Sharing android debug certificate across different developer machines in Android Studio

Question

As Android debug builds get reinstalled when the same phone is connected to different MacBooks, is there any way for all development machines (MacBooks) to share the same debug certificate? It will help to avoid reinstallation on development devices.

Answer 1

Easiest thing to do this would be to check the debug keystore into your project and then reference it in build.gradle like so:

signingConfigs {
    debug {
        storeFile file('../keystore/debug.keystore')
        storePassword "android"
        keyAlias "androiddebugkey"
        keyPassword "android"
    }
    release {
        // ...
    }
}

Answer 2

I think that's possible. Android Studio automatically creates the debug keystore and certificate the first time you run or debug a project in Android Studio. Simply go to :

• ~/.android/ folder on OS X and Linux
• C:\Documents and Settings\.android\ on Windows XP
• C:\Users\.android\ on Windows Vista and Windows 7, 8, and 10

on one of your development machine and find your debug.keystore file. Copy and paste the file on the other machines at the same location. Hope it will work!