Android Emulator: Installation error: INSTALL_FAILED_VERSION_DOWNGRADE

Question

I am currently trying to compile and test a small Android Application.

I am using Eclipse, and have SDK 4.2 (Api Level 17) installed. I\'ve set

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Answer 1

This can happen when trying to install a debug/unsigned APK on top of a signed release APK from the Play store.

H:\>adb install -r "Signed.apk"
2909 KB/s (220439 bytes in 0.074s)
        pkg: /data/local/tmp/Signed.apk
Success

H:\>adb install -r "AppName.apk"
2753 KB/s (219954 bytes in 0.078s)
        pkg: /data/local/tmp/AppName.apk
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_VERSION_DOWNGRADE]

The solution to this is to uninstall and then reinstall or re run it from the IDE.