This is a good thing. If Google allowed such a key recovery system, anybody could get your key easily and then make malicious apps that would over write your on the users system. It is not Google's fault that you were unable to maintain a backup of your key.
Thanks On Aug 1, 2012 5:49 PM, "Luigi Papino" <[email protected]> wrote: > I am in the same situation. > There seems to be no solution to the problem. > > For me, if in the next few days I can not find a solution, I will not use > more "Google Play". > > It 'simply inconceivable. There should be a procedure for the recovery of > the situation. > > On Tuesday, June 19, 2012 10:05:39 PM UTC+2, Rashid wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> We have been developing Android apps since a while now but unfortunately >> *we lost our key store which was used to sign a previously uploaded apk*, >> now we want to upload a new version of existing live app on Google play to >> do so we need to sign new apk with different key store but Google Play will >> not accept apk signed with different key store. >> >> Is there any way that we could upload new version of app with different >> key store as we do not want to add separate new app asap for those user >> which have already installed previous version and they deserve *to have >> update existing app rather than purchasing brand new app again?* >> >> Also if not possible for above statement then: >> Is there any way to get complete information of key store from previously >> signed apk so that we could possibly get key store and use it to upload new >> version of app? >> >> Android Support: Please answer on this situation as there could be some >> way to upload apk with new version and signed with new key store. >> >> Thank You >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
