your .apk file if you did what you described above.

Upvotes: 0

Pir Fahim Shah
Pir Fahim Shah

Reputation: 10623

If you to signed and zip aligned your APK file, so that you could redistribute your file and upload it play store. Then follow these simple steps

  • Open Eclipse
  • File--> Export
  • Browse-->Select your project
  • Next-->Next

So, after all of that you will get an APK which will be signed and zip aligned.

Upvotes: 1

user2780638
user2780638

Reputation: 2703

Eclipse zipalign apk automatically. When you export the project, eclipse must be generating signed apk to a different destination. Check properly where it prompts when you generate a signed apk

Upvotes: 0

Pratap
Pratap

Reputation: 4727

Eclipse zipalign APKs when you export them by default.

zipalign is basically a tool available in tools directory of your android sdk.

In case you are not using eclipse to build, you can use this tool directly to zipalign your apk.

zipalign [-f] [-v] <alignment> infile.apk outfile.apk

The alignment is an integer that defines the byte-alignment boundaries. This must always be 4 (which provides 32-bit alignment) or else it effectively does nothing.

For more detail, check this link http://developer.android.com/tools/help/zipalign.html

Upvotes: 3

Muhamed Riyas M
Muhamed Riyas M

Reputation: 5173

I think this will help you

D:\android-sdk\android-sdk\tools>zipalign -f -v 4 "C:\Users\name\Desktop\project_name\projectname_signed.apk" "C:\Users\name\Desktop\project_name\projectname__zipaligned.apk"

Upvotes: 38

SteelBytes
SteelBytes

Reputation: 6965

Using the steps given, Eclipse will do zipalign for you.

Upvotes: 7

apesa
apesa

Reputation: 12443

If you did what you described above then Eclipse has already zipaligned your apk for you. You can't zipalign an already zipaligned package

Upvotes: 47

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