Github user fredgalvao commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/cordova-docs/pull/212#discussion_r21742998
--- Diff: docs/en/3.4.0/guide/platforms/android/index.md ---
@@ -242,3 +242,31 @@ You can push the app to the device from the command
line:
Alternately within Eclipse, right-click the project and choose __Run
As → Android Application__.
+
+## Signing and releasing your android application
+
+Create a keystore file and a keystore alias as described at [Android
Developer
Site](http://developer.android.com/tools/publishing/app-signing.html#cert).
AFter that, follow these steps.
+
+* Run `cordova build android` from the folder containing `www` folder
+* `cd` to this path `platforms/android/`
+* Make sure `ant.properties` in this folder contains these keys and right
values
+> key.store=<absolute_path_to_keystore_file_on_disk>
+>
+> key.alias=<alias_value>
+>
+> key.store.password=<store_password>
+>
+> key.alias.password=<alias_password>
+> # there is a way to keep these values outside version control. Refer to
the Reference #2 below
+>
+* increment the `versionCode` in `AndroidManifest.xml` in this folder. If
this is your very first release you can leave it as "1".
+* `cd` to `ant-build` folder from this folder
--- End diff --
Why are these last steps suggested considering the user is not using
cordova CLI?
Because if he is using CLI (which the first step suggests), he can just
create the `ant.properties` file and change the version in `config.xml` instead
of editing `AndroidManifest.xml`directly, and then run `cordova build android
--release` in the project root.
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