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Does Android debug keystore work with release keystore?

I have two Android apps that are designed to work together. One calls some interface method in the other. When they are released, they will use the same release keystore, so that they can talk to each other. But now my question is, if one of my app is still debugging using the debug keystore, and the other is using the release keystore, should the debugging app be able to talk to the release app? I was told that I can't do this before, but now I was told that I can. I asked my colleague and searched online but can't get an explanation. Can someone explain this? Thanks.

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Answers (1)

Gabe Sechan
Gabe Sechan

Reputation: 93559

No, they don't. The debug keystore isn't anything special, its just a keystore that is automatically generated when you install Android Studio. If you have two apps that only work with the same signing key, then they will not work if one is release and one is debug.

But please note: depending on what you're doing, you don't need the same signing key to talk to each other. You only need it if you're doing very specific things, like broadcasting a signed permission.

Upvotes: 1

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