How can I specify location of debug keystore for Android ant debug builds?

Question

Is it possible to specify the location of a self created debug keystore when creating debug .apk\'s (-debug.apk) with ant

Answer 1

You can remove the signature of the final apk and sign it again. It is just a debug build so the zipalign can be avoided (at least I have no problems in my build).

Copy your keystore to a file debug.keystore in the project and add the following in ant.properties

debug.key.store.password=android
debug.key.alias.password=android
debug.key.store=../debug.keystore
debug.key.alias=androiddebugkey

And add the following in your build.xml

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
     

    Signing final DEBUG apk with a common signature...
        signapk
            input="${out.final.file}"
            output="${out.packaged.file}"
            keystore="${debug.key.store}"
            storepass="${debug.key.store.password}"
            alias="${debug.key.alias}"
            keypass="${debug.key.alias.password}"