Hi, Amazon wrote me
and they would advertise my app but i need to send them an unsigned APK
how to do?
thx
chris
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just delete META-INF folder 
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Hi,
I think you should be very cautious and check you are really dealing with Amazon here and not some guy trying to steal your apk.
I don’t see any reason why Amazon would need an unsigned APK.
Anyway if you’re 110% sure you can just use apktool to extract your signed apk, then build without signing it.
I would not do this myself (sending something unsigned to anyone)
seems dodgy…
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@info09 iam on mac, how would i extract .apk (zip i guess) remove meta-inf… and than how to pack again?
@gury.traub … ok apktool to extract ( i guess that would be also the solution i asked info09, but than build without signing it? how? going in eclipse later?
thx
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We use multitool on a windows machine.
we use it to strip some permissions and basically change the manifest.xml file for android builds.
What we do is decompile (9 on the menu), change the file and then recompile (11 on the menu)
what you get at the end is an unsigned build of your apk. you still need to sign / zipalign it before production for a real version.
I hope this helps, let me know if you need anything else,
-Gury
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change app extension to .zip, enter to archive and delete meta-inf and that is all, this should be possible on mac os.
But as gury.traub said, this is strange - Amazon contacted with me too and my app was in one amazon promotion (paid to free) and nothing was needed to send them. [import]uid: 50988 topic_id: 28565 reply_id: 115192[/import]
@gury.traub thanks…i will look if i find a multitool for mac
@info09 …thanks2… and after deleting meta-inf i just compress it again?
thx
chris
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@Info09, same experience here. We have participated in three Amazon promotions lately (Free App Of The Day), never have we been asked so send an unsigned copy,
@guruk,
Did they explain why they need an unsigned copy? They cannot sell this on the store because it will not be compatible for updates and such. You cannot change the key for an app that is live, this is why this sounds very fishy to me…
If this is a scam one can take your APK and release it as their own app, heck with Corona they even have the source code which is just lua scripts embedded in the apk somewhere…
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thanks… got confirmation now, it already worked without unsigned
solved
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