still stuck with "Failed to install HelloAndroid.apk on device" error

[Erin Hodgess]

Hi all!

I've been trying unsuccessfully all day to run the Hello Android program from the Hello Android book.

I keep getting the "Failed to install HelloAndroid.apk on device " error

I've reinstalled Eclipse, added the tools to my path, restarted Eclipse.

Any other suggestions would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Erin

[Ulf Dittmer]

Have you tried using the SDK tools directly to install the package, without Eclipse being involved? http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html

[Erin Hodgess]

Here is the whole ugly mess:

[2011-01-02 03:02:37 - HelloAndroid3] ------------------------------
[2011-01-02 03:02:37 - HelloAndroid3] Android Launch!
[2011-01-02 03:02:37 - HelloAndroid3] adb is running normally.
[2011-01-02 03:02:37 - HelloAndroid3] Performing org.example.hello.Hello activity launch
[2011-01-02 03:02:37 - HelloAndroid3] Automatic Target Mode: launching new emulator with compatible AVD 'em23'
[2011-01-02 03:02:37 - HelloAndroid3] Launching a new emulator with Virtual Device 'em23'
[2011-01-02 03:02:50 - HelloAndroid3] New emulator found: emulator-5554
[2011-01-02 03:02:50 - HelloAndroid3] Waiting for HOME ('android.process.acore') to be launched...
[2011-01-02 03:09:47 - HelloAndroid3] HOME is up on device 'emulator-5554'
[2011-01-02 03:09:47 - HelloAndroid3] Uploading HelloAndroid3.apk onto device 'emulator-5554'
[2011-01-02 03:09:48 - HelloAndroid3] Installing HelloAndroid3.apk...
[2011-01-02 03:12:16 - HelloAndroid3] Failed to install HelloAndroid3.apk on device 'emulator-5554!
[2011-01-02 03:12:16 - HelloAndroid3] (null)
[2011-01-02 03:12:17 - HelloAndroid3] Launch canceled!

[Ulf Dittmer]

That doesn't look like you're using adb directly; have you tried that?

[Peter Johnson]

Have you looked at the emulator's log? Perhaps that might give a clue as to why the install failed.

[Pramod P Deore]

Have you looked at the emulator's log? Perhaps that might give a clue as to why the install failed.

Yes, Logcat output will help us to find out where is actual problem.

[Andrew Peters]

I had this error message but was still able to find my HelloAndroid app listed in the available apps in the emulator by clicking on the launch button.

[Pramod P Deore]

Andrew Peters wrote:I had this error message but was still able to find my HelloAndroid app listed in the available apps in the emulator by clicking on the launch button.

If application is installed already in your device then you can't install the same file again. Are you sure you are getting the same error message(i.e. Failed to install HelloAndroid.apk on device) or the error is "Application already exist". If you got second error then uninstalled application first and then install it again. Or you may use command as ->
adb install -l -r ApplicationName.apk

[Goerge Longo]

This is a common error, just Restart ADB from Dmoz
refer to this tutorial for How to restart ADB or how to solve failed to install .apk