keytool is not recognized as a command when trying to obtain key

Question

I am setting up a google maps activity and I am trying to get my API key. However in my cmd I get the error that keytool is not recognized as an internal or external command....ect.... I tried using the solution posted in a similar question but it didn't work for me.

My Default dubug keystore

C:\Users\Sam\.android\debug.keystore

Solution 1

It looks like your %PATH% - OS environment variable is not configured properly.

You can either:

Call keytool by specifying full path to your <Java_Home>/bin/keytool.exe executable file.
For me, the path looks like this:
"c:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_20\bin\keytool.exe"

Or,

Correct your %Path% variable; by appending %JAVA_HOME%\bin to it.

Solution 2

"c:\Program Files(x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0\bin\keytool.exe" -list -v -alias androiddebugkey -keystore "C:\Users\EIS\.android\debug.keystore" -storepass android -keypass android

Then hit the "Enter" key and your MD5 and SHA1 will show.

Comments

[Sam Bevins]

how do i find mine then? I found what is above by going in to the properties in eclipse

[Tomislav Novoselec]

look in the folder where you've installed Java

[Sam Bevins]

I tried but it says now when I use CMD that The system cannot find the file specified

[Sam Bevins]

keytool -list -alias androiddebugkey \ -keystore <C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin>.keystore \ -storepass android -keypass android

[Tomislav Novoselec]

position yourself in .android folder and execute this: "C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\keytool.exe" -list -alias androiddebugkey -keystore debug.keystore -storepass android -keypass android -v

[Sam Bevins]

I used that in cmd because I'm not sure what you mean by positioning myself in the android folder. But when I ran it in cmd I got a java.lang.exception

[Tomislav Novoselec]

do you even know how to navigate through your filesystem via cmd? "C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\keytool.exe" -list -alias androiddebugkey -keystore "C:\Users\Sam\.android\debug.keystore" -storepass android -keypass android -v