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<title>Package Signing dialog</title>
<shortdesc>Signs one or more Android packages with a public/private key pair. Note that in order to sign multiple
packages at once, they must all reside in the same directory. </shortdesc>
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<section>This dialog is displayed when you click <image href="../images/PackageSign.png"/> (Sign Android Package) in
the Signing and Keys view, when you right click in the Package Explorer and select <menucascade>
<uicontrol>MOTODEV Studio</uicontrol>
<uicontrol>Sign Android Package</uicontrol>
</menucascade>, or when you select <menucascade>
<uicontrol>Signing</uicontrol>
<uicontrol>Sign Android Package</uicontrol>
</menucascade> from the MOTODEV menu. <simpletable>
<strow>
<stentry><uicontrol>Packages folder</uicontrol></stentry>
<stentry>Path to the folder in which the Android package (.apk) files reside.</stentry>
</strow>
<strow>
<stentry><uicontrol>Keystore</uicontrol></stentry>
<stentry>Drop-down list that enumerates the keystores that are known to the Signing and Keys view. Select the
keystore that contains the key to be used for signing.</stentry>
</strow>
<strow>
<stentry><uicontrol>Keystore Password</uicontrol></stentry>
<stentry>Supply the password for the selected keystore. If you previously indicated that the keystore password
should be saved (either when you created the keystore or during a previous signing operation), the keystore
password will be filled in for you.</stentry>
</strow>
<strow>
<stentry><uicontrol>Save this password</uicontrol></stentry>
<stentry>Select this option if you want the keystore password to be saved and then automatically filled in
when you use this keystore during future signing operations.</stentry>
</strow>
<strow>
<stentry><uicontrol>Key</uicontrol></stentry>
<stentry>Public/private key pair to be used to sign the Android packages. The drop-down list allows you to
select from among the key pairs within the selected keystore. </stentry>
</strow>
<strow>
<stentry><uicontrol>Select the packages</uicontrol></stentry>
<stentry>Lists the Android package files found in the directory specified by <uicontrol>Packages
folder</uicontrol>. Select at least one of them to be signed.</stentry>
</strow>
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<p>After you click <uicontrol>Finish</uicontrol> to begin the signing process, you may be prompted for the
selected key's password. If so, supply it in the field provided. If you had previously indicated that the key's
password should be saved (either when you created the key or during a previous signing operation), the saved
password will be used and this secondary dialog will not be displayed.</p>
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