如何在intelliJ中生成签名的APK

Question

I wonder how to get a certificate and sign the apk in intelliJ 13 ( Win 7 x64 ). I followed a tutorial about Generating a new release key at:

http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/webhelp/generating-a-signed-apk-using-a-wizard.html

I tried to create a new keystore and fill in required info, but encounter the following error:

keytool error: java.lang.Exception: Keystore file exists, but is empty: 'path name'

Path name is the location that I store my keys, but is empty, as I expect intelliJ to generate a new key and store that key in the location. I wonder is there a streamline method to generate a key and sign the app automatically provided required information.

The workaround is simply adding a file name ( *.jks ) after the path name selected from the folder tree.

Answer 1

I'm thinking this is what's happening:

If Keytool is already in your PATH, it might be pointing to a symlink at /usr/bin/keytool. In this case, check the symlink target to be sure it points to the Keytool in the JDK. [source]

If the symlink does point to the right location of your keytool, then the next thing I would attempt is to try signing the application manually through the command line. This is to eliminate IntelliJ as a possible cause of your problem. Once you're able to sign your key with the command line, then you can delete the key and try again with intelliJ.