parse error trying to install apps on my phone - android

I'm having issues trying to put my own apps on my phone. I've looked around and no one has been able to help me so far. A bit of background information, I'm using the latest version of eclipse IDE, trying to get apps onto my galaxy s. I tried installing apps through gmail. When I go to install the app I get a parse error and it doesn't install. I have also tried using this method to install my app onto a htc wildfire s however I get the same issue. Is there a quick fix for this? Thanks for your time; any insight into what the problem is will be great.
Things I've tried: Ok I still have a parse error when I try installing my app. The min sdkversion was set to 9 which seems right to me as that is the api level for gingerbread which galaxy s uses (i think). I haven't set a target sdkversion yet as according to the android developer guide it if not stated it defaults to the minsdkversion. I also tried setting the minsdkversion to 1 and still no luck. Any ideas?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="org.guitartunergreatness.jj"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="7" >
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="7" />
<application
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:debuggable="true">
<activity
android:name=".GuitarTunerActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>

Parse error usually occurs if your app supports a higher version of Android than the version of OS on your phone. Egs: your phone has 2.1 and application supports 2.2 onwards

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Error MSB4064: The "AllowUnsecureUrls" parameter is not supported by the "XamarinDownloadArchives" task

So, I am getting this error on building Android Release. On debug things are fine. It wont even clean the solution.
Things were fine and now after updating to latest Xamarin.
This is what my Droid project top few lines look like
<Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<Import Project="..\packages\Xamarin.Build.Download.0.6.0\build\Xamarin.Build.Download.props" Condition="Exists('..\packages\Xamarin.Build.Download.0.6.0\build\Xamarin.Build.Download.props')" />
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For me, simply restarting the visual studio fixed this issue.
A simple way is set android:usesCleartextTraffic="true" on you AndroidManifest.xml
android:usesCleartextTraffic="true"
Your AndroidManifest.xml look like
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest package="com.dww.drmanar">
<application
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:usesCleartextTraffic="true"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme"
tools:targetApi="m">
<activity
android:name=".activity.SplashActivity"
android:theme="#style/FullscreenTheme">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
I hope this will help you.
android:usesCleartextTraffic="true" did not fix it for me.
I left that attribute in, because it might be enough in the future.
What fixed it was downgrading Xamarin.Build.Download nuget from 0.7.1 to 0.4.12-preview3. 0.4.11 also worked - that was what I was using prior to today, when I updated all nugets.
I also tried 0.7.0 and 0.5.0-rc1. Both had same problem as 0.7.1.
All my Android SDKs and Tools are up-to-date.
Targeting Android 9.0 Pie (API 28), minimum (25), launching to an emulator running Oreo 8.1 (27).
(iOS builds and run successfully with Xamarin.Build.Download 0.7.1; the problem only happened on Android.)
I have Xamarin.Build.Download version 0.8.0 and apparently for me the issue was that the shared code project didn't have a reference to the package, it happens in both, android and iOS, installing the package in the three projects apparently solves the issue.
In my Case this error was hiding another error behind. Using VS2017 V15.9.12, and i was juggling between 2 VS windows with 2 open Xamarin Android projects that had some library projects in common. Restarting the PC fixed the issue.

Android "application not installed" error on tablet, not on phone

I have scoured the internet for this, but none of the "answers" I have found so far have fixed it for me. My app installs and runs 100% on my phone, which runs Android 4.1.2. It appears to install ok on my tablet too, which runs Android 4.3. But when I try to run it on the tablet, I get the "Application is not installed" error. What is even stranger is that if I run it using the App Manager inside ES File Explorer, it runs fine!
So my suspicion is that Android 4.3 is more strict about something that 4.1.2 lets through. But what? I just can't find it. And why it should run from within ES File Explorer is just weird. The app manifest is below. I have tried several different values for the target SDK, but nothing makes any difference. The app is signed using the Export Wizard in Eclipse, using a certificate created there.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="marshallarts.wordfinder"
android:versionCode="10"
android:versionName="1.10" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="11"
android:targetSdkVersion="18" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:permission="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme"
android:hasCode="true" >
<activity
android:name=".StartActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity
android:name=".EnterActivity"
android:label="#string/title_activity_enter"
android:theme="#android:style/Theme.Dialog">
</activity>
<activity
android:name=".PlayActivity"
android:label="#string/title_activity_play" >
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
Would add as a comment but don't have enough rep at the moment.
Have you changed your default launcher activity in your project recently? It could be that the link in your Android Home application is referencing the old activity.
Well I have solved this at last. It was (of course) my error - I had not correctly understood how to specify the app's permissions, and had not set them properly in the manifest. Corrected that, and it now runs happily. It is still a minor mystery why it ran on my phone - seems to me it should not have - but no matter, I am now on the right track.

