Android release keystore issue: “Keystore was tampered with, or password was incorrect”

Question

A couple of months ago I generated my android release keystore with this command:

keytool -genkey -v -keystore my-release-key.keystore -alias myalias -keyalg         


        

Answer 1

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JDK 1.7 build.gradle for android

android {
    compileSdkVersion 18
    buildToolsVersion "17.0.0"

    signingConfigs {
        release {
            storeFile file("../my-release.keystore")
            storePassword "$MakeMyDay!"
            keyAlias "my-release"
            keyPassword "$MakeMyDay!"
        }
    }
:

When I gradlew assembleRelease, I got the dreaded "tampered with or password was incorrect" error.

Resolution:

Use a simpler password, like abcdef. Not sure if special characters like $ and ! were supported.