Improve list of signing keys

[natanraj]

Problem description

I have created just 3 keys so far in the Tabris (Android debug, android release and iOS Dev).
But in the drop down of Settings page, for both Debug and Release, so many keys are shown. I am now not sure which key i built with on my last release. Due to this my app is unable to upgrade (App not installed - error shown why i upgrade). But fresh install works, which is not what I intend to do in Production.

Expected behavior

Not sure, in my app settings page i should see the one actual release key, so that I don't have this confusion.

Environment

Cloud build.

[cookieguru]

From tabrisjs.com you can click on your name in the upper right and then select 🗝️ Signing Keys. From there you can see a list of all your keys and hopefully figure out which one is which. You can also delete old or unused keys.

[natanraj]

@cookieguru Thanks, this the same link i went and checked. And checking now with new build using older keys. Let me see.

But any idea how these many repetitive keys are there (though i just created 3)

[cookieguru]

If you delete an app from the My Apps section and then add it again with Create App new signing keys will be generated for Android. iOS keys can't be autogenerated and likely isn't your issue.

[natanraj]

@cookieguru Thanks once again...So even by mistake i shouldn't delete my Apps in My App section ... ?

[natanraj]

@cookieguru I see 14 Release build keys alone. No repitition of debug keys..

[cookieguru]

You can delete apps, just know that the signing keys aren't deleted when you delete the app.

If you see 14 release keys, it probably means you uploaded them 14 times.

[natanraj]

@cookieguru Might be ... Now how can i ensure i am referring to the same key that i used in apk in playstore ? Else i am stuck without option to upgrade my apps in playstore

[cpetrov]

You can check the fingerprint of the certificate of your apk by running:

keytool -list -printcert -jarfile app.apk

The fingerprints of the uploaded keys will be shown on the Signing Keys page. Make sure both fingerprints match.

[ralfstx]

It seems that we should improve the list of signing keys in the connect UI.

[cpetrov]

Keys generated by Tabris Connect could be shown separated from keys uploaded by the user.

Generated keys could be shown in a section called Generated Keys/Default Keys (or similar) and keys uploaded by the user can be shown in a section called My Keys/Uploaded Keys (or similar).