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--- wiki:sign_android_apk_terminal [2021/01/19 15:53] – created antisa
+++ wiki:sign_android_apk_terminal [2021/02/07 13:01] (current) – add Zipalign the apk antisa
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   keytool -genkey -v -keystore my-release-key.keystore -alias alias_name -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000
+===== Migrate keystore to PKCS12 =====
+Above command will recommend this so do it:
+  keytool -importkeystore -srckeystore my-release-key.keystore -destkeystore my-release-key.keystore -deststoretype pkcs12
 ===== Sign the apk =====
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   jarsigner -verbose -sigalg SHA1withRSA -digestalg SHA1 -keystore my-release-key.keystore my_application.apk alias_name
+===== Zipalign the apk =====
+This is required for uploading to the Play Store. It aligns the data in apk to start on 4 byte boundaries for faster memory access and reduced memory consumption.
+Install tool
+  sudo apt install zipalign
+Align
+  zipalign -v 4 my_application.apk-signed.apk my_application.apk-signed-aligned.apk
 ====== Tested on ======
-  *
+  * Xubuntu 20.04.1
+  * Buildozer 1.2.0
+  * kivy 2.0.0
-====== See also ======
 ====== References ======