I can't launch my app anymore on Android. The iOS counterpart seems to be fine.
The full error is:
ADB0000: Could not determin the installation path for package.com.company.appname.
'adb shell pm path com.company.appname' returned.
It was working. I pulled some changes from the repo, none of which should have affected any app properties. Actually it was initially launching, but I was getting some odd behavior within the app, so I uninstalled the whole thing off of my phone. Now I cannot launch it at all. What I could find about this error was that my AndroidManifest.xml might have a typo, but I couldn't find anything that stuck out. And like I said, there shouldn't have been any changes in there recently. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Steps I have already taken:
1. Clean and rebuild
2. restart VS
3. delete obj and bin folders
4. search for solution on here and xamarin forums
UPDATE:
I just successfully launched it on another android device. So it seems to be a problem with my Pixel 2 XL. How do I make sure all traces of the app are gone so I can start fresh?
This usually happens when you have more than one user in an Android device (I still cannot figure out why is this).
As mentioned in the comment by using the adb uninstall full.package.name command it will uninstall the app.
But there's another way which does not require command line or nothing related to that.
If you go to the Settings -> Apps and Notifications on the Android device you will be able to uninstall it from there.
Let's use the UnoQuickStart.Droid app as example here. As you can see it's already in the same state as it was yours.
Once in the App details both Uninstall and Force Stop are disabled. But do you see those 3 dots image at the right upper corner? Click on it.
This will bring you a context menu with a single option "Uninstall for all users". You can click on it with confidence.
As expected, a warning message telling you what's gonna happen. Just click "Ok".
As you can see the App is not longer installed and you will now be able to install it again.
Hope this helps.-
As per apineda's instructions, using adb unistall com.company.appname fixed the problem. I was able to get to the ADB location by navigating through Visual Studio -> Tools -> Android -> Android ADB Command Prompt.
Before I did that, I looked at the App list for my phone, which listed the app, but apparently not installed for this user. The Uninstall and Force Stop buttons were disabled and several of the fields just said loading... or something like that.
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I want to use Bluestacks as android studio emulator, but when I try to run app I get this error:
com.android.ddmlib.SyncException: unknown command 'SEND' (444e4553)
Error while Installing APK
I tried adb kill and start server, reinstalling Bluestacks, but nothing helps
I had the same problem and solved it. I had trouble finding an up-to-date Q&A thread so I am glad you asked this question in 2019.
As of 2019, two meaningful changes have occurred that you need to look out for.
Bluestacks has now INTENTIONALLY BLOCKED adb connections out-of-the-box
Android Studio has introduced instant run feature, which may be kinda broken in different development setups
You should check issue 1 first before moving on to checking issue 2
Instructions for issue 1:
Open bluestacks. Find the actual settings for the bluestacks program itself, which is a gear symbol in the grey bar at the top. To do this, select the gear icon, the click "settings". click the preferences tab then make sure "Enable Android Debug Bridge (ADB)" is checked. This should be unchecked by default in newest version of bluestacks.
Instructions for issue 2:
Go to android studio. From the menu items at the top. Click File->Settings, which opens a dialog. Click the "Build, Execution, Deployment" item on the left. THis will expand and you will see "instant run" as a sub option. Click it, then make sure the "enable instant run" checkbox on the right is unchecked.
Finally, as some side pointers:
Always open bluestacks first before android studio. This avoids the need for any adb commands. If you for got this, then do the adb kill-server, adb start-server, but don't forget to run adb connect localhost:5555 after you have killed then started the adb server. Since the sdk/platform-tools is usally in a very strange appdata location, I recommend adding the sdk/platform-tools folder to your path.
I have not tested whether it is actually necessary to disable instant run, if you make sure adb is enabled on bluestacks. You may need to test this for yourself. However I do not know if instant-run is that beneficial so I jsut choose to not use it just in case.
When I build share extension from Xcode for the real device, Xcode arbitrarily stop debug. But when I launch for simulator, the problem does not occur.
Environment
Xcode 7.1.1
iOS 9.1
Details
When I build share extension, Xcode shows "Finished running MobileSafari.app on iPhone", but Safari does not run. And, The square stop button is arbitrarily gray. So, I launch Safari by myself and choose my extension and post. The debug section does not show anything. Also, URL request is not sent Rails server.
