Install shows error in console INSTALL FAILED CONFLICTING PROVIDER

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I am experimenting with the NotesList sample program in the Android SDK  I ve made a slight variation in the program  but when I install my edited version I keep getting the message INSTALL FAILED CONFLICTING PROVIDER in the console when I try to install it when the original notes program is already on the device  What do I need to change in the Provider to make it a unique database  It works fine if I uninstall the original notes program and then install my edited version

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If you are on Xamarin and you get this error (probably because of Firebase.Crashlytics):

INSTALL_FAILED_CONFLICTING_PROVIDER
Package couldn't be installed in [...]
Can't install because provider name dollar_openBracket_applicationId_closeBracket (in package [...]]) is already used by [...]

As mentioned here, you need to update Xamarin.Build.Download:

Update the Xamarin.Build.Download Nuget Package to 0.4.12-preview3
- On Mac, you may need to check Show pre-release packages in the Add Packages window
Close Visual Studio
Delete all cached locations of NuGet Packages:
- On Windows, open Visual Studio but not the solution:
  - Tools -> Option -> Nuget Package Manager -> General -> Clear All Nuget Cache(s)
- On Mac, wipe the following folders:
  - ~/.local/share/NuGet
  - ~/.nuget/packages
  - packages folder in solution
Delete bin/obj folders in solution
Load the Solution
Restore Nuget Packages for the Solution (should run automatically)
Rebuild

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install using adb with command   adb install -r abc apk will solve the problem  it will overwrite even when the device has higher app version

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need to use android name  quot androidx core content contentprovider          or android name  quot androidx core content provider insteadof          android name  quot androidx core content fileprovider           lt provider         android name  quot androidx core content FileProvider quot          android authorities  quot   applicationId  contentprovider quot          android exported  quot false quot          android grantUriPermissions  quot true quot  gt           lt meta-data             android name  quot android support FILE PROVIDER PATHS quot              android resource  quot  xml filepaths quot    gt       lt  provider gt

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You can uninstall package name  com example  from the device in which you run the app after than you run the app   This worked for me

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i had this problem   Installation did not succeed  The application could not be installed  INSTALL FAILED CONFLICTING PROVIDER  but it was not from provider of manifest the below library in my app has conflict with other app and the others can not be install  implementation  com iceteck silicompressorr silicompressor 2 2 1

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Check your android authorities attribute under  lt provider tag  Check if your package name is correct or not

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Encountered this issue   Resolved it by   1 - open AndroidManifest xml  2 - ctrl f find  provider   3 - find provider and update your root directory name there   run project  hopefully issue will be fixed

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If you are using Facebook inside app check for provider tag inside AndroidManifest file and check your project Id is correct for android authorities   lt provider android name  com facebook FacebookContentProvider  android authorities  com facebook app FacebookContentProvider112623702612345  android exported  true    gt

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I  ve got this error  when implementing an library with following AndroidmManifest xml  lt provider         android name  quot androidx core content FileProvider quot          android authorities  quot library path provider quot          android exported  quot false quot          android grantUriPermissions  quot true quot  gt           lt meta-data             android name  quot android support FILE PROVIDER PATHS quot              android resource  quot  xml provider paths quot   gt       lt  provider gt   I solved this when i put following Code in Project AndroidManifest xml  app src main    lt provider         android name  quot androidx core content FileProvider quot          android authorities  quot   applicationId  provider quot          android exported  quot false quot          android grantUriPermissions  quot true quot          tools replace  quot android authorities quot  gt       lt  provider gt

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The authority  as listed in android authorities must be unique  Quoting the documentation for this attribute      To avoid conflicts  authority names should use a Java-style naming convention  such as com example provider cartoonprovider   Typically  it s the name of the ContentProvider subclass that implements the provider

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If you are using Google Maps   Google Play Services inside a library project  especially if you recently migrated from Eclipse to Android Studio   you can encounter this error when you try to run an app that uses your library  while a different app that uses the same library is already installed on your device   Fix  make sure that defaultConfig applicationId is defined in android section of the build gradle file for each project using your library  android       defaultConfig applicationId    com company appname      I would recommend using the package name of the specific app   With this fix  the provider names will no longer conflict  and your app will run as expected   Symptoms  1   Your users are seeing the dreaded  -505  install error when installing your app from the Play Store   2   You will see this error message when you try to install a second app that uses your library via Android Studio  INSTALL FAILED CONFLICTING PROVIDER      In your console  you will see a message like this   Package couldn t be installed in  data app com company appname-1 com android server pm PackageManagerException   Can t install because provider name  com google android gms measurement google measurement service   in package com company appname  is already used by com company otherInstalledAppName   The fix is to make sure that defaultConfig applicationId is defined in android section of the build gradle file for each project using your library  android       defaultConfig applicationId    com company appname      More reading can be found here in the original bug report  Issue 784   Multiple apps using same authority provider name

