Before launching an app into any playstore we need to sign the apk file so that we can claim our copyrights and no one can copy our app or duplicate. If anyone does we can raise a concern with google and claim our copyrights.
Before that you can change the cordova app icon and keep your own logo by replacing the images in the path <ur prj>\platforms\android\res. There are different folders in the path. You need to replace the images in all the folders with same name either screen.png or icon.png
) we launched in playstore I have created the keyfile with the following command.
<UltimateCreations> is the name which we registered in playstore and <crazycolors> is the name of package of our game. You can use any names as per ur wish.
After clicking enter key fill the following form:
What is the name of
your organization?
[Unknown]:
ULTIMATE CREATIONS
What is the name of
your City or Locality?
[Unknown]:
CHENNAI
What is the name of
your State or Province?
[Unknown]:
TAMILNADU
What is the
two-letter country code for this unit?
[Unknown]:
IN
Is CN=ULTIMATE
CREATIONS, OU=ULTIMATE CREATIONS, O=ULTIMATE CREATIONS, L=CHENNAI,
ST=TAMILNADU, C=IN correct?
[no]:
What is your first
and last name?
[ULTIMATE CREATIONS]: ULTIMATE CREATIONS
What is the name of
your organizational unit?
[ULTIMATE CREATIONS]: APPDEV
What is the name of
your organization?
[ULTIMATE CREATIONS]: ULTIMATE CREATIONS
What is the name of
your City or Locality?
[CHENNAI]:
What is the name of
your State or Province?
[TAMILNADU]:
What is the
two-letter country code for this unit?
[IN]:
Is CN=ULTIMATE
CREATIONS, OU=APPDEV, O=ULTIMATE CREATIONS, L=CHENNAI, ST=TAMILNADU, C=IN
correct?
[no]:
y
Generating 2,048 bit
RSA key pair and self-signed certificate (SHA256withRSA) with a validity of
10,000 days
for: CN=ULTIMATE CREATIONS, OU=APPDEV,
O=ULTIMATE CREATIONS, L=CHENNAI, ST=TAMILNADU, C=IN
Enter key password
for <ultimateCreationsCrazyColors>
(RETURN if same as keystore password):
Re-enter new
password:
[Storing
ultimateCreations-crazyColors.keystore]
Now the key file is successfully generated in the path in which u have ran the commands.
Place the key file generated in the path where apk file is generated.
(C:\<ur cordova prj>\platforms\android\build\outputs\apk)
Now run the command to generate release build
D:\projects\Phonegap\Example> cordova build --release android
Now run the command in the path
C:\<ur cordova prj>\platforms\android\build\outputs\apk
jarsigner
-tsa
http://timestamp.digicert.com
-verbose -sigalg SHA1withRSA -digestalg SHA1 -keystore
ultimateCreations-crazyColors.keystore android-release-unsigned.apk
ultimateCreationsCrazyColors
Finally, we need to run the zip align tool to optimize the APK:
zipalign
-v 4 android-release-unsigned.apk CrazyColors.apk
Enjoy...................!
