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Android Build a Simple Android App (2014) Creating the Screen Layout Adding a Button

Jurijs Ovsjankins
Jurijs Ovsjankins
292 Points
Posted by Jurijs Ovsjankins
Jurijs Ovsjankins
292 Points

When i try to run my app to check it I have an error: Failure [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_MANIFEST_MALFORMED]

When i try to run my app to check it I have an error:

pkg: /data/local/tmp/Jurijs.funfacts Failure [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_MANIFEST_MALFORMED]

Its appear in red. Device starts ok, but doesnt run the app.

Ben Deitch
Ben Deitch
Treehouse Teacher
Ben Deitch
Ben Deitch
Treehouse Teacher

Could you post your AndroidManifest.xml file?

2 Answers

Utku Kaan
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Utku Kaan
Courses Plus Student 299 Points
Utku Kaan
Utku Kaan
Courses Plus Student 299 Points

Here's the teacher's note by Ben Jakuben for you ;)

I should have mentioned in the video: the package name must be all lowercase. If you have any capital letters you will get a strange error when building your app: [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_MANIFEST_MALFORMED]

Jurijs Ovsjankins
Jurijs Ovsjankins
292 Points
Jurijs Ovsjankins
Jurijs Ovsjankins
292 Points

Omg it's working now) Thx Utku Kaan