This is the picture when I build the share extension for the real device.
I do not know why the real device can not launch share extension at Xcode.
If anyone know the answer about this problem, please tell me.
Typically you can debug a share extension by going to Debug -> Attach to process or PID and entering the name of your share extension. From there you can open the share extension on your device or simulator and Xcode's debugger should attach and hit breakpoints correctly. However, I've noticed that log messages do not show up when doing this, nor do values populate for variables in the debugger view.
Here's how I got the debugging to work correctly. Run the share extension scheme. When it asks you what app to run, chose 'Photos' (because that's the app your extension will operate in). The Photos app will then launch on your device and you may proceed to use your extension. The debugger in Xcode should then work as expected.
I encountered this issue as well, though unfortunately I don't know the exact solution, maybe I can offer some information that might be helpful.
I (like you, judging by your screenshot) was using Cocoapods, and Cocoapods was copying resources from the pods into the bundle of the app extension after it was code signed. If memory serves, this was interfering with the code signing in some way, and therefore preventing the app from running under the debugger.
I believe that one of the symptoms of this was that logs appeared in the mac's console (or the device's console, can't remember which) saying something about "blasting onto the device using the old skool[sic] method."
You could confirm that this is the case by removing Cocoapods from your project, or any pods that require resources to be copied after compilation. I believe that the solution was to add some kind of special build phase to the extension project to copy the bundle resources, and disabling whatever Cocoapods uses by default.
As a temporary solution, I believe that deleting your app from the device should allow you to attach the debugger once, on the run where the app is installed for the first time. You might also try deleting derived data for your project.
I need to completely reinstall Xcode 6 and remove all the files and settings with it.
I know that it is uninstalled so that you go to mission control, long click on it and then click on the X button, like on iPhone.
I also know that you can drag it to trash from applications.
But after all those, when I install it again through AppStore and open the last project I was working on, Xcode will open the project on exactly the same class where i t was shut down and even show the last error I faced!
I don't want that. That means that some User Preferences are still saved somewhere and I want to get rid of them as I have never ever had Xcode installed on my Mac.
How to do that?
You can use several uninstall programs like you would uninstall any other Mac application.
So some examples might be App Cleaner or Clean My Mac.
Hope that helps :)
Every time I install a fresh copy of my app on my testing device the debugger is not showing any output. Rebuilding the project solves it.
What could be the problem, or any suggestions how to explore this.
Thanks
After eliminating many options we found that the cause is the voip (Voice Over IP) flag in the UIBackgroundModes inside the info.plist causes this problem.
We have reported Apple about this.
Thanks for any help suggested.
Start by deleting the app from your device and then cleaning your derived data. Do a clean build (Command + Shift + K) and see if that helps.
You should also check your project scheme, by clicking on the scheme, Edit Scheme.... Then check for the debugger settings there.
To run your app, plug in your device, and hit Command + R. The debugger should appear in the bottom corner. If not, hit Command + Shift + Y (in Xcode 4) to bring up the console and debug panels.
Hello i have 3 ways to resolve that:
Check if The phone's name contain's an apostrophe if it has remove it and try again.
Disconnect your device from the MAC. Remove your development provisioning profile from your device, power down the device, wait a minute, power on, reconnect to MAC, and let XCode reinstall profile.
Before do this second way, if you have another device try it, to have sure if it's not from xcode, if it's not the device, try to reinstall xcode, if it's the device, return the device to default factory settings and try it.
I ran into problem with testing my app on iOS and Xcode when I am uploading it to my actual devices (iphone and iPad), and I'm wondering if someone knows the issue and can help me out:
Normally when I build my app on my devices, the app is installed and launched on my devices. But as I am preparing for submitting my first app I was testing around and changing the Bundle Identifier, App ID, and Development Provisions (so the issue may have something to do with it), and now, when I try to build my app on my devices, although it's installed on my devices fine, Xcode will not launch the app anymore. Instead, I got this error message:
Error Starting Executable.
