Meteor android build says "Application not installed"

Question

I am doing android app in meteor. Its in development stage. I just tried to build apk for testing purpose. But when I try to install apk file, device says "Application not installed". I tried the following steps.

meteor build ../build --server 192.168.0.5:3000

The above command generate unaligned.apk file in android directory and CordovaApp-release-unsigned.apk in android/project/ant-build directory. Both apk says "Application not installed". So I add following lines

App.info({
  name: 'My App',
  description: 'An Android app built with Meteor',
  version: '0.0.1'
});

in mobile-config.js in app root directory. But Again I got the same issue "Application not installed".

Is anything wrong in my steps? Why APK is not installed? How to build right apk with meteor?

Answer 1

Let me answer my question. It works fine for me.

Build APK by

meteor build ~/build-output-directory \
    --server=your-desired-app-hostname.meteor.com

Now you can sign your app by

keytool -genkey -alias your-app-name -keyalg RSA \
    -keysize 2048 -validity 10000

cd ~/build-output-directory/android/
jarsigner -digestalg SHA1 unaligned.apk your-app-name

After signed I can able to install and share my apk file. More detail from meteor.

Answer 2

Looks like there is a bug in meteor. You should sign in your application. Please, check the following thread: Meteor cordova on Android building app