Signing android application

• by krishna
• October 20, 2010

• Keytool command that generates a private key:

d:> keytool -genkey -v -keystore my-release-key.keystore -alias alias_name -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 18250

Reference:

18250 is days = 365 days X 50 years

• Jarsigner to sign an application package called my_application.apk, using the example keystore created above.

d:> jarsigner -verbose -keystore my-release-key.keystore my_app.apk alias_name

• To verify that your .apk is signed, you can use a command like this:

d:> jarsigner –verify –verbose –certs my_application.apk

Keytool command that generates a private key: d:> keytool -genkey -v -keystore my-release-key.keystore -alias alias_name -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 18250 Reference: 18250 is days = 365 days X 50 years Jarsigner to sign an application package called my_application.apk, using the example keystore created above. d:> jarsigner -verbose -keystore my-release-key.keystore my_app.apk alias_name To verify that…