Wednesday, August 1, 2012

[android-developers] Re: How to upload apk with new version, when previous key store is lost?

Even if Google Play did allow you to upload your new apk signed with a different key.  No Android device would allow the upgrade to happen because the old and new application(s) (even though they have the same name) are signed by different entities.

To do what you are requesting, Google would have to:
  1. Amend the Play Store - this is under their control and technically they could make the change - not going to happen.
  2. Amend every the firmware of every Android phone out there to allow the upgrading a package with a different signature - not going to happen.
Best you can hope to do is to amend the description of your old application in the Play Store directing your users to the new application.

On Wednesday, August 1, 2012 5:04:36 PM UTC+1, Luigi Papino wrote:
I don't want the recovery of the key.
I want the recovery of the situation.

There may always be a mistake. You can not make me lose thousands of customers for a key.

I'm not saying there should be a simple procedure. But there must be a way to release an update of my application, including posting the documents of identity.

I can also create a new application the same as the old, but there must be a way to not to charge those who have already purchased the application.

On Wednesday, August 1, 2012 2:29:05 PM UTC+2, RichardC wrote:
Your key store holds YOUR private key (read about PKI) so only you have it.  

Google:
  • never had it
  • don't want it 
  • can't recover something they never had in the first place.

You should think about having basic backup/restore in place before starting development.


On Wednesday, August 1, 2012 1:17:20 PM UTC+1, Luigi Papino wrote:
I am in the same situation.
There seems to be no solution to the problem.

For me, if in the next few days I can not find a solution, I will not use more "Google Play".

It 'simply inconceivable. There should be a procedure for the recovery of the situation.

On Tuesday, June 19, 2012 10:05:39 PM UTC+2, Rashid wrote:
Hi,

We have been developing Android apps since a while now but unfortunately we lost our key store which was used to sign a previously uploaded apk, now we want to upload a new version of existing live app on Google play to do so we need to sign new apk with different key store but Google Play will not accept apk signed with different key store.

Is there any way that we could upload new version of app with different key store as we do not want to add separate new app asap for those user which have already installed previous version and they deserve to have update existing app rather than purchasing brand new app again?  

Also if not possible for above statement then:
Is there any way to get complete information of key store from previously signed apk so that we could possibly get key store and use it to upload new version of app? 

Android Support: Please answer on this situation as there could be some way to upload apk with new version and signed with new key store.

Thank You

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