Signing APK file in Cordova v-5.0 CLI is not working

Question

i tried to add keystore properties into two files in the platforms/android directory.

key.store=Users/admin/workspace/android-keystore/keystore
key.alias=keystore

into

ant.properties

and

project.properties 

File.

It worked fine in previous version, but not seems like the Cordova does not using ant in latest version.

So if i run command:

cordova build android --release

I always get only unsigned apk.

platforms/android/build/outputs/apk/android-release-unsigned.apk

How can i solve it please?

Many thanks for any help.

Answer 1

Because cordova now uses gradle, you need to create a file called release-signing.properties in your platforms/android/ directory

The settings looks like:

storeFile=relative/path/to/keystore.p12
storePassword=SECRET1
storeType=pkcs12
keyAlias=DebugSigningKey
keyPassword=SECRET2

You can also use JKS files:

storeType=jks
storeFile=mykeystore.keystore

For more information see: https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/edge/guide_platforms_android_tools.md.html

Answer 2

Here is what I use:

storeType=jks
storeFile=/absolute/path/to/my/file.keystore
storePassword=mypassword1
keyAlias=myaliasname
keyPassword=mypassword2