Hi,
Maybe try again but without installing via ES File Explorer ?
I just tried the a similar test - downloading & installing by 'sideloading'
a (properly signed) apk via a gmail attachment to Nexus 7 (2012) with
Android v5.1.1 & it installed (using the default Android installer - NOT ES
File Explorer) without error & worked OK.
(My apk was created in Eclipse however, no AS...)
Also if you are attempting to download & install from a Web page you also
need to set the correct content type in your web server, eg -
<mime-mapping>
<extension>apk</extension>
<mime-type>application/vnd.android.package-archive</
mime-type>
</mime-mapping>
Regards
On Sunday, August 23, 2015 at 2:04:31 AM UTC+10, cookdav wrote:
>
> After doing a successful assembleRelease in AndroidStudio (version 1.3.1),
> I can use the
> debugger to download and install my app, via a USB-cable, and it installs
> (and runs) fine.
>
> But, if I put the APK file onto my webpage, and download it (using Chrome)
> onto the tablet,
> when I try to install it (using ES File Explorer), I immediately get
> "Parse error ...there was a problem parsing the package".
>
> The target tablet(s) are Nexus 7(2012) and Nexus 10, running Android
> v5.1.1.
>
> This all worked fine, back a year ago, when I was running beta copy of
> AndroidStudio.
> (I have imported this year-old app's project tree, into AndroidStudio
> 1.3.1)
>
> So, I repeated this experiment, after creating a NEW boiler-plate app in
> AndroidStudio
> and I get the same behavior...i.e. it installs this generic TestProject
> via USB-cable via
> the Androidstudio's debugger just fine, but I get the "Parse error" if I
> try to install
> a downloaded copy (either via Chrome or via the USB-cable) residing in the
> Download folder.
>
> Is there some 'debugging' method of installing Android APKs that will give
> a more specific
> error-code, to provide specifics of what the problem is???
> [ When I google this 'Parse error' symptom, there are at least a DOZEN
> different reasons
> mentioned that can cause this error, but none of them apply. ]
>
> Yes, I have developer options enabled on the tablets including
> allow-from-unknown-sources,
> and yes, I've verified the exact file-sizes using ES FIle Explorer, etc,
> etc.
>
> Ideas? Or should I just give up trying to develop native Android apps
> using AndroidStudio?
>
>
>
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