Keystore file not found for signing config ‘debug’ React Native Error Fix

ByMohammed Rashid Posted onNovember 2, 2019

Yes, I am back with another react native error. When I cloned one of my react native projects and tried to run it on my Android emulator using react-native run-android . And I got the following error on the terminal:

What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ‘:app:validateSigningDebug’.
> Keystore file ‘YourProject/android/app/debug.keystore’ not found for signing config ‘debug’.

It’s because debug.keystore file is missing from YourProject/android/app folder. So, you need to generate debug.keystore again from the path YourProject/android/app using the command below.

keytool -genkey -v -keystore debug.keystore -storepass android -alias androiddebugkey -keypass android -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000

That’s it! Now you can run your react native project in your Android device / emulator.

Mohammed Rashid

About Me

I'm Mohammed Rashid from the beautiful state of Kerala in southern India, with a journey seasoned in software engineering and mobile app development.

In a tech world that's always changing, I keep myself updated with the latest like SwiftUI and Jetpack Compose for crafting native apps on iOS and Android. I have also experience in React Native and Flutter.

Through this space, I share my learnings and insights hoping to assist anyone diving into the native mobile app development.

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