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I had a similar problem when I used one library in several applications  It was necessary just update your AndroidManifest xml with this exact provider declaration below    lt manifest     gt       lt application     gt           lt provider android name  android support v4 content FileProvider  android authorities    applicationId  here this library provider  android exported  false  android grantUriPermissions  true  tools replace  android authorities  gt           lt  provider gt       lt  application gt     lt  manifest gt

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It helped me  Go AndroidManifest and paste or replace with this code  lt provider         android authorities  quot   applicationId  here this library provider quot          android name  quot androidx core content FileProvider quot          android exported  quot false quot          android grantUriPermissions  quot true quot          tools replace  quot android authorities quot   gt        lt  provider gt

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Solution 1 Run the app on a physical device instead of the emulator  I encountered this issue and my app didnt have a content provider defined  Solution 2 In the other instance  i had an instrumented test app installed matching the same applicationId  To fix the issue i had to run    gradlew uA - uA short for uninstallAll task  You can alternatively use the Gradle panel and choose navigate to app install uninstallAll task If you using an emulator  you can wipe out the data

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Stating the obvious  but also make sure you have not silently messed up the reference to the applicationId in  android authorities  In my case I made a typo and omitted the damn dollar sign   android authorities  quot  applicationId  myprovider quot   instead of   android authorities  quot   applicationId  myprovider quot   That did not cause any immediate error  since it is a valid authority name   But a couple days later  when I tried to install different variants of an application  it was a real pain to understand what was wrong  as the error message does not give much info about what is wrong with the content providers  Another way to troubleshoot this is to compare your merged manifests  looking for identical authorities

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I thought uninstalling the app by dragging its icon to  Uninstall  would solve the problem  but it did not   Here is what solved the problem    Go to Settings Choose Apps Find your app  yes I was surprised to still find it here   and press it In the top-right  press the 3 dots Select  Uninstall for all users    Try again  it should work now

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This can also happen when you have an older version of your app installed and made changes to the  support  library or the manifest file  Deleting the old applications from your device  Settings -- gt  Application -- gt   lt your application gt  -- gt  Uninstall  will solve the issue then

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I have tried many solution but could not find solution    but this link helped me    I want to give detail about issue     I was running Instrumented test cases so my app was not visible in launcher    but it was installed and thus using Same Content Provider  So  I should uninstall it somehow  So Settings - gt  Application Manager - gt  All Downloaded Apps - gt  uninstall all apps from your current development package   Now  try to run    This will work

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If you have different flavors and you want to avoid collisions in the authority name you can add an applicationIdSuffix to build types and use the resulting applicationId in your manifest  like this    lt      android authorities    applicationId  contentprovider   gt

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The Authority   Provider name that you have declared in the manifest probably

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The same error may occur after renaming packages  Check the value in string xml for android authorities from AndroidManifest xml     lt provider         android authorities   string content authority          android name   data Provider                gt    In string xml the value should be the same as your package name  declared in manifest    lt string name  content authority  gt com whatever android sunshine app lt  string gt

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If you are using the Facebook SDK then the issue might be in the  authorities  value you provide for the Facebook provider   REPLACE -   lt provider         android name  com facebook FacebookContentProvider          android authorities  com facebook FacebookContentProvider          android exported  true    gt    WITH -    lt provider         android name  com facebook FacebookContentProvider          android authorities  com facebook FacebookContentProvider YOUR APP ID           android exported  true    gt    You might need to change the defaultConfig ApplicationId also as suggested in other answers

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If you are using the emulator  you may try the following  The below worked for me  Go to Tools -- gt  AVD Manager -- gt   Pick Your emulator  -- gt  Wipe Data  The error went away

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Basically this happened with me  when i tried to change the package name of the app   So  in emulator  same app was installed before  When i tried to install app after changing package name  it said  authority already used by older application in device   Simply after uninstalling the application  it solved my problem    Also  Authority name should always be   your package name UNIQUENAME   example        lt provider         android name  com aviary android feather cds AviaryCdsProvider          android authorities  your package name AviaryCdsProvider           gt

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In my android device I had different flavors of the same app install  This gives me error INSTALL FAILED CONFLICTING PROVIDER   so I uninstall my all flavors of the same app   and tried   adb install -r  Users demo-debug-92acfc5 apk  It solved my problem

[android] Install shows error in console: INSTALL FAILED CONFLICTING PROVIDER

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