Android "No content provider found for permission revoke"

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I have a simple app HelloWorld Android app in Eclipse (Mac OS X), when I install to the emulator/AVD the app shows up in "Settings->[Devices] Apps" but not in the launcher. I notice in logcat that I get these errors

W/ActivityManager(  160): No content provider found for permission revoke: file:///data/local/tmp/HelloWorld.apk
W/ActivityManager(  160): No content provider found for permission revoke: file:///data/local/tmp/HelloWorld.apk
I/PackageManager(  160): Running dexopt on: com.example.helloworld
D/dalvikvm(  870): DexOpt: load 124ms, verify+opt 459ms, 720236 bytes
I/ActivityManager(  160): Force stopping package com.example.helloworld uid=10044

I have set read/write/execute permissions on the .android directory.

See http://stackoverflow.com/a/9532683/165674 http://stackoverflow.com/a/8646393/165674 http://stackoverflow.com/q/11073358/165674 — Dheeraj Vepakomma, Jul 25 '12 at 18:35
Thanks, but I've read and tried the recommendations from that thread — Sean McCully, Jul 25 '12 at 20:16
@Sean ThreadS, you mentioned the `.android` and `/data/local` directory permissions, what about [deleting `dalvik-cache`](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9532653/android-4-0-3-emulator-install-fails-with-permission-revoke/9532683#9532683)? [Trying with this app](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11073358/android-error-message-on-install-no-content-provider-found#comment14494371_11073358)? [Trying another device](http://stackoverflow.com/a/11074769/85950)? Do those all give the same error? — blahdiblah, Jul 28 '12 at 00:03

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 19 '12 at 15:21

In my case I forgot to define main activity. So, I add the following code inside AndroidManifest.xml main activity.

<intent-filter>
   <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
   <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
</intent-filter>

That was the result for Activity definition:

<application
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
    <activity android:name="RssfeedActivity">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>
    <activity android:name="DetailActivity"></activity>        
</application>

score 5 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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I think that the problem is with the install directory permissions. /data/local needs to have write and execute rights to others in order for adb packages to install correctly.

Source

Try this, too: Android - Download App

edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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answered Aug 01 '12 at 16:04

Ionică Bizău

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 26 '13 at 01:32

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I just found solution to Linux, but I not found for Windows, maybe because in Windows the directories and permissions were confused.

It's work for me: Add the user "Everyone" in folder "C://YourUser//.Android//" with full control, then restart the emulador.

answered Jun 26 '13 at 01:32

Fernando JS

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I just changed permissions and ownership for the `avd` subfolder and that worked like a charm. – Cobus Kruger Aug 23 '17 at 09:08

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 16 '14 at 09:42

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I had the same problem on all of my devices. My problem was from the run configuration, I didn't checked the "launch default Activity".

answered Jul 16 '14 at 09:42

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 10 '17 at 11:40

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I ran into this problem building a new signed APK.

I checked the V2(Full APK signature). Installing the APK on a device did not work anymore.

My solution was to check the V1 (Jar signature) instead. This did work.

answered Mar 10 '17 at 11:40

M. Oosterlee

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This doesn't really answer the question. What does 'check' mean in this context? Where are the signatures you're 'checking'? What does it mean for the solution to 'work'? – Elliot Mar 10 '17 at 12:01
I guess he is talking about android studio -> generate signed apk -> sign with V1 option – yerlilbilgin Jun 03 '17 at 16:34

score 0 · Answer 6 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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https://stackoverflow.com/a/8646393/375929 - they say it's about /data/local permissions.

And here: Change /data/local Permissions is how to fix this.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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answered Jul 25 '12 at 19:41

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I chmod'ed /data/local to 755, but still having this problem – Sean McCully Jul 25 '12 at 20:16
have you rebooted the emulator? – Ivan Bartsov Jul 25 '12 at 20:26

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 02 '14 at 08:17

My Solution was to remove the android:sharedUserId-Tag in the AndroidManifest.xml...

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.my.app" android:theme="@style/MyAppTheme" android:versionCode="9" android:versionName="1.2.5" android:sharedUserId="mc">

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered May 19 '14 at 10:21

Working on Cordova and emulator,

For me the problem was that the apk size was large and AVD RAM was too small,

problem happen when install new version of the apk and it failed with the message "No content provider found for permission revoke"

any one of those fixed the problem for me:

uninstall the old apk manually before install the new version
decrease the apk size
increase the device RAM

Ramesh Bhupathi · Answer 9 · 2015-02-17T10:09:48.077

This works for me

Check your manifest application, if it contains this line tools:replace="android:icon"

<application android:name=".activities.MyApplication" android:allowBackup="true" android:icon="@drawable/launcher_icon" android:label="@string/app_name" android:largeHeap="true" tools:replace="android:icon">

make it like this by remove this line tools:replace="android:icon"

<application android:name=".activities.MyApplication" android:allowBackup="true" android:icon="@drawable/launcher_icon" android:label="@string/app_name" android:largeHeap="true" >

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