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How to set a custom keystore for debugging in eclipse for android


I have a custom keystore that I use for signing my apk. now I want to use the same keystore for debugging. when I go to eclipse->windows->preferences->android->build and set my custom key store I get "Keystore was tampered with, or password was incorrect"?


Solution

  • I had the same issue and here are the steps to properly create a custom keystore that can be used for debugging in Eclipse:

    Basically what you should do is that change both storepasswd and keypasswd for the alias androiddebugkey to "android".

    Here are the commands:

    keytool -changealias -keystore mykeystore.keystore -alias [old alias] -destalias androiddebugkey
    keytool -keypasswd -keystore mykeystore.keystore -alias androiddebugkey
    keytool -storepasswd -keystore mykeystore.keystore
    

    If you don't know your old alias, look it up using

    keytool -list -v -keystore mykeystore.keystore
    

    in Command prompt not able to enter the password