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Android Build a Simple Android App (2014) Getting Started with Android Running the Fun Facts Project

Posted by Dolores Bowyer
Dolores Bowyer
1,484 Points

pkg: /data/local/tmp/WordItWrite.funfacts Failure [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_MANIFEST_MALFORMED] Any Suggestions to fix

Waiting for device. C:\Users\dbowye000\Downloads\android-studio-bundle-windows\android-studio\sdk\tools\emulator.exe -avd Android442 -netspeed full -netdelay none

Device connected: emulator-5554 Device Android442 [emulator-5554] is online, waiting for processes to start up.. Device Android442 [emulator-5554] is online, waiting for processes to start up.. Device Android442 [emulator-5554] is online, waiting for processes to start up.. Device is ready: Android442 [emulator-5554] Target device: Android442 [emulator-5554] Uploading file local path: C:\Users\dbowye000\AndroidStudioProjects\FunFacts\app\build\outputs\apk\app-debug.apk remote path: /data/local/tmp/WordItWrite.funfacts Installing WordItWrite.funfacts DEVICE SHELL COMMAND: pm install -r "/data/local/tmp/WordItWrite.funfacts" pkg: /data/local/tmp/WordItWrite.funfacts Failure [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_MANIFEST_MALFORMED]

Dolores Bowyer
Dolores Bowyer
1,484 Points

I see other failure messages, how do I troubleshoot? Is there a guide, course etc .. Thanks

3 Answers

Tushar Thakur
Tushar Thakur
977 Points
Tushar Thakur
Tushar Thakur
977 Points

none of the characters in your package name are allowed in caps, that worked for me.

Michael Diedricks
Michael Diedricks
897 Points
Michael Diedricks
Michael Diedricks
897 Points

I'm getting the same error. I read elsewhere that it has to do with the package name beginning with a capital letter.

for example: "WordItWrite.funfacts", where the first 'w' of 'word' is capitalised.

I tried renaming it with lower case letter, but I still simply get the emulator opening up on the main screen of a Nexus; no app.

Anybody else have some solutions? I haven't even started coding anything yet and I'm getting run errors from the software. : /

Ryan Van Den Bos
Ryan Van Den Bos
3,447 Points
Ryan Van Den Bos
Ryan Van Den Bos
3,447 Points

If you create a new project, again call it FunFacts however when it says company name keep it all lower case and then it should work as planned.