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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE task PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Task//EN" "../dtd/task.dtd">
+<task id="t_keystore-creating" xml:lang="en-us">
+  <title>Creating a keystore</title>
+  <shortdesc>Keys must be contained within a keystore. Keystores are easy to create from within the Signing and Keys
+    view.</shortdesc>
+  <prolog>
+    <metadata>
+      <keywords>
+        <!--<indexterm></indexterm>-->
+      </keywords>
+    </metadata>
+  </prolog>
+  <taskbody>
+    <steps>
+           <step>
+        <cmd>If necessary, open the Signing and Keys view by <ph product="webui android-studio">selecting <menucascade>
+              <uicontrol>Window</uicontrol>
+              <uicontrol>Show View</uicontrol>
+              <uicontrol>Other</uicontrol>
+            </menucascade> and then selecting <menucascade>
+              <uicontrol>MOTODEV Studio</uicontrol>
+              <uicontrol>Signing and Keys</uicontrol>
+            </menucascade> from the list of views</ph>. Note that this view is part of the MOTODEV Studio for Android
+          perspective and is thus normally opened when you switch to that perspective.</cmd>
+      </step>
+
+      <step>
+        <cmd>In the Signing and Keys toolbar, click <image href="../images/KeystoreCreate.png"/> (Create
+          Keystore).</cmd>
+        <stepresult>The Create Keystore dialog is displayed.</stepresult>
+      </step>
+      <step>
+        <cmd>Specify the name (including the path to the file) to be given to the keystore file using the
+            <uicontrol>Keystore Filename</uicontrol> field.</cmd>
+      </step>
+      <step>
+        <cmd>Choose a keystore type from the Keystore Type pull-down list. The available choices are: JKS (the standard
+          Java keystore), JCEKS (a Java keystore that provides much stronger protection of private keys), or PKCS12 (a
+          file format defined as part of the Public-Key Cryptography Standards [PKCS] that can be created and
+          interpreted using the OpenSSL pkcs12 command).</cmd>
+      </step>
+      <step>
+        <cmd>By default, the chosen keystore type is added to the keystore filename you specified as an extension. Clear
+          this option if you don't want this extension to be automatically added.</cmd>
+      </step>
+      <step>
+        <cmd>Provide a password to be used to protect the keystore using the <uicontrol>Keystore Password</uicontrol>
+          and <uicontrol>Confirm Password</uicontrol> fields. You will be prompted to reenter this password whenever you
+          add keys to or alter keys within the keystore.</cmd>
+      </step>
+      <step>
+        <cmd>If you would like MOTODEV Studio to remember this keystore's password and automatically supply it whenever
+          it is needed, select <uicontrol>Save this password</uicontrol>.</cmd>
+      </step>
+      <step>
+        <cmd>Create the keystore. </cmd>
+        <choices>
+          <choice>Click <uicontrol>Finish</uicontrol> to create a new, empty keystore.</choice>
+          <choice>Click <uicontrol>Next</uicontrol> if you would like to create the keystore and create a new key within
+            that keystore. You will then be presented with a dialog asking for the characteristics of that new key;
+            follow the instructions under <xref href="t_cert-key-generating.dita">Creating a key</xref>.</choice>
+        </choices>
+      </step>
+    </steps>
+  </taskbody>
+</task>