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Android icon not changing

  Andrew Fletcher     published: 31 October 2023         2 minutes read

If the Android app icon is not changing from the default icon (in my situation this was the Capacitor icon), here are some steps to troubleshoot and resolve the issue:

 

Check the Icon Files

Ensure that you have provided the correct icon files in the appropriate directory. In a Capacitor project, the Android app icon should be placed in the res directory under various density-specific folders (e.g., mipmap-hdpi, mipmap-mdpi, mipmap-xhdpi, etc.).

 

keytool error: java.io.IOException: keystore password was incorrect

  Andrew Fletcher     published: 25 October 2023         2 minutes read

The "keystore password was incorrect" error in keytool indicates that the password you provided when trying to access or modify a keystore is incorrect. To resolve this issue, you can follow these steps:

 

Verify the Correct Password

Double-check that you are entering the correct password for the keystore. Passwords are case-sensitive, so make sure that the case of the characters in the password matches the one you used when creating or modifying the keystore.

How to generate a new private key (.pepk)

  Andrew Fletcher     published: 10 October 2023   (updated)   24 October 2023     3 minutes read

How to generate a new private key and submit it to Google Play for signing your Android app, you can follow these steps:

Generate a New Keystore (Private Key)

You can generate a new keystore file (which includes the private key) using the keytool utility that comes with the Java Development Kit (JDK). Open a command prompt or terminal and run the following command to generate a new keystore:

Class referenced in the manifest 'com.{app_name}.app.MainActivity' was not found in the project or the libraries

  Andrew Fletcher     published: 8 September 2023   (updated)   9 September 2023     1 minute read

Updating the Android app and while testing I'm seeing the following error in the AndroidManifest.xml file

Class referenced in the manifest, `com.{app_name}.app.MainActivity`, was not found in the project or the libraries

And the accompanying error

Unresolved class 'MainActivity'

 

Steps to creating an Android build using Android Studio

  Andrew Fletcher     published: 29 August 2023   (updated)   29 September 2023     2 minutes read

Each time a release is prepared for Google Play, the steps I work through are as follows.

 

Preparation to run a build

Check the Gradle build settings

Directed to the build.gradle file using the following file path

~/android/app/

The area of code in the build-gradle file to focus:

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