cannot find zip-align when publishing app

Question

cannot.find.zip.align=The zipalign tool was not found in the SDK.

Please update to the latest SDK and re-export your application
or run zipalign manually.

Aligning         


        

Answer 1

When I was completely desperate, I did the following, that allowed me to find official zipalign.exe. The short answer is to use the link from official (but not public :-) part of of the site:

https://dl.google.com/android/repository/build-tools_r28-rc1-windows.zip

If you use this recepy after 2018, you probably need the full explanation:

1. Open Android Studio and go

   Android Studio->Tools->Android->SDK Manager->Android SDK->SDK update site
   

2. Write in text editor link and open it in the browser. In my case the first link worked for me:

   https://dl.google.com/android/repository/repository2-1.xml
   

3. Look for the latest package build-tools. In my case, it was build-tools_r28-rc1-windows.zip, but you can find the latest in your time

   Ctrl+F build-tools_
   

4. Substitute in the URL the last part with the found package name like I did:

   https://dl.google.com/android/repository/build-tools_r28-rc1-windows.zip
   

5. Download the package, unzip it and fortunately find official file:

   zipalign.exe
   

If it helps you, your feedback is wellcome.