How to run android app in release not in debug?

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TheQ picture TheQ · Feb 14, 2017 · Viewed 7.1k times · Source

In my app I'm using google maps. Now, I realized that you have a build google maps key and release google maps key. When I launch my signed apk into the app store for testing the google maps screen goes grey. And i have to keep signing a new apk and loading it into play store and then test it.

How do I test a release build? Please provide very simple and easy step by step instructions or if you know how to solve the problem with google maps that would be helpful.

Here is a screen shot of how i set up my google maps api in the console for my release one.

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Answer

Charuක picture Charuක · Feb 14, 2017

Test a release build

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  1. open Build Variants

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  1. set debug to release

  2. Build and Run

For gray screen Once you have got the release SHA set in dev console

  • This is main reason that I forget most of the time

You have two google_maps_api.xml files

One in this folder:

app/src/debug/res/values

Other in this folder:

app/src/release/res/values

But only the debug one contains your API key probably.

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