Android app not installing on device?

Question

INSTALL_FAILED_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE

The above is the error that my phone gives when i try and install the application. The .apk file of my app is 1.26 MB.

The phone memory free on my device is 16MB. Now when i try and install the app, why is my device giving the above error?

Also I am using Android 2.2 on my app, if i use android:preferenceLocation="external" it gives me INSTALL_FAILED_MEDIA_UNAVAILABLE error. So I removed the above command from the manifest file and then tried. This resulted in the error i have mentioned above regarding insufficient storage.

What do I need to do regarding this?

Answer 1

Check whether your device has a SD card or not. If it has then check whether it is mounted on your PC/mac or not. If it is mounted then unmount the sd card from the system and try re installing the app again.

Answer 2

Just check your phone connection type. It should not be SD Card access mode. It must be "Portal and Tools" (I don't know exactly if it's a particular name for my Motorola Droid). Just check the notification area. It works perfectly!