Android App not Installing onto Device

Question

So the back story is this: I can install perfectly fine and run the program on the emulator, but the second I try and install it on my device i get this:

[2011-01-08 21:29:36 - girboardpro] Android Launch!
[2011-01-08 21:29:36 - girboardpro] adb is running normally.
[2011-01-08 21:29:36 - girboardpro] Performing com.laytproducts.girboardpro.mainAct activity launch
[2011-01-08 21:29:38 - girboardpro] Uploading girboardpro.apk onto device 'I8975c9b90dc'
[2011-01-08 21:29:46 - girboardpro] Failed to install girboardpro.apk on device 'I8975c9b90dc': timeout
[2011-01-08 21:29:46 - girboardpro] Launch canceled!

I have NO idea why. Nothing pops up on my LogCat, nothing happens on the device...

Hopefully someone can help :)

Thanks,

Brandon

Answer 1

If unplugging the device and plugging it back in doesn't work, try increasing the upload timeout to something really huge like 20000 ms. It's at Window → Preferences → Android → DDMS → "ADB connection time out (ms)".

Answer 2

In your situation I would try following things:

• If the application was previously installed and not getting installed again, then from the command prompt run "adb uninstall" package name

• On the phone Settings -> Application -> Development -> Debuggable to true

• Try installing the app from the command prompt adb install apk.file

• Restart the device: It has happened with me also, restarting the phone & eclipse solved my problem.

Hope it helps!

Answer 3

I have never personally seen this message, but you should try to use:

adb kill-server

then try again. It resets the adb communication link with a phone. Helps sometimes during debug sessions in development. In the case of system type files like IME keyboards, you can also try to push the APK to the device using

adb push <location_of_apk_on_computer> <future_location_on_phone>

then install like a normal APK

adb install <location_of_apk>

You might also be having trouble with it not uninstalling from the device, so you should try:

adb uninstall <fqn_of_program>

In your case "com.laytproducts.girboardpro" would seem to be the Fully Qualified Name(fqn)

Answer 4

I don't think that's the right error message for this answer (I get device not found), but try it anyway:

In order to install an android app on your phone, you need to go to:

Settings->Applications

Set: Unknown Sources to True

Settings->Applications->Development

Set everything to True to get a better debug environment.

Hope it helps!