[Q] Can't install APK from Eclipse or ADB - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I recently upgraded my HTC incredible from CM 7.1 to AOKP. Ever since the upgrade I cannot install any of my APKs from Eclipse or ADB. In Eclipse I get the error:
[2012-02-20 16:17:40 - ABC] Android Launch!
[2012-02-20 16:17:40 - ABC] adb is running normally.
[2012-02-20 16:17:40 - ABC] Performing com.vorsk.ABC.ABCActivity activity launch
[2012-02-20 16:17:40 - ABC] Automatic Target Mode: using device 'HT06YHJ01492'
[2012-02-20 16:17:40 - ABC] Uploading ABC.apk onto device 'HT06YHJ01492'
[2012-02-20 16:17:40 - ABC] Installing ABC.apk...
[2012-02-20 16:17:41 - ABC] Installation failed due to invalid URI!
[2012-02-20 16:17:41 - ABC] Please check logcat output for more details.
[2012-02-20 16:17:41 - ABC] Launch canceled!
In ADB I get:
C:\Users\lanrat\workspace\ABC\bin>adb install ABC.apk
1044 KB/s (23523 bytes in 0.022s)
pkg: /data/local/tmp/ABK.apk
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_INVALID_URI]
Any ideas on why this is happening? If I move the apk to my SD card first it installs just fine.
I really don't want to go back to CS 7.1 just to get the ability to develop apps back

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Had this problem on the Incredible as well. As a new user I can't post links, but there's a StackOverflow post that details the fix. First Google hit for INSTALL_FAILED_INVALID_URI.
Basically /data/local doesn't have the right permissions, so a simple
Code:
adb shell
cd /data
chmod 777 local
should fix you up. Not sure if the new permissions are overbroad, but I'm not too worried.

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That fixed it.
I tried chmod 777 /data/local/tmp but that did not work.
I wonder what caused this issue in the first case, its relatively fresh install of the rom.

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JokoInteractive said:
Had this problem on the Incredible as well. As a new user I can't post links, but there's a StackOverflow post that details the fix. First Google hit for INSTALL_FAILED_INVALID_URI.
Basically /data/local doesn't have the right permissions, so a simple
Code:
adb shell
cd /data
chmod 777 local
should fix you up. Not sure if the new permissions are overbroad, but I'm not too worried.
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Thanks, this helped.
I had to chmod 777 both /data and /data/local on ics rom for htc incredible. This really surprised me.

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Same thing happened to me since I upgraded my phone to Jelly bean.
I'm on SGS 3 (I9300) with freshly installed I9300XXDLIH_I9300VFGDLJ1_VIP and rooted afterwards.
Eclipse still displays this:
Installation failed due to invalid APK file!
Please check logcat output for more details.
Launch canceled!
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Even though I have done: chmod 777 /data /data/local /data/local/tmp
Code:
[email protected]:/ # ls -ld data data/local data/local/tmp
ls -ld data data/local data/local/tmp
drwxrwxrwx system system 2012-10-23 15:40 data
drwxrwxrwx root root 2012-08-25 10:40 local
drwxrwxrwx shell shell 2012-10-23 16:36 tmp
Eclipse still refuses to install (any) APK.
If I copy the Eclipse-generated APK to the phone, I can install it manually.
What can I do to fix this?
FYI, I've the the 20.0.3 Android SDK on fully updated Eclipse 4.2.1
My system properties:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Update:
Installed SiyahKernel S3-v1.6.8 and w/o any tampering with the settings (e.g. through ExTweak) the problem is solved.
Root cause seems to be UMASK.
- on stock kernel I had 0077
- now on SiyahKernel I have 0000
Still, as can be seen from numerous other threads on the same issue out there, it's very wrong for the stock kernel to cause that problem.