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NAME

       apksigner - sign and verify Android APKs

SYNOPSIS

       A  command  line tool for signing Android APK files and for checking whether signatures of
       APK files will verify on Android devices:

       apksigner [options] apk

       apksigner --version

       apksigner --help

       apk is an existing file to sign or verify.

DESCRIPTION

       apksig is a project which  aims  to  simplify  APK  signing  and  checking  whether  APK's
       signatures  should  verify on Android.  apksig supports JAR signing (used by Android since
       day one) and APK Signature Scheme v2 (supported since Android Nougat, API Level 24).

       The key feature of apksig is that it knows about differences in APK signature verification
       logic between different versions of the Android platform.  apksig can thus check whether a
       signed APK is expected to verify on all Android platform versions supported  by  the  APK.
       When  signing  an  APK,  apksig  will choose the most appropriate cryptographic algorithms
       based on the Android platform versions supported by the APK being signed.

COMMANDS

       sign

       :This signs the provided APK, stripping  out  any  pre-existing  signatures.   Signing  is
       performed  using  one  or  more  signers, each represented by an asymmetric key pair and a
       corresponding certificate.  Typically, an APK is signed by  just  one  signer.   For  each
       signer, you need to provide the signer's private key and certificate.

       verify  :This  checks  whether  the provided APK will verify on Android.  By default, this
       checks whether the APK will verify on all Android platform versions supported by  the  APK
       (as  declared  using  minSdkVersion in AndroidManifest.xml).  Use --min-sdk-version and/or
       --max-sdk-version to verify the APK against a custom range of API Levels.

       version :Show this tool's version number and exit

       help :Show this usage page and exit

OPTIONS

       -v, --verbose: Verbose output mode

       -h, --help: Show help about this command and exit

       -Werr: Treat warnings as errors

   sign
       Sign the provided APK

       --out :File into which to output the signed APK.  By default, the APK is signed  in-place,
       overwriting the input file.

       --min-sdk-version  :Lowest  API Level on which this APK's signatures will be verified.  By
       default, the value from AndroidManifest.xml is used.  The higher the value,  the  stronger
       security parameters are used when signing.

       --max-sdk-version  :Highest API Level on which this APK's signatures will be verified.  By
       default, the highest possible value is used.

       --v1-signing-enabled :Whether to enable signing using JAR signing scheme (aka  v1  signing
       scheme,  the one used in Android since day one).  By default, signing using this scheme is
       enabled based on min and max SDK version (see --min-sdk-version and --max-sdk-version).

       --v2-signing-enabled :Whether to enable signing using APK  Signature  Scheme  v2  (aka  v2
       signing  scheme, the one introduced in Android Nougat, API Level 24).  By default, signing
       using this scheme is enabled based on min and max SDK version (see  --min-sdk-version  and
       --max-sdk-version).

   per-signer options
       These  options  specify  the  configuration of a particular signer.  To delimit options of
       different signers, use --next-signer.

       --next-signer :Delimits options of two different signers.  There is no need  to  use  this
       option when only one signer is used.

       --v1-signer-name  :Basename  for files comprising the JAR signature scheme (aka v1 scheme)
       signature of this signer.  By default, KeyStore key alias or basename of key file is used.

   per-signer signing key & certificate options
       There are two ways to provide the signer's private key and certificate: (1) Java  KeyStore
       (see --ks), or (2) private key file in PKCS #8 format and certificate file in X.509 format
       (see --key and --cert).

       --ks :Load private key and certificate chain from the Java KeyStore initialized  from  the
       specified file.  NONE means no file is needed by KeyStore, which is the case for some PKCS
       #11 KeyStores.

       --ks-key-alias :Alias under which the private  key  and  certificate  are  stored  in  the
       KeyStore.  This must be specified if the KeyStore contains multiple keys.

       --ks-pass :KeyStore password (see --ks).  The following formats are supported:

       • pass: password provided inline

       • env: password provided in the named environment variable

       • file: password provided in the named file, as a single line

       • stdin password provided on standard input, as a single line

       A  password is required to open a KeyStore.  By default, the tool will prompt for password
       via console or standard input.  When the same file (including standard input) is used  for
       providing  multiple  passwords,  the  passwords are read from the file one line at a time.
       Passwords are read in the order in which signers are specified and,  within  each  signer,
       KeyStore password is read before the key password is read.

