LC Android: Invalid Keystore Format error when saving a standalone for deployment

[J. Landman Gay]

On June 11, 2015 3:37:14 AM CDT, Matthias Rebbe | M-R-D <matthias_livecode_150811 at m-r-d.de> wrote:
>Ralph,
>
>thanks for recommending Keystore Explorer.
>
>I can open my keystore file w/o problem.
>
>
>Maybe my problems have to do with the fact that i have setup my mac in
>April this year from scratch?
>
>Is it possible that there are some certificates or keys missing? 
>
>Regards,
>
>Matthias
>
>
>
>> Am 11.06.2015 um 02:00 schrieb Ralph DiMola
><rdimola at evergreeninfo.net>:
>> 
>> See if you can open it with "Keystore Explorer". It's a great GUI way
>to deal with the keystore. It runs in the java machine so it is
>platform independent.
>> 
>> Ralph DiMola
>> IT Director
>> Evergreen Information Services
>> rdimola at evergreeninfo.net
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On
>Behalf Of Matthias Rebbe | M-R-D
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 7:28 PM
>> To: How to use LiveCode
>> Subject: LC Android: Invalid Keystore Format error when saving a
>standalone for deployment
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> maybe i am missing something.
>> 
>> I have to update an app i uploaded to the google store mid 2014.
>> 
>> For  creating the standalone i am using of course the same keystore
>file i used for the version from 2014.
>> 
>> After i enter alias and the 2 passwords i get the following error
>message
>> 
>> “There was an error while saving the 
>> standalone application
>> signing failed - keystore load: Inavlid
>> keystore format"
>> 
>> 
>> What could cause this error?
>> 
>> I wanted to try a fresh version of the android SDK to see if this
>solves my problem, so  I downloaded the most recent version of Android
>SDK and installed SDKs for 2.2 and 2.3.
>> But with the new version i get an error “There was an error while
>saving the standalone application. could not generate package
>manifest”. The most version of the Android SDK Build-tools are
>installed in SDK Manager.
>> 
>> 
>> So if someone has an idea what is going wrong here.
>> 
>> 
>> I am working on Mac OS X 10.10.3, LC 6.7.5, Android SKD 24.3 and JDK
>1.6. 
>> 
>> I know 1.6 is outdated, but i need it for a iSCSI driver which only
>runs with 1.6.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Matthias
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Besides SDK 2,2 and 2,3, try also installing 4.1 or higher. There were some problems reported on the forums that mostly involved the emulator, but the fix might solve the keystore problem too. 

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