Android: ADB update Google Play Services 'Failure'

Question

Trying to follow this Google+ Login tutorial.

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Start application and I get this error

You need to update Google Play Services to use this application

• Pressing Update does not do anything.
• Ignoring this dialog and pressing Login crashes the application.

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Using the terminal in Windows 8 to update the Play Services on my emulator,

adb install com.android.vending-20140218.apk ........
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_DUPLICATE_PERMISSION perm=com.google.android.gms.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION pkg=com.google.android.gms]

adb install com.google.android.gms-20140218.apk .......
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_DUPLICATE_PERMISSION perm=com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE pkg=com.android.vending]

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I tried uninstalling both using adb uninstall and adb install -r but it just responds with

Failure

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Emulator

• Nexus 5 with Android 5.0
• targetSdk Android 5.0
• minSdk Android 5.0
• Buildtools 19.1.0.

Answer 1

I experienced the same on Nexus 7 with Android 5.0. Please make sure "Unknown sources" is enabled. I.e. you can install apps from sources other than Google Play.

Answer 2

The problem is solved in this thread: INSTALL_FAILED_DUPLICATE_PERMISSION... C2D_MESSAGE

The error is actually due to a duplicate app with the same permission but a different signature. I blogged about a work around here.

Answer 3

This problem occurs when you change the Android version off your device.

Try to uninstall the application directly in the device and re-install it.

Normaly the problem are solved.

Answer 4

I had the same issue: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_DUPLICATE_PERMISSION ...

un-installing the app from the device and re-installing the app solved it.