How to build a release APK in Android Studio

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I am trying to build an APK that I can upload to the Play Store    When I select Build Generate Signed APK    in Android Studio  version 0 3 1   I am directed to a link on how to properly set up the signing process in the  gradle build scripts      http   tools android com tech-docs new-build-system user-guide TOC-Signing-Configurations  Unfortunately  after checking that page I m at a loss as to what file to edit and what to put in it - I m coming from a Visual Studio background  so lazily expect stuff to  just work        After OK ing Android Studio s warning message  A S  brings up a Generate Signed APK Wizard  which I went through  passing my key s details  The resulting APK was rejected by the Play Store for having a key with a too-soon expiry-date    I also tried bringing up the Android Studio Terminal window and running  gradle   as instructed in the above message  but this command was not found  So as an aside  since perhaps running the command might do something useful  how would I run gradle   I found a  Gradle  window in the A S  IDE  and tried building the assembleRelease target found in that window  However  the Run window output just shows  Executing external task  assembleRelease

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Click  Build Select Build Variant    in Android Studio  And choose release

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Follow this steps   -Build -Generate Signed Apk -Create new   Then fill up  New Key Store  form  If you wand to change  jnk file destination then chick on destination and give a name to get Ok button  After finishing it you will get  Key store password    Key alias    Key password  Press next and change your the destination folder  Then press finish  thats all

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AndroidStudio is alpha version for now  So you have to edit gradle build script files by yourself  Add next lines to your build gradle  android        signingConfigs            release                storeFile file  android keystore               storePassword  pwd              keyAlias  alias              keyPassword  pwd                       buildTypes           release               signingConfig signingConfigs release                    To actually run your application at emulator or device run gradle installDebug or gradle installRelease    You can create helloworld project from AndroidStudio wizard to see what structure of gradle files is needed  Or export gradle files from working eclipse project  Also this series of articles are helpfull http   blog stylingandroid com archives 1872 more-1872

[android] How to build a 'release' APK in Android Studio?

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