Question

I’m having issues trying to put my own apps on my phone. I’ve looked around and no one has been able to help me so far. A bit of background information, I’m using the latest version of eclipse IDE, trying to get apps onto my galaxy s. I tried installing apps through gmail. When I go to install the app I get a parse error and it doesn’t install. I have also tried using this method to install my app onto a htc wildfire s however I get the same issue. Is there a quick fix for this? Thanks for your time; any insight into what the problem is will be great.

Things I’ve tried: Ok I still have a parse error when I try installing my app. The min sdkversion was set to 9 which seems right to me as that is the api level for gingerbread which galaxy s uses (i think). I haven’t set a target sdkversion yet as according to the android developer guide it if not stated it defaults to the minsdkversion. I also tried setting the minsdkversion to 1 and still no luck. Any ideas?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="org.guitartunergreatness.jj"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="7" >

<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="7" />

<application
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name" 
    android:debuggable="true">
    <activity
        android:name=".GuitarTunerActivity"
        android:label="@string/app_name" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>
</application>

</manifest>

Answer 1

Parse error usually occurs if your app supports a higher version of Android than the version of OS on your phone. Egs: your phone has 2.1 and application supports 2.2 onwards