Android Error Building Signed APK: keystore.jks not found for signing config 'externalOverride'

Question

I get this error when I try to Build Signed APK. I recently upgraded to API 23 but Generated APK:s successfully after that. Im confused. Asking for help and advise how to solve

Answer 1

On Linux or Ubuntu you need to use the complete path.

For example

/home/ubuntu/.android/keystorname.keystore

In my case I was using ~ instead of /home/user/. Using shorthands like the below does not work

~/.android/keystorname.keystore
./keystorename.keystore