Ok, I got past the problem of "Parse Error..", by SIGNING the app.
(That wasn't necessary a year ago.)
So, now the installer runs, but at the end, the installer says:
X App not installed.
[ Sigh. No reason given. What...we're supposed to be mind-readers??? ]
On Sunday, August 23, 2015 at 2:47:42 AM UTC-4, gjs wrote:
>
> 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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