Invalid keystore format

Question

I recently updated an app to the market, I generated the keystore and the corresponding password. Now I updated the app and intend to update it on the market too, I have published QR Codes for the same in media and whilst I try to sign my new APK I keep on getting the error " Invalid keystore format" for the option of "Use existing Keystore". Unable to determine where I am going wrong.

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Solution 1

Are you positive that you are opening the same keystore as before and using the right password? There may be a possibility that the keystore somehow got corrupted; perhaps you have a backup?

Solution 2

You definitely need to create a new keystore file.
But you need to add some properties while creating the keystore file.

keytool -genkey -v -keystore C:/Users/Username/key.jks -storetype JKS -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000 -alias key

Comments

[Skynet]

I had to use a different keystore altogether and unpublished the previous version, pain in all the wrong places!

[Android_kalai]

No i dont want to unpublish my app

[Skynet]

I am new to this, the previous keystore I generated had the same password I am using right now. Where is the keystore located? I can find my exact apk at F:\. That is where I stored it.

[Oleg Vaskevich]

You are exporting a signed application, right? The keystore is just a file that ADT can help you create; I don't know where you stored it. You can read about it here and (more importantly) here.

[Skynet]

I found it, I had not provided the path to it while creating it. Eclipse had hidden it inside its default folder. But my problem seems to persis. As previously I had created a keystore and due to the same problem had to sign my new app with a different keystore. Now I am able to find the previous one but not the new one! Pretty confusing!

[Oleg Vaskevich]

It could be the .android/debug.keystore file; you should search for all .keystore files (default password is android I believe).