Does IntelliJ IDEA publish an Android app with one click?
Solution 1
New IDEA versions have an option to generate unsigned APK in the Android Facet settings, Compiler tab:
However you don't need to do that if you use the Export Signed Android Package feature:
Tools | Android | Export Signed Android Package
will generate the release version of your application signed with the release key and ready for Market.
You can also create a batch file that will sign the unsigned APK and configure it as an External Tool
in IDEA so that you can generate it in one click or via keyboard shortcut (if you are OK with a batch file containing your keystore passwords in open text).
I use such script to generate the signed APK, upload it to a phone and start the main Activity to perform application testing, it has the following sequence of actions:
jarsigner
zipalign
adb install
adb start
EDIT 2013/2/8: The option to export a Signed APK is now under Top Menu > Build > Generate Signed APK
(IntelliJ IDEA 12)
IDEA 12 has even better way to do it via artifact, configured like this:
Then use Build
| Build Artifacts when you need to make a release version.
Solution 2
Well you could modify the ant scripts slightly and have one target which builds a final signed APK. So that technically could be a one click build. Not sure about publishing, you may be restricted to using the web interface to upload and publish the app.
I wrote a tutorial on publish, it might be worth a read as I cover some of the building final releases and such
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Updated on June 19, 2022Comments
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sandalone about 2 years
On Android developer's page (http://developer.android.com/guide/publishing/app-signing.html) there is a tutorial on publishing which says that an app has to be compiled as an unsigned app, a private key must be generated with
keytool
then signed withjarsigner
.How do we create an unsigned app with IntelliJ?
Alternatively, can we do all these steps via
Tools->Android->Export Signed Android Package
?Thanks in advance!
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sandalone about 13 yearsThanks for a tip on batch files. I'm on my own computer so storing passwords in a text file is not a problem at all. However, I think that option
Export Signed Android Package
is far more convenient and for the time being I will use it. However, this tip on batch files is REALLY great and I will consider it seriously. -
sandalone about 13 yearsThanks for a tip but I'm looking for the simplest way to get publish-ready APK and I think this built-in command is such way.
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lordmegamax over 10 yearsThanks very much! You save a lot of my time!
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Riddhi Shah over 10 yearshey where this key store is stored . I can not find this key store.
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CrazyCoder over 10 years@RiddhiShah this keystore file is created by you, so only you know where you've placed it. You can find more details in Android documentation.
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Riddhi Shah over 10 yearsI am new user of intellij idea so i don't know and I usually use this command for generate key. keytool -exportcert -alias androiddebugkey -keystore C:\Users\Riddhi\.android\debug.keystore -list -v
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CrazyCoder over 10 years@RiddhiShah it's not IDE specific.
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Riddhi Shah over 10 yearsI need to create keystore new . can u give me steps or any hint then i can find or create certificate
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CrazyCoder over 10 years@RiddhiShah I've already provided you a hint in the first reply: developer.android.com/tools/publishing/…
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turner about 8 yearsthere is no 'Android' option in my tools context menu