Android code signing in Gradle

Configuring manually in Gradle ⚓

You can manually specify the code signing configuration in your Gradle configuration so that your app gets signed during the build process.

1. Open your module-level build.gradle file.
2. Add the signingConfigs codeblock to your code and define the following entries specific to your project: storeFile, storePassword, keyAlias, and keyPassword.

Example signing configuration:

android { 
   signingConfigs { 
   	   release { 
       	 keyAlias 'MyAndroidKey' 
         keyPassword '***' 
         storeFile file("/path/to/my/keystore.jks") 
         storePassword '***' 
       } 
   } ...

For more information, check out how to Configure Gradle to sign your app.

About environment variables ⚓

You can avoid having the same keystore path locally and on bitrise.io by using configuration values and environment variables in the keystore path (storeFile) and in the keystore password.

If your keystore path is $HOME/keystores/my_keystore.jks, then your build.gradle file looks like this:

android { 
   signingConfigs { 
   	   release { 
       	 keyAlias 'MyAndroidKey' 
         keyPassword '***' 
         storeFile file(System.getenv("HOME") + "/keystores/my_keystore.jks")
         storePassword '***' 
       } 
   } ...

You can use the System.getenv("ENV_KEY") file to access environment variables in the Gradle config file.

If you use env vars as keyPassword and storePassword in the Code signing tab, your build.gradle will look like this:

android {
   signingConfigs {
       release {
         keyAlias System.getenv("BITRISEIO_ANDROID_KEYSTORE_ALIAS")
         keyPassword System.getenv("BITRISEIO_ANDROID_KEYSTORE_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD")
         storeFile file(System.getenv("HOME") + "/keystores/my_keystore.jks")
         storePassword System.getenv("BITRISEIO_ANDROID_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD")
       }
   }
    ...

You get these environment variables when you upload your keystore to the GENERIC FILE STORAGE field of the Code Signing tab in your Workflow Editor.