Turns out I need to mount the sdcard and remove the file ~/.android_secure/smdl2tmp1.asec via pc, then it works again.
On Apr 21, 11:14 pm, Mathias Lin <m...@mathiaslin.com> wrote: > I can avoid the error when not allowing the app to be installed on > sdcard, setting > > android:installLocation="internalOnly" > > in the manifest. It's ok for development, but for production, it's not > really what I want - since my app is quite large with 17mb; therefore > I prefer it to be on sdcard. > How to ever be able to install it on the external memory without > rooting the device (since this is the only way I could delete /mnt/ > secure/asec/smdl2tmp1.asec afaik, which seems to be one solution as > well as mentioned in some forums). > > On Apr 21, 8:41 pm, Mathias Lin <m...@mathiaslin.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I try to deploy my app and sometimes get this error: Failure > > [INSTALL_FAILED_CONTAINER_ERROR] > > I tried to google it but don't find what the error means or what it's > > caused by. I deploy via IDE (IntelliJ) the file gets copied to the > > device to the /data/local/tmp (unrooted Huawei Ideos, running 2.2), > > but the package manager doesn't seem to like it. Before installing the > > apk, I already removed the app from the device beforehand. I also made > > sure there was no old file under /data/local/tmp on the device. Still > > I'm getting this error now. > > The package should be signed with the debug key, since I deploy via > > IDE by 'running' the app. > > > $ pwd > > /data/local/tmp > > $ ls -l > > -rw-rw-rw- shell shell 17257686 2011-04-21 20:31 > > com.company.shop > > $ pm install -r com.company.shop > > pkg: com.company.shop > > Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_CONTAINER_ERROR] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en