How to Create a Distributable File

Now that you have your screenshots ready, you should also prepare an Android Package (APK) file. There are a few ways you can do this, but the one I will be focusing on is through the ADT inside the Eclipse IDE. If you did not use Eclipse to create your Android application, then you can use an automated build process, such as Hudson Continuous Integration Server. You can find out more about that at http://hudson-ci.org.

Eclipse automatically signs the Android application and compiles it in the APK file. (If you want to learn more about these packaging methods, then go to http://d.android.com/guide/publishing/app-signing.html.)

To publish on Android, you must digitally sign your file with certification that has ...

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