do I use the Md5 from the debug keystore or the release keystore? seem to find conflicting advice other places on the web? thanks

lol I just put them both in it works a treat :) nice one all

Hi, You can use both, actually, depending on which key you sign your app with. I have had extremely limited success being able to actually get map tiles to show up using the debug keystore and the corresponding Google Maps API. I have had much better luck getting a Maps API based on the release keystore MD5, and then signing the apk with the release keystore. Here's a video I did on the Eclipse Keytool Plugin. It's very helpful in this situation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaXE2FUENFI Mark

Great this is what i need to get a key

Great this is what i need to get a key

The above stuff tells you how to create a release keystore and use the plugin to get your MD5 fingerprint. Then use all that to get the Google Maps API key. http://www.buzztouch.com/files/howtos/Obtaining_a_Google_Maps_API_Key_v1.0.pdf Mark

I have eclipse Helios, so I never saw an option to create a keystore from scratch, I'm not especially good at command either, but I wanted to know if it could be installed on Helios. If not, I could give indigo a try.

Howdy, Check out this video I put together on installing a Keytool Plugin for Eclipse: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaXE2FUENFI It's a nice GUI way to create and manage keystores. If you have any other questions, just let me know! Mark

Never mind I've got it ^_^ I installed the software, but didn't know I would have to make an entirely new certificate. The guilde you wrote http://www.buzztouch.com/files/howtos/Obtaining_a_Google_Maps_API_Key_v1.0.pdf Helped, but I only saw the method for the command line.

You can actually create the release keystore during the export process. There's an option to create a new key. Have you tried that?

Yes I've created a release.keystore, but I didn't know about the certificate. I had to make a new one using my current keystore, which was a new trick to me. Nonetheless you helped me a ton, I have my google API key :D by the way how do I save that certificate? May have to keep eclipse running all night. haha

So, if you've created the release.keystore, that's a file, and you'll use it to sign your apps for release. In order for maps to work, you have to sign the app with the SAME keystore you used to generate the Google Maps API Key. For the API Key, just save it in a text file for future use. The MD5 fingerprint of your release.keystore will ALWAYS be the same. But, a different keystore will have a different MD5 fingerprint, and will generate a different Maps API key. If you have the Keytool Plugin installed in Eclipse, you can easily retrieve the MD5 fingerprint of any keystore (release or debug), and use it to generate the Maps API key again. Make sense? Mark

I got it, thank you so much!