FriendPickerSample Installation failed due to invalid APK file! [ FriendPickerSample]

Question

I got the error in console while working with facebook sdk samples.I have checked the logcat.The error in logcat and console is given below.

In Console:

[2013-12-05 17:36:05 - FriendPickerSample] Installation failed due to invalid APK file! [2013-12-05 17:36:05 - FriendPickerSample] Please check logcat output for more details. [2013-12-05 17:36:05 - FriendPickerSample] Launch canceled

In Logcat:

12-05 17:42:02.617: W/PackageParser(582): Unable to read AndroidManifest.xml of /data/local/tmp/FriendPickerSample.apk 12-05 17:42:02.617: W/PackageParser(582): java.io.FileNotFoundException: AndroidManifest.xml 12-05 17:42:02.617: W/PackageParser(582): at android.content.res.AssetManager.openXmlAssetNative(Native Method) 12-05 17:42:02.617: W/PackageParser(582): at android.content.res.AssetManager.openXmlBlockAsset(AssetManager.java:487) 12-05 17:42:02.617: W/PackageParser(582): at android.content.res.AssetManager.openXmlResourceParser(AssetManager.java:455) 12-05 17:42:02.617: W/PackageParser(582): at android.content.pm.PackageParser.parsePackageLite(PackageParser.java:722) 12-05 17:42:02.617: W/PackageParser(582): at com.android.defcontainer.DefaultContainerService$1.getMinimalPackageInfo(DefaultContainerService.java:169) 12-05 17:42:02.617: W/PackageParser(582): at com.android.internal.app.IMediaContainerService$Stub.onTransact(IMediaContainerService.java:110) 12-05 17:42:02.617: W/PackageParser(582): at android.os.Binder.execTransact(Binder.java:367) 12-05 17:42:02.617: W/PackageParser(582): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.run(Native Method) 12-05 17:42:02.617: W/DefContainer(582): Failed to parse package 12-05 17:42:02.627: W/ActivityManager(169): No content provider found for permission revoke: file:///data/local/tmp/FriendPickerSample.apk

Answer 1

I had same issue while working with Samples provided with Facebook SDK. Finally I figured out issue by following these steps.

• Main cause of problem is libs folder (it is declared a link but depending of your folder configuration, it may be a broken link) which comes with projects, so delete it.

• Check in your project properties, -> Android, that your project has a reference to the library of the SDK (bottom part of the screen)

• Now clean and build project.

Also if someone looking for a simplest solution for facebook integration then i will prefer to use Simple Facebook SDK.

Answer 2

I stumbled on this error few times during my Facebook sample application tests. What you should do and helped me is:

1. Change the Project build Target API using -> Right Click on the project -> Properties -> Android.

2. Go to the bin folder of the project in it delete the already created apk file and then try to run the project again.