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Google Play Console - Reuse Signing Key


I've created an app draft in the Google Play Console. In the App Releases screen, I was asked to choose whether or not I'd like to enroll my app in Google Play App Signing. I do want to enable this feature, but I am confused as to whether I should press the Continue button or the Reuse Signing Key button.

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I've got 2 apps published in the store already - one of them is enrolled in Google Play App Signing and is signed with a JKS keystore that I will refer to as X, and the other one is not enrolled and uses a different keystore - keystore Y. My new app, the draft, uses keystore X (the one used in the app that has Google Play App Signing enabled).

Since keystore X is already being used in an app which has Google Play App Signing enabled, is Reuse Signing Key or Continue the correct option to choose for the new app?


Solution

  • Press continue. You only need "re-use signing key" in very limited cases where you need two apps to be signed with the same key to share code execution.