It's 2016 now. Is this still an (unnecessary) problem? It's ridiculous if you think about it - and it causes people to do things like emailing the private key to themselves (for real - email!).
Apple doesn't have this problem because they store the publish keys, and issue a separate key for developers which can be regenerated and revoked at the server - this is simply better. Kevin N. On Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 9:45:09 AM UTC-5, hoyski wrote: > > I had a frantic and terrifying couple of hours the other night looking > for my keystore file. A few months ago I restructured my workspace and > source directories and unwittingly deleted the keystore used to sign > my app, something I was completely unaware of until I went to sign the > latest release of my app. > > I knew all of the inputs I'd used to create the keystore so I thought > there may be some way to recreate it. Searching Google I found that > the answers fell into two categories: "Dude, you're screwed" and > "Dude, you're [expletive deleted]." > > Luckily my tale has a happy ending. I'd temporarily used a different > machine for development and I found a copy of my keystore on that > machine. Suffice to say, I now have copies of my keystore > *everywhere*. I may even print out a copy of a hexdump as the ultimate > hardcopy backup. > > Just figured I'd share this in the hopes that it may spur others to do > what I should have done from the beginning. > > - Dave > -- 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/android-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/android-developers/e54d0bc5-117e-4704-a397-d281e4301eca%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
