[TIMOB-28005] Android: Unable to reinstall on apk using adb on Android 23

GitHub Issue	n/a
Type	Bug
Priority	None
Status	Closed
Resolution	Invalid
Resolution Date	2020-07-08T18:33:15.000+0000
Affected Version/s	n/a
Fix Version/s	Release 9.0.3
Components	Android
Labels	n/a
Reporter	Samir Mohammed
Assignee	Gary Mathews
Created	2020-07-07T17:36:05.000+0000
Updated	2020-07-08T21:49:13.000+0000

Description

When reinstalling an APK on an android 23 emulator using adb the following error can be seen Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS] but if you use an android 29 emulator, the issue can not be seen. *Test Steps:*

Build a titanium application

Find the generated .apk e.g. `build/android/app/build/outputs/apk/debug/app-debug.apk`

Open an android 23 emulator

Run `adb install %Path_to_apk_goes_here%` e.g. `adb install /Users/samir/Desktop/Appc/Repos/Masterss/yeti/Modules/Activity_Indicator/Acceptance/App/temporaryApp/build/android/app/build/outputs/apk/debug/app-debug.apk`

Run the same command again

*Actual result* Following error is shown: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS] *Expected result* For app to reinstall like on Android29 *Potential related issue in the appium Yeti suite the following error is also sometimes seen when installing the app using adb on Android23 (Android29 works fine).*

 [ERROR] Error: [init({"platformName":"Android","platformVersion":"6.0","deviceName":"android-23-x86","app":"/Users/samir/Desktop/Appc/
Repos/Masterss/yeti/Modules/Activity_Indicator/Acceptance/App/temporaryApp/build/android/app/build/outputs/apk/debug/app-debug.apk","avdArgs":"-wipe-data","avd":"android-2
3-x86","avdReadyTimeout":180000,"avdLaunchTimeout":120000,"autoGrantPermissions":true,"appPackage":"com.appcelerator.Acceptance","appActivity":".AcceptanceActivity","uiaut
omator2ServerLaunchTimeout":60000,"uiautomator2ServerInstallTimeout":60000,"automationName":"UiAutomator2","deviceReadyTimeout":60,"newCommandTimeout":600})] The environme
nt you requested was unavailable.
An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. Original error: pkg: /data/local/tmp/appium_cache/40f9c7c8ed2607f2e8d6338b9ab41b299111c72c.apk
Failure [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_NO_CERTIFICATES]

Comments

Joshua Quick 2020-07-07

When using Google's "adb" tool, you need to pass it the "-r" command line argument to tell it to replace/re-install an existing installation. This is documented by Google here... https://developer.android.com/studio/command-line/adb So, just do this... ./adb install -r <PathToApk> Note that it's always safe to use the "-r" argument, even if the APK hasn't been installed yet. So, you should always use the "-r" argument. FYI: When you do "appc run" with our CLI, it always sets the "-r" as well.
Samir Mohammed 2020-07-08

Closing ticket, above suggestion worked and was able to fix the [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_NO_CERTIFICATES] error by doing an Environment reset and running Zip - d %APK_Path% 'META-INF/.SF' 'META-INF/.RSA' 'META-INF/*SF'
Joshua Quick 2020-07-08

If the META-INF files in the APK are causing an issue, then you can have the gradle build system exclude them. Create a build.gradle file under the project's ./platform/android directory. android { packagingOptions { exclude 'META-INF/*' } }

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