How to install/replace on Android without using Eclipse

Question

A buddy sent me a later version of an .apk file. I already had the earlier version on my device.

When I tried to adb install the file, I got this:

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Answer 1

When you uninstall you have to specify the java path to the activity.

adb uninstall com.haseman.myapp

where my main activity is at src/com/haseman/myapp/LaunchActivity.java

further, you can do a replace install with

adb install -r myApplication.apk

Commonly, however, replacing a build will fail if the same key isn't used to sign both the apk on the phone and the apk you want to install. If you see an error "INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_INCONSISTENT_CERTIFICATES" you need to uinstall the app first and then install it.