You guys are exactly right - I used my own custom shared ID and made sure to build the .apks on the same machine (thus reusing the same C: \Documents and Settings\Cheryl.Sedota\Local Settings\Application Data \Android\debug.keystore signature) and it works perfectly.
THANKS!! Cheryl On Aug 19, 8:38 pm, hackbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The android:signature attribute was a temporary facility until .apk > signing was implemented. Now that it is, the actual .apk signature is > used (so this is actually secure). Thus, for two .apks to share the > same android:sharedUserId, they must be signed with the same > certificate. > > From Xav's comments, it sounds like you are signing your .apks with > different certificates. > > On Aug 19, 3:43 pm, Cheryl Sedota <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > In the past Diane showed me how to use two attributes of the Android > > manifest in order to get ActivityGroups working properly (i.e. all the > > apps whose activities will be combined using the ActivityGroup will be > > accessible) - those attributes are 'sharedUserId' and 'signature'. > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/threa... > > > This is what I had working in the past: > > > <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"; > > package="com.frogdesign.desktop" > > android:sharedUserId="android.uid.system" > > android:signature="android.signature.system"> > > ... > > > With the beta SDK that was just released, this mechanism is broken, as > > the 'signature' attribute is no longer valid. Please advise on how to > > implement ActivityGroups where Activities are in different apps with > > the new SDK. > > > The docs still indicate that the signature is still required for > > userid match to > > occur:http://code.google.com/android/reference/android/R.styleable.html#And... > > > ... and in the logs I see: > > > From the console: > > [2008-08-19 17:26:52 - FrogDesktop] Installation error: > > INSTALL_FAILED_SHARED_USER_INCOMPATIBLE > > > From logcat: > > DEBUG/PackageManager(56): Scanning package com.frogdesign.desktop > > DEBUG/PackageManager(56): Shared UserID android.uid.system (uid=1000): > > packages=[PackageSetting{433aa490 com.frogdesign.desktop/1000}, > > PackageSetting{43540b50 com.frogdesign.desktop/1000}, > > PackageSetting{434275a0 com.android.providers.settings/1000}, > > PackageSetting{434eeea0 android/1000}] > > ERROR/PackageManager(56): Package com.frogdesign.desktop has no > > signatures that match those in shared user android.uid.system; > > ignoring! > > WARN/PackageManager(56): Package couldn't be installed in /data/app/ > > com.frogdesign.desktop.apk > > > Thanks!! > > Cheryl --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Announcing the new Android 0.9 SDK beta! http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/08/announcing-beta-release-of-android-sdk.html For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
