To Display the Google map on the emmulator

Question

Now I am working on the Google maps API. I am not able to display the map on the emulator as well as the device......... how can i dis play the map.

I tried like this but i failed...

1. I searched for the debug.keystore in c:/ i found it.
2. I got Keytool.exe from the "C:\Program Files\Java\<JDK_version_number>\bin".
3. Opened the commend prompt and went to the above folder.
4. After that i copied this

"keytool.exe -list -alias androiddebugkey -keystore "C:\android\debug.keystore" -storepass android -keypass android"

and pressed enter then I got the Google api key **:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**

I pasted the key in this site http://code.google.com/android/maps-api-signup.html.

but the map is not generated it is saying that

fingerprint you entered is not valid. Please press the Back button on your browser and enter a valid certificate fingerprint.

What i need to do now to get the Map API key.

Answer 1

Okay, I was able to solve the problem in my case. I've got Java 7 on my machine and when I followed all the instructions as they are, I've got a SHA1 fingerprint, not MD5. I tried to use it to get the key and received exactly the error message from which this thread has started.

If you are having the same problem, just add the -v option (verbose output) after -list. keytool will then give you the MD5 fingerprint as well - use it.

keytool -list -v -alias androiddebugkey -keystore C:\Users\<user>\.android\debug.keystore -storepass android -keypass android

I will try to let Android folks know that they need to update the page with instructions.

Answer 2

for JDK 1.7 you get SHA1 fingerprint by default. But for generating Google Map API key you need fingerprint of MD5. For more details navigate through the below link.

How can I get the MD5 fingerprint from Java's keytool, not only SHA-1?