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Getting the MD5 Fingerprint of the SDK Debug Certificate - ANDROID

So... Im going through ANDROID tutorials cause I really really love the whole idea of Android and I think I've said it before, Im a big fan of Google. Anyways, Heres a snag I ran into, perhaps this might help someone in the future.
If your going through the HELLO VIEWS tutorials and you get stuck here http://code.google.com/android/add-ons/google-apis/mapkey.html and you happen to be on a Mac

Heres how I got my certificate. The "keytool" they talk about is in the bin directory of the JDK. Check out the path below which you eventually will plug into Terminal. It might be a little different for you? Maybe not.

USER$ /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.5.0/Home/bin/keytool -list -alias androiddebugkey -keystore /Users/USER/.android/debug.keystore -storepass android -keypass android

so, happy coding.

Posted August 8, 2009
Oct 09, 2009
android said...
thanks :D had the same problem