Android – Error while running zipalign

androideclipseexportpackage

I got this error when trying to export a signed apk in Eclipse

Error while running zipalign:
Unable to open
as zip archive

I have run the Help->Check for Updates to make sure the latest update is installed and SDK tools also up to date.

Best Answer

I was getting the same error message. Drove me crazy until i found that my destination path was invalid.

Zipalign will give you that error even if the apk is perfectly valid, but

  • the path to the apk is invalid
  • the destination is invalid or does not exists
  • the permissions are invalid (apk is locked by other program)