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Android - application not found error for some users after update

I have an android app on play store. I just released a new version but some of users report that after update they cant open application because they get application not installed error but they can open application through market by touching on open button. On new version i used same .jks file, I changed AndroidManifest.xml because i wanted to change main activity from .MainActivity to .Landing so mainActivity is no longer main. Maybe problem happens because of that? By the way not all users effected from this problem. Here is old and new AndroidManifest files and could you please check these files? Maybe another row cause that problem?
Solitions;
- Some users restart their phone and it works
- But some users cant fix by restarting their phone, so they remove and install again to fix it
But why this happens to some users?
OLD AndroidManifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.test.example"
android:versionCode="9"
android:versionName="2.0.0"
android:installLocation="internalOnly"
>
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="10" />
<supports-screens android:smallScreens="true" android:normalScreens="true" android:largeScreens="true" android:xlargeScreens="true" android:anyDensity="true"/>
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.telephony" android:required="false" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
<permission android:name="com.test.example.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" android:protectionLevel="signature" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.test.example.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.android.vending.BILLING" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme"
>
<!--This meta-data tag is required to use Google Play Services.-->
<meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.version" android:value="#integer/google_play_services_version" />
<activity android:name=".MainActivity" android:label="#string/app_name" android:screenOrientation="portrait">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name=".Contact" android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustNothing" android:screenOrientation="portrait"></activity>
<activity android:name=".Notes" android:screenOrientation="portrait"></activity>
<receiver
android:name=".GcmBroadcastReceiver"
android:permission="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND" >
<intent-filter>
<!-- Receives the actual messages. -->
<action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE" />
<category android:name="com.test.example" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
<service android:name=".GcmIntentService" />
<!--Include the AdActivity configChanges and theme. -->
<activity android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity"
android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize"
android:theme="#android:style/Theme.Translucent" />
</application>
</manifest>
NEW AndroidManifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.test.example"
android:versionCode="10"
android:versionName="2.0.1"
android:installLocation="internalOnly"
>
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="10" />
<supports-screens android:smallScreens="true" android:normalScreens="true" android:largeScreens="true" android:xlargeScreens="true" android:anyDensity="true"/>
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.telephony" android:required="false" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
<permission android:name="com.test.example.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" android:protectionLevel="signature" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.test.example.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.android.vending.BILLING" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme"
>
<!--This meta-data tag is required to use Google Play Services.-->
<meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.version" android:value="#integer/google_play_services_version" />
<activity android:name=".Landing" android:label="#string/app_name" android:screenOrientation="portrait">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name=".Contact" android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustNothing" android:screenOrientation="portrait"></activity>
<activity android:name=".Notes" android:screenOrientation="portrait"></activity>
<activity android:name=".MainActivity" android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustNothing" android:screenOrientation="portrait"></activity>
<receiver
android:name=".GcmBroadcastReceiver"
android:permission="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND" >
<intent-filter>
<!-- Receives the actual messages. -->
<action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE" />
<category android:name="com.test.example" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
<service android:name=".GcmIntentService" />
<!--Include the AdActivity configChanges and theme. -->
<activity android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity"
android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize"
android:theme="#android:style/Theme.Translucent" />
</application>
</manifest>

Your MainActivity is no longer a MAIN/LAUNCHER activity. Are you sure it's not just a matter of old shortcuts disappearing/failing to launch because of this?
The difference between users may be caused by having different launcher apps (various manufacturers or manually installed). If you have some helpful users, you could ask them to:
check the app drawer for the app, and
take a bugreport and send it to you (so that we may be able to see some logs of a failed launch)

Why permissions does not work with my .apk in play store?

