Application not installing on lollipop device

Question

I am trying to install/debug application on nexus5 with Lollipop (5.0), it is giving me following error on console window

[2014-12-06 12:50:57 - SampleProject] Android Launch! [2014-12-06 12:50:57 - SampleProject] adb is running normally. [2014-12-06 12:50:57 - SampleProject] Performing com.sampleproject.SplashScreenActivity activity launch [2014-12-06 12:50:57 - SampleProject] Automatic Target Mode: using device '0738d9b40189c774' [2014-12-06 12:50:57 - SampleProject] Uploading MovingShopV1.apk onto device '0738d9bgdcd32' [2014-12-06 12:50:58 - SampleProject] Installing MovingShopV1.apk... [2014-12-06 12:51:00 - SampleProject] Installation error: INSTALL_FAILED_DUPLICATE_PERMISSION perm=com.sampleproject.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE pkg=com.sampleproject [2014-12-06 12:51:00 - SampleProject] Please check logcat output for more details. [2014-12-06 12:51:00 - SampleProject] Launch canceled!

Same application installed and debug on other device with Jelly Bean,Ice Cream Sandwich,Gingerbread

Please help....

Answer 1

I was facing this issue as well.

While you are developing apps on a device running Lollipop. You happen to install every app, via debug to all the accounts. i.e. Main account and all guest accounts. Since Developer is a Superuser.

And when we uninstall it from one account, it remains in the other accounts unless you explicitly uninstall it from there.

So, while installing the same app from .apk manually, it says

App with same signature already exists.

That means you have to uninstall that instance from all the users.

I hope it helps!

Answer 2

Starting from Lollipop it's not possible to install applications with the same permission. From the error, I think you are declaring in your manifest a permission but there is another app with the same declaration. Only one app now can declare a custom permission with that name.