I didn't create a release keystore because I have not released yet, and I 
didn't need it. I was using the debug keystore.

I created the release keystore when I was finished, to put the app in 
Google Play.



Am Dienstag, 30. April 2013 04:12:34 UTC+2 schrieb Ian Ni-Lewis:
>
> I agree, you should have been notified. I do not know why you weren't.
>
> I don't understand the issue with the debug certificate. Do you not have a 
> valid release key certificate that you can use for development?
> Ian
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 6:59 AM, Craig Payne <[email protected]<javascript:>
> > wrote:
>
>> Not quite true, Ian. I am trying to fix a bug in an app I released over a 
>> year ago, and my debug.keystore certificate has expired. Given that this is 
>> the default behaviour (365 day expiry), most developers are not going to be 
>> able to use their old API keys to continue development for very long.
>>
>> I need to make a tiny change, and to do this I will be forced to upgrade 
>> to v2, which means I can no longer support Android 1.6.  This will 
>> immediately cut out 8% of my users, who will loudly complain and give me 
>> bad reviews in Google Play.  They are not able to upgrade because of 
>> fragmentation, and are stuck with an old version of Android, which up to 
>> now I have been able to support.
>> I didn't see the "clear communications" that this would be deprecated 
>> either, and I pay special attention to emails from Google.  I WAS told by 
>> Google that the v2 web-based maps would be deprecated and DID update them 
>> in time.
>> While I might expect something like this from the cowboys at Facebook, I 
>> hold Google to a higher standard and I am shocked and disappointed.
>>
>> It sounds like you're actually from Google, so do you have any solution 
>> for us developers who are trying to support Android, but who have existing 
>> keys with expired debug certificates?
>>
>> In any case, you appear to be assuming that we shut down a service 
>>> without informing its users. This is not the case. We stopped accepting new 
>>> users into a service which we intend to keep online for a period of several 
>>> years. No existing users were affected by this change. No users who 
>>> obtained an API key before beginning development (as they were clearly 
>>> instructed to do) should have been affected. 
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