Keystore file 'C:\...\android\app\<keystore.jks>' not found for signing config 'release'

Question

• What went wrong: Execution failed for task ':app:validateSigningRelease'.

Keystore file 'C:\Users\Sam\StudioProjects\map_edinburgh_guide_airbnb\android\app<keystore.jks>' not found for signing config 'release'.

How torturous is this whole process?!

So I've generated a keystore, twice, once I put it on this path: C:\Users\Sam\StudioProjects\keystore

But AS seemed to want it elsewhere, so I generated the keystore again, to the project directory, as above, modifying my key.properties file to:

keyAlias=key0
storeFile=<keystore.jks>

You can see I've omitted the path from storeFile, but if I don't AS seems to use the same path twice & throws this:

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:validateSigningRelease'.
> Keystore file 'C:\Users\Sam\StudioProjects\map_edinburgh_guide_airbnb\android\app\<C:\Users\Sam\StudioProjects\map_edinburgh_guide_airbnb\android\app\keystore.jks>' not found for signing config 'release'.

Bonkers!

OMG this is killing me, please help.

Solution

Solved, the angle brackets provided in the docs should be REMOVED from all field, storePassword, keyPassowrd, alias, & storeFile

THANK THE LORD!

Comments

[Nisanth Reddy]

Have you put your keystore file in the `android\app` folder of your project ?

[Sam]

Yes I have, on the second attempt. The problem as given. I wondered if I'm not meant to wrap things in <> brackets in the properties file, but when I remove them, still problems.

[Sam]

key.properties is simply in the parent android/ directory

[Sisir]

You can use relative path. In the Key.properties you can use app\key.jks

[Sam]

Gives this error: > Keystore file 'C:\Users\Sam\StudioProjects\map_edinburgh_guide_airbnb\andr‌​oid\app\<app\keystor‌​e.jks>' not found for signing config 'release'.

[Sisir]

The angle brackets are placeholders for the actual path name