How to Sign APK after Corrupt Keystore

Question

I am using the latest version of Visual Studio and Xamarin Android.

The problem started when Visual Studio says that my keystore was corrupt. I had been signing the app for years until one day it just stopped. When I went into the directory, the keystore file was missing and the folder is completely empty now.

Google is supposed to have saved the private key. It says that the Google Play signing is "enabled" but how to I recreate the key settings in Xamarin?

How do I create a new keystore for an ad hoc distribution?

On this page: https://play.google.com/console/about/keymanagement/ it says that Google can reset the upload key. Do I need to do that to get a new private key?

Answer 1

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It says that the Google Play signing is "enabled" but how to I recreate the key settings in Xamarin?

Try to create a new key, and then ask your account owner to contact support to reset the key at: https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/contact/key

Here is the related doc, you could refer to the Lost or compromised upload key part:
https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/9842756?hl=en&visit_id=637806736043324534-979155590&rd=1

Best Regards,

Jarvan Zhang

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