Cordova build -release Android Unsigned apk

Question

I'm trying to generate my release apk to deploy it on Play Store. I'm running this command

Sudo cordova build android --release

Which is generating me a file named Android-Release-Unsigned.apk

I tried many solutions, like creating keystore

keytool -genkey -v -keystore key-name.keystore -alias alias-name -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000

or the trick of creating a Ant.properties file like here and none of them worked at all.

Any other possible solution for this ? Cordova version is 5.1.1

Answer 1

Create a file called release-signing.properties and put in APPFOLDER\platforms\android folder Cordova used to use ant.properties but now ignores that file.

Contents of the file: edit after = for all except 2nd line

storeFile=C:/yourlocation/app.keystore
storeType=jks
keyAlias=aliasname
keyPassword=aliaspass
storePassword=password

Now running cordova build android --release should produce a signed version.

Answer 2

If you have keystore file generated, this should work.

You may also need to remove console plugin if the same apk directly goes to production.

In cordova 6.2.0

cd cordova/ #change to root cordova folder
platforms/android/cordova/clean #clean if you want
cordova build android --release -- --keystore="/path/to/keystore" --storePassword=password --alias=alias_name #password will be prompted if you have any