Creating a Release APK - darkopevec/kivy GitHub Wiki

Instructions for creating a signed, release APK, suitable for the Google Play Store

Fields

  • my-project - The directory for your project
  • my-new-key - The name of the key you generate
  • my-alias - A short alias name for the key
  • MyProject - The name of your project, and APK
  • version - The version of this APK (not Kivy version)

Commands

$ cd ~
$ mkdir keystores
$ keytool -genkey -v -keystore ./keystores/<my-new-key>.keystore -alias <my-alias> -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000
$ cd ~/<my-project>
$ source venv/bin/activate
$ buildozer android release
$ cd ~
$ jarsigner -verbose -sigalg SHA1withRSA -digestalg SHA1 -keystore ./keystores/<my-new-key>.keystore ./<my-project>/bin/<MyProject>-<version>-release-unsigned.apk <my-alias>
$ <key-password>
$ ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-21/build-tools/22.0.1/zipalign -v 4 ./<my-project>/bin/<MyProject>-<version>-release-unsigned.apk ./<my-project>/bin/<MyProject>.apk
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