i have successfully added a xamarin android app but when i download and install the app, it’s showing a parsing error. I’ve tried to set my android phone’s security setting to allow unsecured apps but still im getting the same error. Have you guys experienced the same issue?
The android debug.keystore is missing from the Xamarin machines, because it’s not created by Xamarin during its setup, nor by the official Xamarin command line tools during a build. That’s why your apk is not signed at all (if your workflow does not contain any step which would sign/resign your apk). You have to provide the signing file (be it a debug or a release keystore file) for Xamarin Android projects.
If this is the source of your issue, you can fix it, by adding a Sign APK step, see more on the devcenter.
Alternatively you can upload a debug.keystore into Generic File Storage to bitrise.io, and using the File Downloader step save it to $HOME/.local/share/Mono for Android/debug.keystore - this is the path where Xamarin is looking for the debug keystore file by default.
More information about Android code signing on our DevCenter:
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