Hello there, As Mark said "If you already have an application in the same Java namespace as one you're trying to add, the newer one is ignored until the original one is removed and the emulator restarted. ", cannot we define versioning in .apks?
Best wishes, sacoskun On Jun 4, 2:42 pm, Mark Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > darren wrote: > > Hi, thanks for the reply > > > I think my problem has to do with your second paragraph. I haven't > > done anything to do with activities or manifest files. I basically > > have just found an application on the web, downoaded it, and installed > > it with adb. Are there any details on the other steps i need to take > > in order to run an application? > > Well, that depends on what they gave you. > > If they gave you a pre-packaged APK file, then all should be good for a > direct install. If it doesn't show up in the launcher, then here are two > things to do: > > 1. Use adb shell to look in /data/app and see if your APK file is there. > If it isn't, that means that adb install is lying and it's not > transferring the file over to the device. Off the top of my head, I > can't think of why it would do that. > > 2. Contact whoever gave you the APK file. If it's an older file, perhaps > it was built with an older version of the SDK, which probably won't run > on the current emulator, but they might have an updated version lying > around somewhere. > > If they gave you a source tree which you compiled, it should have > included an AndroidManifest.xml file and all the rest. If it's an older > sample, there's a chance that while it will still compile properly, the > manifest won't be properly constructed for the current SDK, and the > compiler doesn't catch that. The best I can offer you there is if you > can post the manifest, we might be able to point out problems. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com > Warescription: All titles, revisions, & ebook formats, just $35/year --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Announcing the new M5 SDK! http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/02/android-sdk-m5-rc14-now-available.html For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
