Android Studio issue missing missing debug.keystore

Question

Every time I want to sign my aok I get the failure Missing debug.keystore it says that it actually should me located under this path Store: C:\Users\jamie\.android\debug.keystore but there isn't any keystore file.

How can I create one ?

Please explain it for a really silly person.

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Answer 1

I know this comes late but I hope it helps those that come in the future. To generate a new keystore do the following:

1. Type keytool -alias "AndroidDebugKey" -genkeypair in the terminal of your android studio give it a password of android.

2. The rest of the fields or questions asked after that don't matter so just press Enter.

3. Go to your home directory (C:\Users<YOUR USERNAME>) and look for a file named as .keystore.

4. Rename .keystore to debug.keystore.

5. Now copy and paste it to (C:\Users<YOUR USERNAME>.android).

6. Re-run the signReport task to generate a new key for APP.

Answer 2

You can generate a keystore using the keytool. It should be included in your JDK -

-genkeypair {-alias alias} {-keyalg keyalg} {-keysize keysize} 
{-sigalg sigalg} [-dname dname] [-keypass keypass] {-validity valDays} 
{-storetype storetype} {-keystore keystore} [-storepass storepass] {-providerClass provider_class_name {-providerArg provider_arg}} 
{-v} {-protected} {-Jjavaoption}

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You can set the location of your keystore in the gradle file. For example -

...
android {
    ...
    defaultConfig { ... }
    signingConfigs {
        release {
            storeFile file("myreleasekey.keystore")
            storePassword "password"
            keyAlias "MyReleaseKey"
            keyPassword "password"
        }
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            ...
            signingConfig signingConfigs.release
        }
    }
}
...

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