I am new to Android development; when I have been trying to sign the application I have got the following error. Can anyone help me on this issue?
keytool error :java.io.IoException:Incorrect AVA format I have found some solution on the forums, for instance I need to run the debug.keystore but I was not successful.
Probably you entered illegal character(something like ,(comma)) in a field for Name, Organization or somewhere else.
Of course if you really want some charachter can be escaped with \ sign
I have faced an error while trying to export a signed .apk file with Eclipse ADT. The error was same like your error. In my case, I used a + sign before the country code. Removing the + sign from this name fixed the problem and allowed me to fully export my signed .apk file. Also, this error can occur when use comma,slash, semi-colon, quotation.
You tried to use special characters while exporting apk.You can't use these special characters in any field shown while creating the apk. The special character set includes:
I came on this error when I did not set the distinguished name option at all. This was corrected by setting the option to a validly formatted string.
this command failed with the AVA format exception: (line breaks added for legibility)
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_45\jre\bin>keytool -genkey -v -dname PatrickTaylor -validity 10000 -keystore C:\drops\patrickkeystore this command completed successfully:
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_45\jre\bin>keytool -genkey -v -dname PatrickTaylor -validity 10000 -keystore C:\drops\patrickkeystore -dname "cn=Patrick Taylor, ou=engineering, o=company, c=US" I got the same problem, reason is invalid character. just " + " mark on country code also be a reason to get an error. be simple that's the way in here.
I solved these Exception by changing the country code:
+91 to India
this "Probably you entered illegal character(something like ,(comma)) in a field for Name, Organization or somewhere else. " worked for me. I had a comma on the state or province. please mark this answer by rule as the answer; as + in +91 is a special character.
It's simple. You only need remove "+" on country code.
Example: +62 to 62.
Can't google say "Invalid Character". Instead, they say "Incorret AVA format" Strip away any non alphanumeric characters, no accents and no weird letters.