Issue signing Android Release Build “ Failed to read key from keystore”

Question

I\'m using gradle (assembleRelease) to generate the release apk.

I have saved the keystore file in project/app/filename.keystore (Within the application

Answer 1

I was using double-quotes with alias and passwords as shown below

storePassword="spass"
keyAlias="kalias"
keyPassword="kpass"

Removing double-quotes solved my problem

storePassword=spass
keyAlias=kalias
keyPassword=kpass