Release APK file not showing google maps

Question

I applied the exact steps as mentioned in the google developer doc to create an example google map project and everything went fine on the emulator, but when I generated the

Answer 1

Reason for this issue

This occurred because there are different SHA1s in debug and release types.

Fix for this issue

Add the SHA1 of the keystore used to build the release APK to Google console

Steps:

1. Get the path of the keystore when you generate signed APK

   Build ----> Generate Signed APK..

Save the key store path

Remember to make Build Type --- release

2. Extract SHA1 from the keystore.

Open your terminal use command below:

 keytool -list -v -keystore "/Users/NT/Desktop/generalkey.jks"

You will be asked for password for your keystore.

Change path to your keystore path keytool -list -v -keystore "keystore path"

From the Certificate fingerprints, you will see the SHA1

3. Generate android key using this SHA1 and your package name

Generate APK using keystore and enjoy your map