Code Signing For Android
Explore how to code sign Android applications built with Ionic, including using the Keystore command-line tool and Android Studio. Understand how to create, manage, and secure signing keys, generate signed APKs, and prepare apps for Google Play submission. This lesson guides you through build commands and troubleshooting common signing issues.
Code signing an Android application
iOS requires signing certificates and provisioning profiles for development and distribution. Android simply requires an app to be signed only when it’s ready to be published to the Google Play Store.
Prior to releasing for Google Play, we can publish a debug (non-signed) version of the app to your Android device(s) for testing. Compared to the different iOS configuration and set-up requirements, this does make life a lot easier as a developer.
Signing Android applications is quite simple, though, and involves working with either of the following tools:
- Keystore command-line utility
- Android Studio
We’ll explore each of the above tools, starting with the command-line-based Keystore utility, a free software ...