App not showing on kindle devices (only showing on non-amazon devices)

I created a simple app and uploaded to Amazon store. The problem is it is only downloadable on non-Amazon Android devices. The app is simple with only one activity. The activity contains only one web view which loads up the following URL - www.myromancereads.com . If I directly install/debug/run the app on a real kindle device, it works fine. Below is my manifest file:-
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.brian.romancereads"
android:versionCode="2"
android:versionName="2.0" >
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="10"
android:targetSdkVersion="17" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/CustomTheme" >
<activity
android:name="com.brian.romancereads.Main"
android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|screenSize">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
Here are two screenshots from amazon appstore:-
1> http://www.greenbean.in/images/rr1.jpg
2> http://www.greenbean.in/images/rr2.jpg
I have followed all guidelines for Kindle fire development, but still the app is not available for Kindle devices. I fail to understand what is the problem. Any help will be much appreciated.
Thanks...
This may be your device targetting settings in the portal itself and not a code issue. Screenshot rr2 is showing its not available for those devices on the Appstore. Screenshot rr1 is part of the Appstore Developer Select Program which requires targeting Kindle devices. I did a post on our developer blog that has more program details here.
Can you go to your dashboard here under Apps and Services, select My Apps and then click on the App name in question. You should see a "Binary Files" tab and a section for "Device Support". Can you verify that you have checked off Kindle Devices there?
Here is a screenshot
My hunch is that you may only have "All non-Amazon Android devices based on my manifest" checked currently.

android version compatibilty

I have developed and Simple android application in Java and also uploaded it on play.google.com. I uploaded successfully and also published well and I made all steps to published and save the app.after publishing it is showing on app store.Problem is that when I searched the app on my android device then it give the error of "This item is not compatible with your device". I don't understand why this error is being occurred. Kindly any one tell me how can I make and android app which is compatible with all versions of android or any other method through which my app should sun on all android devices.
Here is my manifest file code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="sml.sml.pkg"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="15" />
<application
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<activity
android:name=".SMLActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
There are a number of reasons why this might occur. Most likely you are either:
Not specifying the correct minimum SDK your application is compatible with. To do this, you should add to your AndroidManifest.xml the following.
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="#" />
where the # should be replaced with the integer corresponding to the minimum SDK number your application supports. For example, if your application has features that are supported by Gingerbread (API 10) but not Froyo (API 8), then you should specify the number to be 10. Note that you rarely want to add the android:maxSdkVersion attribute, as this will prevent devices from using your application when new SDK versions are released.
Your application uses a feature that is not supported by your device. This might be the case if you have declared in your manifest the <uses-feature> tag.
Edit:
I just saw the code you added to your original post. Your code, specifically, <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="15" />, will prevent Android devices running Android versions lower than 15 from using your device. To allow older versions to use your application, you'll need to lower this number. Make sure you are 100% certain that the SDK you choose supports 100% of the features that your application requires.
you need to provide android:minSdkVersion & android:maxSdkVersion in AndroidManifest.xml.
i think your mobile version is not supported to the version you implemented in your project. So, in Androidmanifest file just follow the following changes as shown......
Androidmanifest.xml
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="7" android:maxSdkVersion="11"/>
provide those versions based on your mobile version also. if you are using android 2.2 means its API level is 8. so provide minSdkVersion as 8.

Why is my app filtered for Android 1.5 and 1.6 devices?

Our last update for our application caused it to be filtered out for Android 1.5 and Android 1.6 devices. We did not change anything in our manifest (aside from the updated version code).
These similar questions did not help:
Android App no longer visible by Android 1.5 on devices
Android app not appearing in Market for 1.5&1.6 devices, Bluetooth is android:required="false"
We created a test app with a stripped down manifest and compiled it with the Android 1.5 SDK. Even this basic app is filtered out. We tried contacting Android Market support five days ago but Google makes it pretty clear they don't want to provide support to developers and say that it's unlikely we'll get a reply.
Here is the full AndroidManifest.xml for the test app:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.highwaynorth.test"
android:versionCode="6"
android:versionName="6.0">
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="3" />
<application android:icon="#drawable/icon" android:label="#string/app_name">
<activity android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
Why is this being filtered?
Our app came back this week after Google posted this announcement to the Market on October 25th:
25 October 2011 - Recently published apps not appearing in Android Market
We're disappointed that our app was gone from the Market for 6 weeks and all we get at the end in the way of an explanation is basically to say "it's fixed now"

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