I generated APK by doing following in Android Studio: Build -> Generate Signed apk
I copied this APK in Phone's memory and launched it. It installed fine, but only for the first time. I then uninstalled the existing app and launched the same APK again, now it says "App Not Installed".
If I copy the same APK from my computer to this phone again, then again it cannot be installed anymore on this device.
I don't want to do with Play protect off on the device.
Is there a solution to installable the apk all the time?
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I recently created an android app. When I tried to debug my app on my phone, it worked. Then I generated the apk, and tried to execute it from the file browser, it doesn't work, and I have the following error message : "App not installed", despite having allowed the unknown source in the settings. I also tried with an official app. For that, I extracted the Apk with apk extractor, uninstalled the app, and then executed the apk: same error. I tried many solutions found on the web, but none of them worked :
I disabled play protect.
I reseted the app preferences in the settings.
I tried on my former phone and on my father's phone.
I updated the os on my phone (android 10 to android 12).
I have already installed many apps just by executing the apk on my phones (including my current one) and it's the first time i'm facing this problem.
Can you help me please ?
Debug build and Release build have different signatures so before installing "release app" you should uninstall "debug app".
Also check expiration date of your release signature and make sure it is a valid signature.
I have my application in Google Play, I've downloaded and installed it on my phone.
I'm also currently working on update of this application, and whenever I want to install my .apk file on my phone it shows me, that I can't do it, because the app is already here.
Where in Eclipse can I set some settings, which will allow me to install my updated app without installing original one?
EDIT
I want to have two versions on my device at the same time.
One simple solution is to change the package name, since that's how the OS identifies the .apk. Indeed, the package is unique to the Market: how does an android phone(or market) recognize an app
You can not install and run the app from eclipse because the app installed on the device (the one from play store) is signed with a different key.
When you export your app you sign the apk with a specific key and when u run it from eclipse you sign it with a different key - the debugkey.
If you HAVE to install another version on the device without uninstalling the old one from the device (the one you got from the play store) you should:
1.export your app and sign it with the same key you signed the app you uploaded to the play store.
2.upload the exported apk to the device.
3.install it.
EDIT:
If you want to versions on the same device you should change the app package name.
When I'm away from my computer, I like to use TeamViewer to access it and work on my Android apps. I save unsigned .apk files to my Google Drive so that I can test them while on the go, too. I download the .apk files to my Android device through the Drive app, but I'm having an issue.
When I go to install the App after downloading it from Google Drive, Android asks me if I'd like to install the App. When I click yes, it begins the install process but then exits with an "App Not Installed" error. There doesn't seem to be any other indication of what happened.
I've tried this with several of my .apk files, but they all give me the same issue. If it helps, these are apps I've previously downloaded by running the app with my android device plugged into my computer. I made sure to uninstall the app before trying to install it through the .apk file. I'm testing on a Google Nexus 7 32GB.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you!
To me, it sounds like you are trying to install an APK that is signed with a different certificate than the one installed on the device.
Run logcat, and you will see a message with information on exactly what is happening.
Have out tried installing your unsigned APK through ADB? This should let you see any errors there are in installing that APK, such as security settings.
According to a now-deleted(?) comment, you were trying to install an unsigned APK.
Alas, you cannot install an unsigned APK. Android -- emulators and devices alike -- only run signed APKs.
What comes out of the normal development process is an APK signed with the debug signing key, not an unsigned APK. There is a concept of an unsigned APK, but you have to go out of your way to create one normally, and it's usually just an interim step en route to signing it.
I exported an unsigned apk file that represents a test version of my Android application. I need to distribute this to quite a few users. Is there a simple method to distribute the apk file where it will install the app? I'm trying to avoid the test users from having to download something like Astro or the sdk. Any ideas? I tried putting it out on a global web server and the file downloads but doesn't install. Thanks for the help!
From the android documentation:
The Android system will not install or run an application that is not
signed appropriately. This applies wherever the Android system is run,
whether on an actual device or on the emulator. For this reason, you
must set up signing for your application before you can run it or
debug it on an emulator or device.
So even if your users have the "Allow installing non-market apps" checked, your application will still have to be signed with at least a test key before it can be installed on a physical device.
I just put my experimental apps on the Android market with a description that says "don't install this, it won't work for you" and then give an access key to my testers.
I am trying to distribute my application to some people for testing.
I have installed it on my Desire directly from eclipse and it works fine.
To create an APK-file, I choose "Export Unsigned Application Package" directly from eclipse, and then an APK file was created. I emailed it to myself and downloaded the file to the SD-card. But when I try to install it (using ES File Browser), I get a message saying "Application not installed".
(I have already checked the "Allow installation of non-Market application" on my phone)
Any ideas?
Yeah I found the problem, see my answer below:
I did not know that even with the "Allow Installation of non-Marked application", I still needed to sign the application.
I self-signed my application, following this link self-sign and release application, It only took 5 minutes, then I emailed the signed-APK file to myself and downloaded it to SD-card and then installed it without any problem.
I did not know that even with the "Allow Installation of non-Marked application", I still needed to sign the application.
I self-signed my application, following this link self-sign and release application, It only took 5 minutes, then I emailed the signed-APK file to myself and downloaded it to SD-card and then installed it without any problem.
You cannot install an unsigned application on a phone. You can only use it to test with an emulator. If you still want to go ahead, you can try self-signing the application.
Also, since you are installing the application from an SD card, I hope you have the necessary permissions set. Do go through stackoverflow.com and look at questions regarding installation of applications from an SD card - there have been many and they have been asked before.
Hope that helps.
You can test the unsigned-apk only on Emulator. And as its step of application deployment and distribution, you should read this article atleast once, i suggest: http://developer.android.com/guide/publishing/app-signing.html.
For your question, you can find the below line in above article:
All applications must be signed. The system will not install an application that is not signed.
so you have to have signed-apk before the distribution of your application.
To generate Signed-apk of your application, there is a simple wizard procedure, click on File -> Export -> Android -> Export Android application.
Just follow these steps to transfer the apk onto the real device(with debugger key) and which is just for testing purpose. (Note: For proper distribution to the market you may need to sign your app with your keys and follow all the steps.)
Install your app onto the emulator.
Once it is installed goto DDMS, select the current running app under the devices window. This will then show all the files related to it under the file explorer.
Under file explorer go to data->app and select your APK (which is the package name of the app).
Select it and click on 'Pull a file from the device' button (the one with the save symbol).
This copies the APK to your system. From there you can copy the file to your real device, install and test it.
Good luck !
I cannot install an apk build with "Export Unsigned Application Package" Android SDK feature, but i can install an apk browsing the bin directory of my project after the project buid. I put this apk on my sd on my HTC Wildfire phone, select it and the application install correctly.
You need to allow your phone to install unsigned apk.
Good Luck.
You could also send your testers the apk that is signed with your debug key. You can find that in the bin folder of your project after building in debug mode.
An unsigned application cannot be installed. When we run directly from eclipse, that apk is signed with debugger key and can be found in bin\ folder of the project. You can use that for test purpose distribution also.