I was in the in the process of singing my apk for my release and i forgot keystorepassword so i clicked reset. then I got this error.
Error:Execution failed for task ':app:packageRelease'.
com.android.ide.common.signing.KeytoolException: Failed to read key "app name" key from store "C:\keystore\keystore.jks": Keystore was tampered with, or password was incorrect
What is my best way to fix this?
If you forgot your password, there is no way to fix this. If your application is not published to the playstore, you are free to change the sign-in cert to a new one. Otherwise you will not be able to update your app at playstore, you have to unpublish your current app, change the package name and publish a new one with a different key and package. So always try keep a backup of your cert file and password.
On Windows, I found the keystore file path, password, key alias and key password in an earlier log report before I updated Android Studio. From windows file explorer c:/Users/your pc name/.AndroidStudio2.0 (your android studio version)\system\log\idea.log.1 (or any old log number) Then I searched for “password” and found this from an earlier date: -Pandroid.injected.signing.store.file= path to your keystore -Pandroid.injected.signing.store.password= KEYSTORE PASSWORD -Pandroid.injected.signing.key.alias= KEY ALIAS -Pandroid.injected.signing.key.password= YOUR_KEY_PASSWORD