When developping my Android app (with cordova), I have a strange behaviour:
When transfering the app from my computer to the tablet in debug mode, everything works well.
But when I upload it on Google Play Store, then downloading it to my tablet, it seems permissions are missing.
Indeed, I set 5 permissions in my AndroidManifest.xml:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FLASHLIGHT" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />
But after that, when installing the app from the play store, a pop up says the app need only 2 permissions:
Camera
Device ID
Then, I accept, I install it, but when I launch the app, it can not access internet.
Here is the entire Manifest:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<manifest android:hardwareAccelerated="true" android:versionCode="20100" android:versionName="2.1.0" package="com.ionicframework.magnetiztablet479260" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<supports-screens android:anyDensity="true" android:largeScreens="true" android:normalScreens="true" android:resizeable="true" android:smallScreens="true" android:xlargeScreens="true" />
<application android:hardwareAccelerated="true" android:icon="#drawable/icon" android:label="#string/app_name">
<activity android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|locale" android:label="#string/activity_name" android:launchMode="singleTop" android:name="CordovaApp" android:theme="#android:style/Theme.Black.NoTitleBar" android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize">
<intent-filter android:label="#string/launcher_name">
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:clearTaskOnLaunch="true" android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden" android:exported="false" android:name="com.google.zxing.client.android.CaptureActivity" android:screenOrientation="landscape" android:theme="#android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen" android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysHidden">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.phonegap.plugins.barcodescanner.SCAN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:label="#string/share_name" android:name="com.google.zxing.client.android.encode.EncodeActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.phonegap.plugins.barcodescanner.ENCODE" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:label="#string/share_name" android:name="com.google.zxing.client.android.HelpActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="10" android:targetSdkVersion="19" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FLASHLIGHT" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" android:required="false" />
</manifest>

How To Avoid Google Play Services Update Required Warning

I'm using Google Maps in my Android app and I'm seeing the following message on some older devices:
I understand the nature of this message and that updating will resolve this issue.
However I would like to avoid users seeing this all together, and just want the map to load on all devices.
Here's what my dependencies look like:
Please note that I added individual parts of Google Play services that I needed rather than the full library as I started receiving an error from Android Studio about too many lines of code - this was the work around as I just have to many libraries as it seems.
Manifest:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="10" android:targetSdkVersion="19" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="com.android.vending.BILLING" />
<!-- Creating Permission to receive Google Maps -->
<permission android:name="com.xyzapp.it.supportmapfragment.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE" android:protectionLevel="signature"/>
<!-- Permission to receive Google Maps -->
<uses-permission android:name="com.xyzapp.it.supportmapfragment.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE"/>
<!-- Permission to read Google Services -->
<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES" />
<!--Maps API needs OpenGL ES 2.0. -->
<uses-feature android:glEsVersion="0x00020000" android:required="true" />
<supports-screens
android:anyDensity="true"
android:resizeable="true"
android:largeScreens="true"
android:normalScreens="true"
android:smallScreens="true"
android:xlargeScreens="true" />
<application
android:name=".xyzappitApp"
android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
android:icon="#drawable/app_icon"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppBaseTheme" android:largeHeap="true" >
<activity android:name=".SplashActivity" android:screenOrientation="portrait" >
<intent-filter >
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name=".TabHostActivity" android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize" android:icon="#drawable/app_icon" android:exported="true" />
<activity android:name=".StatusActivity" android:screenOrientation="portrait" />
<activity android:name=".StatusDetailsActivity" android:screenOrientation="portrait" />
<activity android:name=".MyAlertsActivity" android:screenOrientation="portrait" />
<activity android:name=".AlertLinesActivity" android:screenOrientation="portrait" />
<activity android:name=".AlertDetailsActivity" android:screenOrientation="portrait" />
<activity android:name=".PreferencesActivity" android:screenOrientation="portrait" android:theme="#style/ActionBarStyle" />
<activity android:name=".RouteListActivity" android:screenOrientation="portrait" />
<activity android:name=".StopListActivity" android:screenOrientation="portrait" />
<activity android:name=".StopTimesActivity" android:screenOrientation="portrait" />
<activity android:name=".UpgradeActivity" android:screenOrientation="portrait" />
<activity android:name=".TransfersActivity" android:screenOrientation="portrait" />
<activity android:name=".TransfersDetailsActivity" android:theme="#style/MyDialog" android:screenOrientation="portrait" />
<activity android:name=".ShareActivity" android:theme="#style/MyDialog" android:screenOrientation="portrait" />
<activity android:name=".ShareDetailsActivity" android:theme="#style/MyDialog" android:screenOrientation="portrait" />
<activity android:name=".MapActivity" android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden" />
<activity
android:name="com.mopub.mobileads.MoPubActivity"
android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize" />
<activity
android:name="com.mopub.mobileads.MraidActivity"
android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize" />
<activity
android:name="com.mopub.common.MoPubBrowser"
android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize" />
<activity
android:name="com.mopub.mobileads.MraidVideoPlayerActivity"
android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize" />
<service android:name=".Service.NotificationService" />
<receiver android:name="com.xyzapp.it.Receiver.MyAlarmReceiver" />
<receiver android:name="com.xyzapp.it.Receiver.ConnectionChangedReceiver" android:exported="false">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.net.conn.CONNECTIVITY_CHANGE" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
<receiver android:name="com.xyzapp.it.Receiver.BootCompletedReceiver">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
<uses-library android:name="com.google.android.maps" />
<meta-data android:name="com.crashlytics.ApiKey" android:value="123456" />
<meta-data android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY" android:value="123456" />
<meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.version" android:value="#integer/google_play_services_version" />
<meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.analytics.globalConfigResource" android:resource="#xml/global_tracker" />
</application>
Ideally I would like to know how to have the map just load and not force the user to update as my minSDK=10 and the app supports Android 2.3 devices and up.
Even if that means targeting a lower version of Google Play services to support SDK 10+ I'm ok with that solution.
Thanks!

