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Jason Laux
3,128 PointsExplicitly using our Forecast API key
If we publish this app wouldn't we use an environment variable for the key. I definitely don't want it on Github. How would we set and use an environment variable with Android Studio?
2 Answers

Luiz Carlos
15,714 PointsI think that is not possible.
But, you can add your file where is your key in .gitignore.

Kang-Kyu Lee
52,045 PointsString apiKey = System.getenv("FORECAST_API_KEY");
when I tried this apiKey
became null
. Does anybody know the answer of this question? Please help @bendeitch @benjakuben