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. >>> >>> -- >> -- >> 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]<javascript:> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] <javascript:> >> 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 a topic in the >> Google Groups "Android Developers" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/android-developers/R2dwCWyC3TQ/unsubscribe?hl=en >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > > -- > Ian Ni-Lewis > Staff Developer Programs Engineer > Android Developer Relations > > -- -- 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

