How to zipalign the .apk file using eclipse?

Question

Can anyone tell me how to zipalign my .apk file with using eclipse. I have made my .apk file by giving command like,

1. Right Click on Project Folder

Answer 1

If you did what you described above then Eclipse has already zipaligned your apk for you. You can't zipalign an already zipaligned package

Answer 2

I think this will help you

D:\android-sdk\android-sdk\tools>zipalign -f -v 4 "C:\Users\name\Desktop\project_name\projectname_signed.apk" "C:\Users\name\Desktop\project_name\projectname__zipaligned.apk"

Answer 3

Eclipse zipalign apk automatically. When you export the project, eclipse must be generating signed apk to a different destination. Check properly where it prompts when you generate a signed apk

Answer 4

Eclipse automatically zipaligns your .apk file if you did what you described above.

Answer 5

This is a very tricky part and initially i was also ran in to strange problems . Before uploading to android market you must do the following steps.

• Create a Certificate
• Signing your application apk
• Finally Zip align the signed apk

Check this site: How to sign Android project apk

Answer 6

Eclipse zipalign APKs when you export them by default.

zipalign is basically a tool available in tools directory of your android sdk.

In case you are not using eclipse to build, you can use this tool directly to zipalign your apk.

zipalign [-f] [-v] <alignment> infile.apk outfile.apk

The alignment is an integer that defines the byte-alignment boundaries. This must always be 4 (which provides 32-bit alignment) or else it effectively does nothing.

For more detail, check this link http://developer.android.com/tools/help/zipalign.html