Is there any way to add my signature on the eclipse, so that i can run my code from Eclipse?

Question

I am newbie to Robotium. Everytime, if i change code, i need to create apk and then i need to install in emulator and have to proceed the testing by running shell command.

Is there any way to add my signature on the eclipse, so that i can run from Eclipse?

I have tried the preferences and it has customer keystore but i did not get any field to enter the password.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Answer 1

It is very easier than this. If eclipse and Android SDK are properly configured, you can run your app on real device or emulator by just a single click. In such cases, eclipse would use a debug key to sign apps.

when you want to release final apk , you should right-click on project and from Android tools , select Export signed Application... and then make your keystore or use a previous one to sign release package.

Answer 2

if you are using different apk which your are not created and see " signature mismatch ", then you need to change Signature of that apk,

1)- Delete " META-INF " folder from TestApp.apk

2)- jarsigner -sigalg MD5withRSA -digestalg SHA1 -keystore debug.keystore -storepass android -keypass android TestApp.apk androiddebugkey

and you find " debug.keystore " from C:\\Users\\YourUserName\\\\.android\\ if you have installed eclipse and Android SDK properly.

3)- zipalign 4 TestApp.apk SignedTestApp.apk

4)- jarsigner -verify SignedTestApp.apk

5)- install SignedTestApp.apk , and test your automation again.

for example, you want to do automation for gmail app then TestApp.apk = Gmail.apk

you can find for info from this link . I hope this will solve your issue of " signature mismatch ".