How to fix INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_MANIFEST_MALFORMED in an Android application

Question

Hi, I am trying to experiment with gcm but cannot make it work. I don’t know where I was messing with him, below is the mistake I get. I try to deploy my application directly on the device and debug from there, but when I try to deploy it, it gives this error

Waiting for device. Target device: HT24LW108632 Uploading file local path: D:\Data\Android\AndroidTest\out\production\AndroidTest\AndroidTest.apk remote path: /data/local/tmp/Android.Test Installing Android.Test DEVICE SHELL COMMAND: pm install -r "/data/local/tmp/Android.Test" pkg: /data/local/tmp/Android.Test Failure [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_MANIFEST_MALFORMED] 

AndroidManifest.xml

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="Android.Test" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0"> <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="14"/> <permission android:name="Android.Test.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" android:protectionLevel="signature" /> <uses-permission android:name="Android.Test.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" /> <uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE" /> <application android:label="@string/app_name" android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"> <activity android:name="MainActivity" android:label="@string/app_name"> <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/> <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/> </intent-filter> </activity> <receiver android:name="com.google.android.gcm.GCMBroadcastReceiver" android:permission="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND" > <intent-filter> <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE" /> <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.REGISTRATION" /> <category android:name="Android.Test" /> </intent-filter> </receiver> <service android:name=".GCMIntentService" /> </application> </manifest> 

My device is HTC OneX

• Android Version: 4.03
• HTC Sense Version: 4.0
• Software Number: 1.29.110.11
• HTC SDK API Level: 4.12
• HTC Extension Version: HTCExtension_403_1_GA_7

Please guide me as a new fish in Android Sea.

Edit-1: I noticed that if I comment on this line below, the application expands and executes, but obviously I cannot go forward without permission below ... please help ....

 <permission android:name="Android.Test.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" android:protectionLevel="signature" /> 

Answer 1

Change the name pack with the letters Caps to small letters.

Answer 2

Change your

android:name="MainActivity"

FROM

 android:name=".MainActivity" 

OR add the full package name in lowercase before your class name

 android:name="thepackage.MainActivity" 

Change all the attributes named android:name inside the activity tags, as I said.

Answer 3

Instead:

 <permission android:name="android.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" android:protectionLevel="signature"/> 

at

 <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" android:protectionLevel="signature"/> 

Try it.

Answer 4

 <activity android:name="MainActivity" 

should be shaped like

 <activity android:name="com.company.appname" 

to do this, without errors, go to the package (right-click)> Android tools> rename the application package

Answer 5

try writing the name of the activity following. "Instead

 <activity android:name="MainActivity" android:label="@string/app_name"> 

using

 <activity android:name=".MainActivity" android:label="@string/app_name"> 

Answer 6

I met the same problem in android studio.

what solves this is to allow the company domain to be in small letters,

Answer 7

Conclusion about this: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=37658 Uppercase letters cannot be used in package names in permissions. You (like me) were in a difficult situation when you deployed an application with a package name like this, and you need to use GCM. I tried to use some short form of permission:

 <permission android:name=".permission.C2D_MESSAGE" android:protectionLevel="signature" /> <uses-permission android:name=".permission.C2D_MESSAGE" /> 

I also defined the service in the same way. This should be in the application package. It worked on Android 4.3. Perhaps on 4.2. I know that in 4.0.3 it is not.

Answer 8

make sure your package name is in small letters ... worked for me

Answer 9

write the name of the java package and the name of all the folders in lowercase, this will work fine ...

Answer 10

In my case, the name of the package was mentioned only in small letters. But for some activities, I called it a partial name, for example, android:name=".ContactUs" . After I solved this, adding a prefix for the full package name in front of the action name, service name and broadcast provider name in the manifest file.

Working code

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="vcan.doit.com"> <!-- To auto-complete the email text field in the login form with the user emails --> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PROFILE" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS" /> <application android:allowBackup="true" android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher" android:label="@string/app_name" android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round" android:supportsRtl="true" android:theme="@style/Theme.DesignDemo"> <activity android:name="vcan.doit.com.LoginActivity" android:label="@string/app_name"> <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /> </intent-filter> </activity> <activity android:name="vcan.doit.com.MainActivity" android:theme="@style/Theme.DesignDemo" /> <activity android:name="vcan.doit.com.CheeseDetailActivity" android:parentActivityName="vcan.doit.com.MainActivity"> <meta-data android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY" android:value="vcan.doit.com.MainActivity" /> </activity> <service android:name="vcan.doit.com.PushNotification.MyAndroidFirebaseMsgService"> <intent-filter> <action android:name="com.google.firebase.MESSAGING_EVENT" /> </intent-filter> </service> <service android:name="vcan.doit.com.PushNotification.MyAndroidFirebaseInstanceIdService"> <intent-filter> <action android:name="com.google.firebase.INSTANCE_ID_EVENT" /> </intent-filter> </service> <activity android:name="vcan.doit.com.AboutUs" android:label="@string/abt_us" android:parentActivityName="vcan.doit.com.MainActivity"> <meta-data android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY" android:value="vcan.doit.com.MainActivity" /> </activity> <activity android:name="vcan.doit.com.ContactUs" android:label="@string/contact_us" android:parentActivityName="vcan.doit.com.MainActivity"> <meta-data android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY" android:value="vcan.doit.com.MainActivity" /> </activity> <activity android:name="vcan.doit.com.WriteToUs" android:label="@string/write_us" android:parentActivityName="vcan.doit.com.MainActivity"> <meta-data android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY" android:value="vcan.doit.com.MainActivity" /> </activity> </application> 

Answer 11

I had this problem. The memory of my device was full. I solved my problem with freeing up device memory.