Error launching remote program: No such file
or directory.
Does anyone know what the issue is? And What is this derived data folder about?
Much thanks!
I have also faced that problem. I have closed, restarted Xcode; deleted the application from device and reinstalled it again, then the problem has gone.
Running App from a Clean Slate
For me the problem did not resolve until I did the following in this order:
Delete the app from the device (Do this before trying to debug again)
Quit XCode (Don't just close the project)
Delete the app build folder (example path: /Users/myusername/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/MyProject-fhkaamuyvqhubaezinqbmxbnaufd/)
Restart XCode
Finally -- Try debugging again on the iOS device
The app build folder of step 3 refers to your app's build folder that is a child of "DerivedData". To find this you can reveal your app in finder, then backtrack until you get to "DerivedData" folder and delete the folder above that like "MyApp-crazylongweirdletters". Without this step (3), I could not debug, so this is a critical step and you must quit XCode before you do this step.
For some it appears simply restarting XCode does the trick, but not for me.
I only post this answer because the earlier answers did NOT work for me. Hopefully others banging their heads will find this and get a sigh of relief. :)
Notes:
The issue started happening for me when I modified the bundle id of the app.
My code signing is and was correct. My provisioning profile was the "Team Provisioning Profile" which should work for any app id (default for "iPhone Developer" automatic profile selector).
I was doing a DEBUG build (not release / distribution).
You cant debug (start from Xcode) an application signed with a distribution profile if I remember well... And then you get such messages, gdb failling to attach to process.
I finally found my error!
I was playing around with my info.plist file, and I changed the Executable Name and Bundle and Bundle Display name! As soon as I changed those back to the Defaults (EXECUTABLE_NAME, PRODUCT_NAME, PRODUCT_NAME respectively) it worked perfectly.
Delete the app from the device (tap-and-hold then delete) and try again.
For me, none of those worked. Same error, but different solution.
My problem was cause by me accidently changing the "Deployment Target" (ios version) to a version higher than what was on the phone I tried to run the code on.
The fix was simple - drop the deployment target to below or equal to the ios software version on my phone :)
I got the same error by not having my code signing correct.
Go to your project > Targets > Build Settings > Check code signing for debug state.
I stumbled upon this as a solution to another issue whch was a warning when trying to build an app on a new 4.3.5 device.
If i set the profile to distribution I do not get a warning message when building the app, but the debugger will attach to the device.
If i set the code signing to the distribution profile, i get no warnings in the build process, but the debugger will not attach. So the answer above about being signing based seems to be correct. This might also only be an issue on newer 4.3.5 devices with xcode
Product -> Clean in the menubar
This error some times happen due to incomplete "Restore" or "Sync" process of your device which keeps the .app files locked up.
What I did I had to jailbreak my device to go find the app under /User/Applications/XXXXX-XXXX-XXX/ and phisically delete the .app
For one of the apps it worked and for other one I realized it just does not run GDB automatically so the error message is totally misleading, so I set the GDB to manual and it worked and did not give me that error, but of course I have to run the app manually for the debug session to start.
It also may have required some other stuff that I did before like checking the provision profile, but this was the last step that made it work.
Before this I tried all the solutions did not work for me, and obviously simply deleting the app by holding down your finger on the screen did not work, as it removed the icon but all the files were still there. ( Since it was a development app not a downloaded App Store app )
had same problem,
quit the XCode...delete app from device...run the program again..
i solved that way..one of my friends had to restart the device.
I have the same problem. I solved it by changing the project's directory name and then launching the app again.
I had this problem on a recently restored device where my in-development apps had not been reinstalled—they were showing up on Springboard as "Waiting" to be downloaded from the App Store. Deleting the app from Springboard fixed the problem.
I've faced this issue since yesterday on two different devices, both iOS 4.x. Deleting the DerivedData folder, deleting the app, restarting the Xcode, and cleaning the code did NOT work. Repeating all the steps, in addition to rebooting the device fixed it for me.
Here I am posting an update to the issue. Might be helpful for someone with the same problem. I have Xcode 4.4 and launched it on a device with iOS 5.0 . If Xcode doesnt have the 5.0 simulators