In order to submit an app to the Google Play Store, you need to sign the apk no matter what development framework you're using. In this article, we'll learn how to sign an apk using Cordova. Before starting we will assume that we have previously made all the necessary Cordova installations and added an android platform for our project. Create a keystore file First, we'll need to create the keystore file which is basically a binary file that can hold a set of keys. To create this file you'll need to go to the root of your project and run the command below: keytool -genkey -v -keystore myapp.keystore - myappalias -validity 10000 alias The tag stands for the expiration of the key. After running this command you will see the file at the root of your project. validity myapp.keystore Create a build.json file The file also needs to be created at root level and this is the place where we will store all the parameters needed for signing. The file needs to look something like this: build.json { : { : { : , : , : , : , : }, : { : , : , : , : , : }
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} "android" "debug" "keystore" "./myapp.keystore" "storePassword" "pass" "alias" "myappalias" "password" "pass" "keystoreType" "jks" "release" "keystore" "/myapp.keystore" "storePassword" "pass" "alias" "myappalias" "password" "pass" "keystoreType" "jks" Set version and package name Next, we need to do is open the file at root level where we can set the version, version code, and package name in the tag at the top of the file. config.xml widget < = = = = > widget android-versionCode "10" defaultlocale "en-US" id "com.example.myapp" version "1.0" ... is used only for calculations by Google Play and is not visible for users versionCode is the package name of your app id is the version of your app that will be visible on Google Play version Building the app The last thing that we want to do is build the app using the parameters that we defined in . We will achieve that by adding the flag to the build command: build.json --buildConfig cordova build android --release --buildConfig This command will build a signed apk that you can upload to Google Play. The location of the apk will be written as an output of the command, but the correct location should . be platforms/android/app/build/outputs/apk/release For more details on the installation, building, and signing you can go to the official Cordova Android Platform Guide Previously published at https://blog.codechem.com/signing-android-apk-with-apache-cordova

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How to Sign Android APKs with Apache Cordova: A Brief Guide

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