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tareq masri
tareq masri

Reputation: 33

“You cannot install this app because another user has already installed an incompatible version on this device", other posts didn't work for me

I looked at many other links and stackoverflow posts but nothing fixed my problem, I installed my app through android studio and I deleted it after I turned off developer mode, now when I try to install it from the google play store it tells me “You cannot install this app because another user has already installed an incompatible version on this device”, I tried to open the app list that shows the apps in alphabetical order but it wasn't there, I tried to access the app list from storage but the app wasn't there either. I tried to install it again from android studio (I turned developer mode on again) but the app wouldn't install, I got an error that says there's no MainActivity but I'm able to run the app through android studio on other devices.

What else can I do to completely delete the app from my phone and finally be able to download it from the Google Play Store?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 7019

Answers (2)

implaxis
implaxis

Reputation: 1

(for Samsung A51) If you uploaded it from Android Studio with Build Variant = "debug" then you now try to uninstall it from the Google Play Store it will say that it was not originally installed by Google Play and ask if it's ok to uninstall anyway. That's OK to do. Now when you try to install you will get the "incompatible version" message. Rebuild it in Android Studio with the debug variant and re-upload it. Find the icon on your screen, press and hold until it wiggles and the Select/Add to Home/Uninstall popup appears. Clicke the "i" in the upper right corner. A new screen with app info will appear. Click the three dots in the upper right - it will show "Uninstall for all users". Click that, and reply OK in the popup. This will uninstall it completely and now you can download and install it from the Google Play Store.

Upvotes: 0

MitchHS
MitchHS

Reputation: 353

You can use adb (android debug bridge). It's included with android studio SDK tools.

Just find your installation folder and run in cmd

adb shell pm list packages

This will list all the packages installed on your phone. If your package is listed then its installed. Then to uninstall it

adb shell pm uninstall YourPackageName

If there are any issues it will return an error.

Upvotes: 6

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