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

Answer 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.