Installing ... installing ... Android Keystores - where do I find them?

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Maryke Aspiring developer Posts: 12 Reg: Oct 27, 2012 Klerksdorp, Sou... 2,570	confirm \| cancel 10/29/12 10:20 AM (13 years ago) Installing ... installing ... Android Keystores - where do I find them? I am following the step by step instructions, but I cannot find them and am not really sure what to do with them Please help. Title Comments I am following the step by step instructions, but I cannot find them and am not really sure what to do with them Please help.

GoNorthWest buzztouch Evangelist Posts: 8197 Reg: Jun 24, 2011 Oro Valley, AZ 1,000,000	10/29/12 10:25 AM (13 years ago) Hi @Maryke, Keystores are used to sign your app for running on an actual device. You can use/create a debug keystore to run the app in debug mode, or use/create a release keystore when you're ready to put it on the market. You also need the keystores in order to get a Google Maps API key if your app uses maps. If you use the Export function in Eclipse when you create your apk, it gives you the opportunity to create a new keystore. That keystore, especially the release version, needs to be the same keystore you use each time you sign that app...otherwise, Google considers it a new app. Kinda like signing checks with the same signature each time ensures they come from you and not somebody else! Mark Comments Hi @Maryke, Keystores are used to sign your app for running on an actual device. You can use/create a debug keystore to run the app in debug mode, or use/create a release keystore when you're ready to put it on the market. You also need the keystores in order to get a Google Maps API key if your app uses maps. If you use the Export function in Eclipse when you create your apk, it gives you the opportunity to create a new keystore. That keystore, especially the release version, needs to be the same keystore you use each time you sign that app...otherwise, Google considers it a new app. Kinda like signing checks with the same signature each time ensures they come from you and not somebody else! Mark

Maryke Aspiring developer Posts: 12 Reg: Oct 27, 2012 Klerksdorp, Sou... 2,570	10/29/12 11:31 AM (13 years ago) Oh, thanks so much Mark. So I don't need to set it up when I'm installing the Eclipse thingy. What a relief. Comments Oh, thanks so much Mark. So I don't need to set it up when I'm installing the Eclipse thingy. What a relief.

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