launching apps (using google apis) in android device directly from eclipse

Question

My android app is using MapView and hence using the google api's. Problem is that for testing my app I have to export apk file with my keystore , install the app in device and then run it for checking the output and it consumes a lot of time. Is there a better way to do it using eclipse??

Answer 1

yes there is.

create a a 'debug maps key' using the debug.keystore located on your user folder, something like:

    /Users/<username>/.android/debug.keystore

Answer 2

Follow the lines on this page https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/mapkey#getdebugfingerprint

And register a map key for debug here https://developers.google.com/android/maps-api-signup

This way, you'll get a debug map key which you can use for your mapview during debug.