Friday 17 February 2017

Create & Sign Android apps for AEM Mobile on Windows OS(.apk files)

Create & Sign Android apps for AEM Mobile on Windows OS(.apk files)

Go to On Demand portal 'Apps' click on 'create' button select the type of app which you want to create (android)


Fill out basic mandatory fields. At present the mandatory fields are given below.

App Details : App Name, Bundle ID are mandatory
Assets Tab : App Icon

Once basic fields are entered, click on 'Submit', this creates an unsigned version of your AEM Mobile app.


Android app creation 

To create an installer we need below requirements in addition to Java (version 7 or later) installed on our machine.
  • The unsigned .apk file downloaded from the Apps section of the Portal.
  • A valid .p12 certificate for signing Android apps.

Create a .p12 certificate 

If you have java installed and configured on your windows machine, just enter below line on command prompt and press enter(by replacing 'yourcertificatename' with a proper name)
keytool -genkey -v -keystore yourcertificatename.key.p12 -alias alias_name -keyalg RSA -storetype pkcs12 -keysize 2048 -validity 10000

You now will have a certificate created on your windows/users/ folder.

Download the Unsigned app from 'Apps section'

Click on image to see it big


Download the AEM Mobile Signing Tool.  Click on icon in the upper right corner of the Apps section(Both iOS and Andriod works on same tool).

Install the Signing tool



Launch the App Signing Tool

Enter the details of the app to be signed, certificate to be referred while signing, with its password, click on 'Sign application'



A new app is created at the same location as the source app which is signed.


Move the signed app onto your device and install it, you will have the app installed on your device.

You can also submit the signed app to the android or iOS store.


Debug

If you face any error in signing the app, you can go to Signing in tool installed directory, 'AEM Mobile Signing Tool', open 'aemm-sign-tool.log' file in notepad and search for any error.

Read More:

1. AEM Mobile Overview

2. AEM Mobile Integration with third party application for authoring

3. AEMM: How to create custom authentication

4.  AEM Mobile(AEMM) Applications - FAQ

5. AEM Mobile Desktop Web Viewer

6. AEM Mobile Access Protections at collection , article levels

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