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Why use a private key (other than why post to Google Play)? It’s better to have a key and Keystore for all apps or each app with its own?
Having a key and Keystore for all apps influences something?
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The private key serves to verify and prove that Voce owns the app. Any APK that is going up to the store, needs to be "signed" by that private key and prove that it is a true build.
For every application you want to send to the store PRECISE have your private key only. If, for some reason, you accidentally lose or delete this private key created to sign your application, you will never be able to go up to the store, having to create another project (different package) and make a new upload, thus losing all downloads, users, reviews etc..
In other words, if you use the same private key and the same Keystore for all your apps, only one of them can go to the store (in this case, the first one that you upload).
You can have several private Keys for the same Keystore if that is more convenient for Voce, there is no problem. But, I particularly prefer to have one for each project separately, with the proper backups done for each one.
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Weird... I use the same Store and the same private key for all my apps, no problem (I hate having to keep remembering dozens of passwords). I have more than one in the play store and everyone updates normally.
– Wakim
@Wakim has had update and app issues on account of this, plus give application subscription error.
– rsicarelli
@Wakim and this is highly dangerous! If, by chance, someone gets this file can compromise all its users with a malicious apk, and burn the entire reputation of your product
– rsicarelli
I find it strange that someone gets my Store and at the same time knows my private key, without having access to my pc. I save both in a safe place on the machine, with correct read/write permissions for my user.
– Wakim