Android Install Apk On Phone

I have a game I built in eclipse and now want to install on my phone. I downloaded ASTRO per an example in YouTube, then copied the .apk file to the SD Card, went to the phone, fou

Solution 1:

try installing it via adb. Type 'the path to your adb on the pc - it's located in the platform-tools directory of the sdk' install 'the path to your apk on the pc' in the shell. i.e adb install myapp.apk in case the path to your adb installation is in the system path and your current directory is the one with the apk.

Solution 2:

If you develop i think you got android sdk set up, try to fire up install from the command line by using : adb install Make sure adb is in your path and your phone has development settings turned on.

Solution 3:

you can also open it using the webrowser using file:///sdcard/bla.apk

Solution 4:

If you can browse your assets etc then it sounds like you used long-press in Astro and then told it to 'Extract'. This doesn't install the app, it simply unpacks the apk into its component parts.

Do a 'short-press' (click) on the apk file with Astro and it should give you the option to 'Open App Manager'. This should allow you to install it.

Solution 5:

I had this happen to me and this is what I had to do to fix it. Since the option to install is grayed out you need to edit your AndroidManifest.xml and tell Android what sdk version it targets. The version on your phone is probably 2.1 and you have been developing on 2.2. This is what you need to insert into the manifest file.

<uses-sdkandroid:minSdkVersion="7"android:targetSdkVersion="8"android:maxSdkVersion="8"></uses-sdk>