Applications distributed on the Android Market are required to have been digitally signed with a 25 year code signing certificate. There are a number of different ways we can go about generating a code signing certificate for Android applications. We will demonstrate how to generate such a certificate using Flash Builder within this recipe.
In Flash Builder, perform the following actions to create a self-signed digital certificate:
1. With a mobile project selected in the Package Explorer, enter the File menu and select Properties. The Properties dialog will appear for this project.
2. Within the Properties dialog, scroll down the Flex Build Packaging or ActionScript Build Packaging item (depending upon the type of project selected) and choose Google Android. With the Digital Signature tab selected, click the Create… button to open the Create Self-Signed Digital Certificate dialog:
3. All that is now needed is to enter...