I lost the .keys.ks file, that I used to sign my Android (on the Market) app. Is there anything I could do? I really hope I won't have to republish the app with a different package name on the Market, because current users won't see my updates. If I recreate it in Eclipse with the same password can I create the same key?
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A:
No, there is nothing you can do. You have to sign with a new key. And no, current users will not see your updates, and if it is a paid application, they also will have to pay again to install the application.
Always backup your key. I have it in my gmail, and also on my skydrive, just in case.
Ryan Conrad
2010-08-17 11:49:10
It's not possible to recreate the key if I remember the password?
fhucho
2010-08-17 12:09:03
You could try recreating it. Then upload an update to the market. if it takes it, then it works.
Ryan Conrad
2010-08-17 12:24:53
@fhucho No, using the same password will not generate the same key.
Dan Dyer
2010-08-17 14:06:10
That sucks... iPhone devs can request the key from Apple.
fhucho
2010-08-17 17:29:41
Thank God, I found a copy of my keystore in my Windows partition :-)
fhucho
2010-08-18 09:27:30
That's great. make sure you email it to a gmail account and/or store it on a cloud storage.
Ryan Conrad
2010-08-18 11:13:46