       --key-pass  :Password  with  which the private key is protected.  By default it is assumed
       that KeyStore  keys  are  protected  using  the  same  password  as  their  KeyStore  (see
       --ks-pass).  The following formats are supported:

       • pass: password provided inline

       • env: password provided in the named environment variable

       • file:  password  provided in the named file, as a single line stdin password provided on
         standard input, as a single line

       By default, if the key is password-protected,  the  tool  will  prompt  for  password  via
       console  or  standard  input.   When  the same file (including standard input) is used for
       providing multiple passwords, the passwords are read from the file one  line  at  a  time.
       Passwords  are  read  in the order in which signers are specified and, within each signer,
       KeyStore password is read before the key password is read.

       --pass-encoding

       Additional character encoding (e.g., ibm437 or utf-8)  to  try  for  passwords  containing
       non-ASCII  characters.   KeyStores  created  by  keytool are often encrypted not using the
       Unicode form of the password but rather using the form produced by encoding  the  password
       using  the  console's  character  encoding.   apksigner  by default tries to decrypt using
       several forms of the password: the Unicode form, the form encoded using  the  JVM  default
       charset,  and, on Java 8 and older, the form encoded using the console's charset.  On Java
       9, apksigner cannot detect the  console's  charset  and  may  need  to  be  provided  with
       --pass-encoding  when  a  non-ASCII password is used.  --pass-encoding may also need to be
       provided for a KeyStore created by keytool on a different OS or in a different locale.

       --ks-type :Type/algorithm of KeyStore to use.  By default, the default type is used.

       --ks-provider-name  :Name  of  the  JCA  Provider  from  which  to  request  the  KeyStore
       implementation.    By   default,   the   highest   priority   provider   is   used.    See
       --ks-provider-class for the alternative way to specify a provider.

       --ks-provider-class :Fully-qualified class name of the JCA Provider from which to  request
       the   KeyStore   implementation.    By   default,   the   provider   is  chosen  based  on
       --ks-provider-name.

       --ks-provider-arg :Value to pass into the constructor of the JCA Provider class  specified
       by --ks-provider-class.  The value is passed into the constructor as java.lang.String.  By
       default, the no-arg provider's constructor is used.

       --key :Load private key from the specified file.  If the key  is  password-protected,  the
       password  will be prompted via standard input unless specified otherwise using --key-pass.
       The file must be in PKCS #8 DER format.

       --cert :Load certificate chain from the specified file.  The file must be in X.509 PEM  or
       DER format.

   verify
       Check whether the provided APK is expected to verify on Android

       --print-certs
              Show information about the APK's signing certificates

       --min-sdk-version  :Lowest  API Level on which this APK's signatures will be verified.  By
       default, the value from AndroidManifest.xml is used.

       --max-sdk-version Highest API Level on which this APK's signatures will be  verified.   By
       default, the highest possible value is used.

EXAMPLES

       apksigner sign --ks release.jks app.apk apksigner verify --verbose app.apk

   sign
       1. Sign  an  APK using the one and only key in keystore release.jks: $ apksigner sign --ks
          release.jks app.apk

       2. Sign an APK using a private key and certificate stored as individual files: $ apksigner
          sign --key release.pk8 --cert release.x509.pem app.apk

       3. Sign  an  APK  using  two  keys:  $  apksigner sign --ks release.jks --next-signer --ks
          magic.jks app.apk

   verify
       1. Check whether the APK's signatures are expected to  verify  on  all  Android  platforms
          declared as supported by this APK: $ apksigner verify app.apk

       2. Check whether the APK's signatures are expected to verify on Android platforms with API
          Level 15 and higher: $ apksigner verify --min-sdk-version 15 app.apk

SEE ALSO

       signapk(1) jar(1) zip(1) zipalign(1)

       https://source.android.com/devices/tech/ota/sign_builds.html

AUTHORS

       The Android Open Source Project.

                                         2 December 2016                             APKSIGNER(1)