Can't upload APK to Android Market

[vb1992]

Can't upload APK to Android Market

I am getting this message:


The certificate that signed this apk is not valid until the future. Create a new certificate. Market requires versionName to be set in AndroidManifest.xml.


Any Ideas?

I did do the TOOLS/PRIVATE SIGN KEY
then recompiled without the using the two DEBUG options.

 

[vb1992]

Ok I fixed the Version problem, I had a blank in

Menu / Project / Application Version

Version code (integer): 1
Version String:

I added "0" to Version String

Version code (integer): 1
Version String: 0


and it cleared up

but left me still with:


The certificate that signed this apk is not valid until the future. Create a new certificate.

 

[vb1992]

Ok what fixed the last two problems was that my clock on my Windows7
was set 3hours ahead, so I set it to the correct time zone, and then had
to generate/create a brand new key, and then that did it.

Hope this helps someone in the future.....
:BangHead:

 

[rfresh]

How do you use the Private Sign Key feature? I filled it out and clicked on OK but get a msg Invalid File. I don't know what that File browse is for? What file do I need? There is nothing on this in the users manual.

I'm trying to upload my app to Google Play and am getting that can't use a debug cert so I'm trying to make a new one.

 

[Erel]

It should be explained here: Signing your application before uploading to Android market

You should set the name of the file that will hold the key information.

 

[rfresh]

Ok I got the Private Sign Key created and backed it up. I compiled my app but when trying to upload it to Google Play it still says it has the debug cert attached to it!!! Help!!!

 

[Erel]

Make sure that the file is actually used. It should appear when you open the private key dialog.

Compile in Release mode and make sure that you are copying the correct APK.

 

[rfresh]

When I open the Private Sign Key dialog I see my file but the fields are not loaded. I select the Load existing file radio button and click ok but it doesn't load it.

When I browse, the file open dialog is looking for *.keystore files but my key file has no file extension. This is confusing. Should the file have a .keystore file extension or not have an extension? If it should then I have to manually add it since it was created without one?

 

[margret]

The ones I have created do have the .keystore extension. When I load one of mine, it only shows the path to the file and the password. The first three fields show unknown.

 

[rfresh]

Thanks...I had to manually add the extension and then load the file and compile. It uploaded ok to Google Play.

 

[Andras]

I'm having a similar (but annoyingly different!) problem; although the APK file works perfectly well if manually copied to the device, I'm getting the following error message:

The file you uploaded is not a valid APK file. Please check it and try again.

No diagnostics or anything! Any ideas out there? Thanks!

John

 

[Erel]

Try to use a different browser. It might solve this issue.

 

[Andras]

Try to use a different browser. It might solve this issue.

An interesting one as I'm actually using Google's own Chrome! I'll give it a try with Firefox and see what happens!

Edit - yes, it works fine in Firefox! That really is strange...

John