I have never set any passwords to my keystore and alias so how are they created

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As I was going through some posts on the Internet learning more about signing your Android app  I got post like how to sign the app  and something about what if you have lost your keystore file or password   The question I am here to ask is that  I have never created a keystore  or its alias  or its password  so how on this earth can I forget it   I know that for Android we use the password android  so  if the password is by default android how can one forget it   I m sure there must be some other way to create new keystores    Finally  if android is the default password  what is the default alias

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Signing in Debug Mode

The Android build tools provide a debug signing mode that makes it easier for you to develop and debug your application, while still meeting the Android system requirement for signing your APK. When using debug mode to build your app, the SDK tools invoke Keytool to automatically create a debug keystore and key. This debug key is then used to automatically sign the APK, so you do not need to sign the package with your own key.

The SDK tools create the debug keystore/key with predetermined names/passwords:

Keystore name: "debug.keystore"
Keystore password: "android"
Key alias: "androiddebugkey"
Key password: "android"
CN: "CN=Android Debug,O=Android,C=US"

If necessary, you can change the location/name of the debug keystore/key or supply a custom debug keystore/key to use. However, any custom debug keystore/key must use the same keystore/key names and passwords as the default debug key (as described above). (To do so in Eclipse/ADT, go to Windows > Preferences > Android > Build.)

Caution: You cannot release your application to the public when signed with the debug certificate.

Source: Developer.Android

User · Answer

Better than all options  you can set your signingConfig to be equals your debug signingConfig   To do that you just need to do the following   android           buildTypes               wantedBuildType         signingConfig debug signingConfig               With that you will not need to know where the debug keystore is  the app will work for all team  even if someone use a different environment

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All these answers and there is STILL just one missing   When you create your auth credential in the Google API section of the dev console  make sure  especially if it is your first one  that you have clicked on the  consent screen  option   If you don t have the  title  and any other required field filled out the call will fail with this option

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when we run application in eclipse apk generate is sign by default Keystore which is provided by android     But if you want to upload your application on play store you need to create your own keystore  Eclipse already provides GUI interface to create new keystore  And you also can create keystore through command line   default alias is   androiddebugkey

User · Answer

if you want to configure them in gradle it should look like  signingConfigs           debug               storeFile file  PATH TO HOME  android debug keystore               storePassword  android                                 keyAlias  AndroidDebugKey              keyPassword  android

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Keystore name   debug keystore   Keystore password   android   Key alias   androiddebugkey   Key password   android    I use this information and successfully generate Signed APK

[android] I have never set any passwords to my keystore and alias, so how are they created?

Signing in Debug Mode

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