Having trouble exporting to Android

ChattoVT

I have an HTC One M7 Android 5.02 phone and get "There was an error while parsing the apk". When I try to deploy it directly to the device in Godot it will export but not run anything. I have adb,jdk, and a keystore configured, as well as the latest export templates and am running Godot 2.1

ChattoVT

@ChattoVT said: I have an HTC One M7 Android 5.02 phone and get "There was an error while parsing the apk". When I try to deploy it directly to the device in Godot it will export but not run anything. I have adb,jdk, and a keystore configured, as well as the latest export templates and am running Godot 2.1

Figured it out, wound up downloading a tool for siginging and aligning apks and generating the keystore! Quite a process! Still can't deploying to work within Godot, but exporting to an apk works near flawlessly.

razvanc-r

Glad you found a solution, you could mark this thread as answered then, you could also make a tutorial maybe? :P there's a lot of people out there that will likely be interested in this as there isn't much info on the subject

Kiori

A tutorial would be great indeed. Feel free to make a post with the steps you took, in the tutorials section. Alternatively if you think it's too simple you can post your findings here.

Also, as raz mentioned please mark you own answer as the answer if you have truly answered your own question. :smiley:

ChattoVT

Okay! It's actually fairly simple, and there is already a tutorial right here: https://shatter-box.com/knowledgebase/android-apk-signing-tool-apk-signer/

Before exporting in Godot, you need to install the Android SDK and JDK. Then in Godot, under Settings->Editor Settings->Android, you point Godot to the paths of Adb, jarsigner, and your keystore file and user/pass that you can generate with the apk-signing tool Your Export Settings should look like this: http://screencast.com/t/c61FSyeynj

Also make sure you have downloaded and installed the latest Export Templates from Godot's website.

You should now be able to Export an APK with Export->Android

Next you point the apk-signer to your apk file and sign it in the second tab, then you align your signed apk in the third tab, open the apk on your android device with developer mode and USB debugging enabled and it should install!

Still figuring out how to mark this as solved....