I am trying to deploy an update of an existing Mobile application & keep getting the following exception:
"App Not Installed"
Q: What am I doing wrong?
Q: Is there a way to see or activate ERROR messages?
I have the following:
Samsung Galaxy S9+
42 GB free disk space
3 GB memory available
No SD Card
I am using the following APK file:
com.[companyname].pulse.apk
...in my Phone\Download directory
...and it shows up in the "Installation Files" listing
...this is NOT the signed file (is that right?)
I have done the following:
Gone to "Install Unknown Apps" and verified "Allowed" is checked for "My Files"
The 1st time I accessed it...I was forced to choose "Allowed"...as well
Enabled "Developer Options" through the "About Device" menu's
I developed using:
Xamarin.Forms (2.5.0.280555))
Q: What am I doing wrong?
The reason may be that there is already an application with the same package name installed by the IDE. You can't install it successfully when you install the same apk with the same package name. Have a try as follow:
Uninstall the installed same app on your phone first.
Reinstall the apk app
Q: Is there a way to see or activate ERROR messages?
You can use adb command to check log info in PC or Mac:
adb logcat -v time
If do not know adb , you can refer to here.
This is my FIRST attempt at any mobile application...so...as it turns out:
Drop the SIGNED APK file onto your phone
Install using the SIGNED APK file
When installing, a PLAY STORE prompt will appear...choose "Install Anyway"
You're done.
To be fair, someone in the office told me to use the UNSIGNED APK file...which turned out to be bogus.
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My app able run on simulator and I export it as Unsigned App.
On my phone's Setting-->>Applications--->>Unknown sources checked.
I download the .apk into phone storage through USB.
Then under File Manager, I found that stored .apk and hit install button and it try to install,
But finally it says Application Not installed. but why? wht's wrong?
Also I try ./adb install -r myapp.apk but it said error:device not found
I have never tested an app on a device by using your method... When I am NOT debugging on my device using usb and I just want to install it on my phone, I do the following:
If you have run it on the emulator then there is an .apk file in the bin directory of your project.
Move that .apk to your phone via usb or another method (I use dropbox).
Open the .apk and install on your phone.
The previous answers are correct, it must be signed. But by doing my method it will be signed with your debug key.
You will obviously want to actually sign it with a real key before publishing it to the market.
All applications must be signed in order to install on emulator or real device, check out the official dev guide signing your application:
All applications must be signed. The system will not install an
application on an emulator or a device if it is not signed.
To test and debug your application, the build tools sign your application with a special debug key that is created by the Android
SDK build tools.
Specifically how are you getting the APK to the device? Try dab install <path to APK>. Also, you can install APKs from the Android browser by uploading it to any web server and navigating to its URL.
You must export and sign with a debug certificate before installing. Read about publishing.
If you are using Eclipse, you don't need to export your app as "unsigned apk". Simply enable "Allow Unknown Sources" on the phone, and right click on project and hit "Run As".
Unsigned apks are generated by signing them with the debug.keystore key that's stored in the Android SDK. It could be possible that his key is corrupted. To verify, check to see if any other project also gives a similar problem. To resolve th key corruption, delete your SDK and install again (shouldn't take more than 15mins).
In case other projects work fine, which means your debug.keystorekey is NOT corrupt, you need to uninstall any previous versions of this app on your phone and restart your phone.
It could also be possible that the adb server could be messed up. In that case, restart your Eclipse or do adb kill-server from command line.
Also, seems like other people have faced similar issues. Did you search similar StackOverflow questions and try out the solutions? Here's one: 'App not Installed' Error on Android
Unsigned APK can be installed in real mobile devices for purpose of testing.
Just follow these steps on images:
Locate the APK and send it to your mobile through gmail etc..
I tried right clicking on my project (in Eclipse) android tools->Export unsigned application package.
I then moved to .apk file to my Samsung Galaxi S device and tried to install it,
I got a message saying the app was not installed.
Did I do something wrong in creating the .apk (what could be the problem)?
Check this doc.
If you want to install the application with debug key then you need device driver(Kies in your case) installed on your development machine. Then attach your device to your machine through USB port. Close emulator and run your Android application on your device using Eclipse. The signing procedure mentioned in previous answers is mandatory only when you are uploading your application on Android Market.
you should Export signed Apk file:
http://developer.android.com/guide/publishing/app-signing.html
I am developing android application under Eclipse. It is running in emulator just fine under different platforms. I have checked android version on friend's telephone, also in eclipse and successfully ran it on emulator too. Created unsigned application package using eclipse.
Installing on phone.
After installation he got error message "app not installed" and button 'Done'. Uninstaller found my program and got error '%program name% failed: invalid URI'. In my xml files I didn;t see nothing that can help with this error.. What does it mean? :(
An unsigned apk can't be installed anywhere.
You have three solutions:
go into the bin folder and use the apk that is stored there (this apk is signed with your debug certificate)
connect the phone via usb to your pc and install it using eclipse (Run as -> Android Application -> select the device)
Create a signed application. You need a valid keystore for that (Eclipse helps you creating one)
Tips at the end: Give the community something back by accept answers on your previous questions!
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.
I have developed an application using Android SDK 1.5, application works well on Android Simulator.
Now, I am trying to install application on actual device. I don't have the Android device. So, I am going by OTA way.
For this, I have generated the self sign keystore using keytool utility.
And, using Eclipse's "Eclipse Signed Application package.." option I have generated the signed .apk file and moved it to my web server.
Also, i added MIME type on web server for .apk.
But, when I am trying to download and install the same application on device, application get downloaded and it also prompts for permission. After thag when I click on "Install", it fails with error Application Install Unsuccefull.
Interestingly, I test this url on simulator browser, and it worked perfectly well and application get installed successfully.
Even, I checked that, SDCard is there on device. Settings -> Applications and "Unknown sources" option is alos checked.
Am I clear to you all?
Any Idea what may be going wrong here?
Thanks and appreciate your response,
S.Satheesh
What happens if connect the phone via a USB cable and install the application using the adb install command? Testing this will allow you to determine if the problem is with the package or the over the air update.
Also, you could try running adb logcat to view the logs from your phone after the failed install as this should show you what the problem is.