Problem signing Android app

[Klaus major-k]

Hi Jacque,

> Am 12.04.2023 um 18:12 schrieb J. Landman Gay via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
> Did you agree to let Google manage your keys?

to be honest, I did not find that one (yet) on the Google Dev pages!?
Any hints much appreciated!

> If so you need to create an upload key, which I think is different from the original signing key.
> LC may not recognize that format.

Yes, that's what I experienced.
See below, LC told me about a wrong format of the key file.

> I've never let Google manage my keys so I'm not sure how that works.
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> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
> On April 12, 2023 7:18:57 AM Klaus major-k via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I created a new app and cannot sign it!?
>> 
>> I did this:
>> <https://developer.android.com/studio/publish/app-signing>
>> -> Generate an upload key and keystore
>> and generated a *.jks file.
>> 
>> Then I selected this key file in LC, and at the end of the signing process
>> LC told me that the keystore file had the wrong format!?
>> 
>> Then I renamed the key to *.keystore
>> And LC told me again that this was the wrong format of the key file?
>> 
>> What am I missing?
>> Thank you for any hint!
>> 
>> P.S.
>> I had published my earlier app successfully to the Google Play Store with a selfsigned key in "Android Studio" as shown in:
>> <https://lessons.livecode.com/m/4069/l/32674-how-do-i-create-a-self-signed-certificate-for-an-android-app>
>> 
>> When I later wanted to upload an update, Google told me that I did not use the correct key for signing???
>> So I read up everthing about this and came to create an UPLOAD key, so I could use this later for any further
>> updates of the app.
>> 
>> However that failed so far, see above..

Best

Klaus

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