Android Error Building Signed APK keystore jks not found for signing config externalOverride

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I get this error when I try to Build Signed APK   I recently upgraded to API 23 but Generated APK s successfully after that  Im confused  Asking for help and advise how to solve this problem  Here s the error  FAILURE  Build failed with an exception     What went wrong  Execution failed for task   app validateExternalOverrideSigning    gt  Keystore file  Users me Desktop final apps keystore jks not  found for signing config  externalOverride      Try  Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace  Run with --info or --   debug option to get more log output    And the log  Information Gradle tasks   app assembleRelease   app preBuild UP-TO-DATE  app preReleaseBuild UP-TO-DATE  app checkReleaseManifest  app preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComAndroidSupportAppcompatV72311Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComAndroidSupportSupportV42311Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesAppindexing810Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareComGoogleAndroidGmsPlayServicesBasement810Library UP-TO-DATE  app prepareReleaseDependencies  app compileReleaseAidl UP-TO-DATE  app compileReleaseRenderscript UP-TO-DATE  app generateReleaseBuildConfig UP-TO-DATE  app generateReleaseAssets UP-TO-DATE  app mergeReleaseAssets UP-TO-DATE  app generateReleaseResValues UP-TO-DATE  app generateReleaseResources UP-TO-DATE  app mergeReleaseResources UP-TO-DATE  app processReleaseManifest UP-TO-DATE  app processReleaseResources UP-TO-DATE  app generateReleaseSources UP-TO-DATE  app compileReleaseJavaWithJavac Note  Some input files use or override a deprecated API  Note  Recompile with -Xlint deprecation for details   app compileReleaseNdk UP-TO-DATE  app compileReleaseSources  app lintVitalRelease  app transformClassesWithDexForRelease  app mergeReleaseJniLibFolders  app transformNative libsWithMergeJniLibsForRelease  app processReleaseJavaRes UP-TO-DATE  app transformResourcesWithMergeJavaResForRelease  app validateExternalOverrideSigning FAILED Error Execution failed for task   app validateExternalOverrideSigning    gt  Keystore file  Users me Desktop final apps keystore jks not found for signing config  externalOverride      Here is my Gradle  apply plugin   com android application   android   compileSdkVersion 23 buildToolsVersion  23 0 2    defaultConfig       applicationId  com waffles vatsandbats      minSdkVersion 14     targetSdkVersion 23    buildTypes       release           minifyEnabled false          proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile  proguard-android txt     proguard-rules txt                  dependencies    compile files  libs acra-4 7 0-javadoc jar   compile files  libs acra-4 7 0-sources jar   compile files  libs acra-4 7 0 jar   compile  com google android gms play-services-appindexing 8 1 0  compile files  libs activation jar   compile files  libs mail jar   compile files  libs additionnal jar   compile  com android support support-v4 23 1 1  compile  com android support appcompat-v7 23 1 1

User · Accepted Answer

I found the solution  I misplaced the path to the keystore jks file   Searched for the file on my computer used that path and everything worked great

User · Answer

On Linux or Ubuntu you need to use the complete path   For example    home ubuntu  android keystorname keystore  In my case I was using   instead of  home user   Using shorthands like the below does not work     android keystorname keystore   keystorename keystore

User · Answer

Editing the path of the keystore file solved my problem

User · Answer

File -  Invalidate Caches  amp  Restart      Build -  Build signed APK -  check the path in the dialog

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I have same problem  because i don t have keystore path then i see Waffles inc solutions and had a new problem In my Android Studio 3 1 for mac had a windows dialog problem when trying create new keystore path  it s like this    if u have the same problem  don t worried about the black windows it s just typing your new keystore and then save

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TL DR  Check the path to your keystore jks file  In my case  here s what happened  I moved the project folder of my entire app to another location on my PC  Much later  I wanted to generate a signed apk file  Unknown to me  the default location of the path to my keystore jks had been reset to a wrong location and I had clicked okay  Since it could not find a keystore at the path I selected  I got that error  The solution was to check whether the path to my keystore jks file was correct

User · Answer

This is a problem that can arise from writing down a  filename  instead of a path  while generating the  jks file  Generate a new one  put it on the Desktop  or any other real path  and re-generate APK

User · Answer

Click on choose existing and again choose the location where your jks file is located     I hope this trick works for you

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For people that have tried above try generating the key with the -keypass and -storepass options as I was only inputting one of the passwords when running it like the React Native docs have you  This caused it to error out when trying to build   keytool -keypass PASSWORD1 -storepass PASSWORD2 -genkeypair -v -keystore release2 keystore -alias release2 -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000

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open key properties and check your path is correct   replace from   to     example -  replace from  storeFile D  Projects Flutter Key key jks  to  storeFile D  Projects Flutter Key key jks

[android] Android Error Building Signed APK: keystore.jks not found for signing config 'externalOverride'

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