Debug certificate expired error in Eclipse Android plugins

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I am using Eclipse Android plugins to build a project  but I am getting this error in the console window    2010-02-03 10 31 14 - androidVNC Error generating final archive  Debug certificate expired on 1 30 10 2 35 PM    How do I fix it

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On Vista  this worked    DOS  del c  user dad  android debug keystore ECLIPSE  In Project  Clean the project  Close Eclipse  Re-open Eclipse  ECLIPSE  Start the Emulator  Remove the Application from the emulator     You are good to go   I was pretty worried when I say that error  but I fixed it from reading here and playing around for 10 minutes

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It s a pain to have to delete all your development  apk files  because the new certificate doesn t match so you can t upgrade them in all your AVDs  You have to get another development MAP-API key as well  There s another solution   You can create your own debug certificate in debug keystore with whatever expiration you want  Do this in the  android folder under your HOME directory   keytool -genkey -v -keystore debug keystore -alias androiddebugkey -storepass android -keypass android -keyalg RSA -validity 14000   keytool exe can be found in the JDK bin folder  e g  C  Program Files Java jdk1 6 0 31 bin  on Windows    ADT sets the first and last name on the certificate as  Android Debug   the organizational unit as  Android  and the two-letter country code as  US   You can leave the organization  city  and state values as  Unknown   This example uses a validity of 14000 days  You can use whatever value you like

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H-m-m-m  Interesting how so many people have had slightly different experiences with this  I remember the days when this was considered a sign that the software was not ready for release  and the team would actually fix it BEFORE users started seeing these problems    My own experience was just a little different  I had already tried Project Clean  but still got the same build failure  Then I deleted the debug keystore  under  android  just as the first answer said  Still got the same problem  Then I did a clean again  and wonder of wonders  it worked   Now don t get me wrong  I am glad that I got it working thanks to the hints in this thread  But clearly clean isn t working right  and how did it find an expired key after I deleted the keystore    Clearly something is wrong with Eclipse or the ADT -- not so sure which

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For windows xp go to C  Documents and Settings  userprofile   android and delete debug keystore file  restart the eclipse  and now your project get build without error   Example path   C  Documents and Settings raja ap  android    read-here-for-more

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WINDOWS   Delete  debug keystore located in C  Documents and Settings   user   android  Clean and build your project    Windows 7 go to C  Users  username   android and delete debug keystore file    Clean and build your project    MAC   Delete your keystore located in    android debug keystore Clean and build your project   In all the options if you can  t get the new debug keystore just restart eclipse

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Upon installation  the Android SDK generates a debug signing certificate for you in a keystore called debug keystore  The Eclipse plug-in uses this certificate to sign each application build that is generated    Unfortunately a debug certificate is only valid for 365 days  To generate a new one you must delete the existing debug keystore file  Its location is platform dependent - you can find it in Preferences - Android - Build - Default debug keystore

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I had this problem couple of weeks ago  I first tried the troubleshooting on the Android developer site  but without luck  After that I reinstalled the Android SDK  which solved my problem

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The Android SDK generates a  debug  signing certificate for you in a keystore called debug keystore The Eclipse plug-in uses this certificate to sign each application build that is generated   Unfortunately a debug certificate is only valid for 365 days  To generate a new one  you must delete the existing debug keystore file  Its location is platform dependent - you can find it in Preferences -  Android -  Build -   Default debug keystore   If you are using Windows  follow the steps below   DOS  del c  user dad android debug keystore  Eclipse  In Project  Clean the project  Close Eclipse  Re-open Eclipse   Eclipse  Start the Emulator  Remove the Application from the emulator   If you are using Linux or Mac  follow the steps below   Manually delete debug keystore from the  android folder   You can find the  android folder like this  home username  android  Note  the default  android file will be hidden   So click on the places menu  Under select home folder  Under click on view  under click show hidden files and then the  android folder will be visible   Delete debug keystore from the  android folder   Then clean your project  Now Android will generate a new  android folder file

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First close the eclipse then   Open CMD by Window Key   R or via Run as Admin  Follows the following step  del   USERPROFILE   android debug keystore  keytool -genkey -v -keystore   USERPROFILE   android debug keystore  -alias androiddebugkey -storepass android -keypass android -keyalg RSA -validity 30000   after this restart eclipse

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On a Mac  open the Terminal  current user s directory should open   cd   android    ls  to validate debug keystore is there   Finally  rm debug keystore  to remove the file

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To fix this problem  simply delete the debug keystore file   The default storage location for AVDs is     In    android  on OS X and Linux       In C  Documents and Settings  android  on Windows XP      In C  Users  android  on Windows Vista and Windows 7    Also see this link  which can be helpful   http   developer android com tools publishing app-signing html

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In Windows 7 it is at the path  C  Users  username   android    goto this path and remove debug keystore clean and build your project

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After you install the Android SDK in Eclipse  it generates a debug signing certificate for you in a keystore called debug keystore  The Eclipse plug-in uses this certificate to sign each application build that is generated   Now  the problem with this debug certificate is that it is only valid for a year  or 365 days  If your Eclipse IDE uses an expired debug certificate  you will not be able to create and or deploy an Android app   To fix this problem all you need to do is delete the debug keystore file    Go to Preferences Android Build Default debug keystore   There you should see the folder where the file is located  Simply delete that file and you are good to go   For more info  you can visit      http   developer android com tools publishing app-signing html

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Delete your debug certificate under    android debug keystore on Linux and Mac OS X  the directory is something like  USERPROFILE   androidon Windows   The Eclipse plugin should then generate a new certificate when you next try to build a debug package  You may need to clean and then build to generate the certificate

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In Windows debug keystore file is localtes at C  Users  Username   android folder  This file is created when you install your android SDK and is valid only for a year  After this perod you will start getting this error Error getting final archive  Debug certificate expired on xx xx xxxx   To remove this error simply delete the file and run the program again  In my Eclipse I have enabled Project- gt Build Automatically so it directly worked but in case you have disabled it you will need to clean the project Project- gt Clean   select your project and press ok  Then you will need to build it manually  3rd click on your project and select Build project  Note - You will only see this option if you have diabled Build Automatically feature in your Projects Menu

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On Ubuntu  this worked   I went to home username  android and I renamed keystore debug to keystoreold debug  I then closed Eclipse  started Eclipse  and SDK created new certificate keystore debug in that folder   You then have to uninstall reinstall apps you installed via USB Debugging or an unsigned APK   unsigned  APK   signed with debug certificate

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If a certificate expires in the middle of project debugging  you must do a manual uninstall   Please execute  adb uninstall  lt package name gt  in a shell

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