Application not installed error Developing Android app

Question

I developed an app recently and send it to a shop in our country called CafeBazaar to put it for sale but in an email they said:

we installed this app on Huawei P8lite with android 6.0 and we got this error "Application not installed"

Now I searched a lot about this kind of error but this is very general error in my opinion and I can't determine how should solve this error

My manifest is like this:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS"/>

 <meta-data
    android:name="firebase_crashlytics_collection_enabled"
    android:value="false" />
 <application
    android:name="com.android.example.example.AppController"
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:hardwareAccelerated="false"
    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:largeHeap="true"
    android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
    android:supportsRtl="true"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme"
    tools:ignore="GoogleAppIndexingWarning">

I searched a lot but usually answer was put this two below attribute in your application tag on manifest:

android:debuggable="true"
android:testOnly="false"

I didn't done this yet but I want to know what should I do?

If you are using Android Studio try first to clean your project. If you are trying to install the apk in a real device and you has installed one time at least, try to clear the cache from this apk (you can do that in settings -> apps -> yourApp in your device) and uninstall it manually — Alberto Crespo, Nov 23 '18 at 15:46
Hi Thanks for response I made an signed-apk version and gave them this version but they got this error — Benjamin Sadeghi, Nov 23 '18 at 15:47
which is your minimum android version code your this apk? ( `minSdkVersion` ) — Alberto Crespo, Nov 23 '18 at 15:50
@AlbertoCrespo compileSdkVersion 28- minSdkVersion 21- targetSdkVersion 28- versionCode 2- versionName "1.2"- — Benjamin Sadeghi, Nov 23 '18 at 15:53
try reading this issue with the `AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS` for android 6.0 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32601456/marshmallow-permission-implementation — Alberto Crespo, Nov 23 '18 at 15:57
@AlbertoCrespo So you are saying that if i remove this permission it can solve problem? — Benjamin Sadeghi, Nov 23 '18 at 16:08
Maybe, as said in this post: `AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS this permission no exist any more, as google project manager said`. This could be producing that error. I would try it. — Alberto Crespo, Nov 23 '18 at 16:12

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 23 '18 at 19:18

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What worked for me was signing my app with both the signatures v1 and v2

You could try selecting one if you signed with both methods.

answered Nov 23 '18 at 19:18

Lekr0

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thanks for reply i signed my apk just with V1 because some where in StackOverFlow i read that signing with both can cause problem in some phones !!?? is that true ? – Benjamin Sadeghi Nov 23 '18 at 19:31
Yes, it is true. – Lekr0 Nov 24 '18 at 02:54

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 07 '18 at 22:16

After several weeks of headache i finally find solution and i put it here so if anyone had same problem can solve it.

For this problem i putted this two attribute in application tag:

android:debuggable="false"
android:testOnly="false"

and finally it solved my problem.

<application
    android:name="com.android.example.example.AppController"
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:debuggable="false"
    android:testOnly="false" 
    android:hardwareAccelerated="false"
    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:largeHeap="true"
    android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
    android:supportsRtl="true"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme"
    tools:ignore="GoogleAppIndexingWarning">

Application not installed error Developing Android app

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