However I would like to avoid users seeing this all together, and just want the map to load on all devices.
Then don't use Maps V2. Instead, use some other mapping solution (e.g., Open Street Map).
Otherwise, there is no "magic" dependency that will avoid this dialog on all devices. While you are welcome to use some older version of that play-services-maps dependency, there is no guarantee that ~1.5 billion devices will all support that particular version of the Play Services engine without any updates.

Library installed as application Android

I have two android projects, one of them I'm using as library. I've created .aar file to use it as library in project. And it's working :). But I've a problem. It installs two apps with the same name in device. Any suggestion?
Application Manifest
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES" />
<!--
The ACCESS_COARSE/FINE_LOCATION permissions are not required to use
Google Maps Android API v2, but are recommended.
-->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme">
<activity
android:name="package"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<meta-data
android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
android:value="#integer/google_play_services_version" />
<meta-data
android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY"
android:value="#string/google_maps_key" />
<activity
android:name="net.riinvest.riinvest.Harta"
android:label="#string/title_activity_maps" >
</activity>
<activity
android:name="package"
android:label="#string/title_activity_kontakti" >
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
Application that I use as library Manifest
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package=""
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="12" android:targetSdkVersion="17" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/><!--For connection to server-->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED"/><!--For RiProfService broadcasting-->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS_FULL"/>
<supports-screens
android:smallScreens="true"
android:normalScreens="true"
android:largeScreens="true"
android:anyDensity="true"
/>
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/riiprof_logo"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/DeviceDefault">
<activity
android:name=""
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden|adjustResize"
android:configChanges="locale|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
Thanks in advance.
Best Regards

Remove this part from your library's AndroidManifest:
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>

Its showing 2 launcher icons as both your library manifest and application manifest have following:
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
This instructs to enable the activity to be launched by a launcher icon directly. If you remove this from your library manifest. That should fix it. Hope it helps.

Google Play application compatibility

I have a problem whith my application on Google Play. In fact my app it's not compatible with custom rom like miui, custom Ics...
For example I can't download my app from google play with my GS2 on miui and my friend can download it with is GS2 on ICS.
Please help me...
here is my manifest
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.notifyme"
android:versionCode="3"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<supports-screens
android:largeScreens="true"
android:normalScreens="true"
android:smallScreens="true"
android:anyDensity="true" />
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" />
<permission android:name="com.notifyme.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" android:protectionLevel="signature" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.notifyme.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SOUND" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.LIGHTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<application
android:icon="#drawable/notifme_icon"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<activity
android:name=".HomeActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name=".ConnexionActivity"
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"
android:theme="#android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar"/>
<activity android:name=".MainActivity"
android:theme="#android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar"/>
<activity android:name=".InscriptionActivity"
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"
android:theme="#android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar"/>
<receiver
android:name=".ReceiverActivity"
android:permission="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND" >
<intent-filter >
<action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE" > </action>
<category android:name="com.notifyme" />
</intent-filter>
<intent-filter >
<action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.REGISTRATION" ></action>
<category android:name="com.notifyme" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
</application>
thank you

I suspect that the problem lay withing your code. One of your activities might has a method that is supported only since API 13 (e.g. Android 3.2 and above). That's why it can be downloaded for newer version (ICS which is android 4) and not your.
double check your methods to figure that out.