Failed to install HelloAndroid.apk on device 'emulator-5554!

Question

Ive seen the questions posted about this issue. I understand it takes several minutes for the emulator to configure itself and launch. But if Im getting the specific error

Answer 1

I was facing the same problem but i tried changing the ADB connection timeout. I think it defaults that to 5000ms and I changed mine to 10000ms to get rid of that problem. If you are in Eclipse, you can do this by going through Window -> Preferences and then it is in DDMS under Android.

Answer 2

I have noticed this error when the emulator has not loaded fully, "android" is flashing on your screen. In other words, it is not yet ready for the application to be installed.

Just wait till you see that the emulator is fully ready, meaning the "android" has vanished and the device screen is visible on the emulator. Now run it and the application loads smoothly.

Answer 3

Restart ADB server from DMOZ or refer to this tutorial How to solve Failed to install .apk

Answer 4

Try this: create another emulator in AVD Manager and try to run your application in the new emulator. Hope this might help you

Answer 5

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This worked on Linux for me:

• Run Emulator (Wait for the home screen of the Emulator to load)
• Click Window > Open Perspective > DDMS
• In Devices Panel, click on drop down menu > Reset adb
• Run project

Answer 6

Valen answer is correct although its nice to know when to start running the app and when is not ok to start the app.Open the devices perspective. The next time you want to run an app first open the 'Android virtual device Manager' and run your avd then click on the device perspective and watch your emulator processes one by one firing up.. as soon this is done (its not fast you have to wait .. but at least you have some idea of whats going on .... a progress bar would be ideal for this place), click on your project and run as android app. On the devices perspective one more process will appear with the name of the package of your app. As soon as this happen your app is running on the device and it can be tested.