Installation error: INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_MANIFEST_MALFORMED: though all packages are in lowercase

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I know this question has been asked many times. I tried every solution from internet but nothing worked for me.

package name is already in lowercase, infact i changed every directory to lowercase and had reconstructed my project from the base but still nothing worked

here is my AndroidMainfest file ---

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
          package="com.example.destination"
          android:versionCode="1"
          android:versionName="1.0">

    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="19"/>

    <!--uses permission-->
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE"/>


    <application android:label="@string/app_name" android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher">
        <activity android:name=".MapActivity"
                  android:label="@string/app_name">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        <activity android:name=".MapSettings">
            <meta-data
                    android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
                    />
        </activity>
        <meta-data android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY"
                   android:value="-------------------------------"/>
        <meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
                   android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version"/>

    </application>
</manifest>

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

I see that your first activity ("MapActivity") name is not prefixed with ".". According to this answer, you should modify your manifest file like this :

<activity android:name=".MapActivity" android:label="@string/app_name">
    <intent-filter>
      <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
      <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
    </intent-filter>
</activity>

in Manifest you declared package attribute with package, so when you create activity you put "." to be preceded by package name, you can also type the full name of the activity like : "com.example.test.Activity_Name", or ".Activity_Name" – Amt87

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 02 '15 at 13:10

0

A meta-data element must have a value or a resource.

Remove the

<meta-data
    android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
    />

or add an android:value attribute to it.

answered Jan 02 '15 at 13:10

laalto

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Installation error: INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_MANIFEST_MALFORMED: though all packages are in lowercase

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