[Q] Can't install apk files.
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Mine was Batery MIX :
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.smapho.battery_mix
due to of having enabled a batery bar indicator :
the funniest thing, is that Battery MIX already make a warning when enable it !!
"If you show battery remaining bar, you will not be able to install non-market application for security reasons. please acknowledge.
if you will install, please temporally hide the battery remaining bar"
if you will install, please temporally hide the battery remaining bar"
Of course, weeks after I install it, I forgot it.
But the questions is, why enabling some "over-screen-drawing" activate the security for installing non-market applications ?
Seems weird ...
Mine was Batery MIX :
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.smapho.battery_mix
due to of having enabled a batery bar indicator :
the funniest thing, is that Battery MIX already make a warning when enable it !!
"If you show battery remaining bar, you will not be able to install non-market application for security reasons. please acknowledge.
if you will install, please temporally hide the battery remaining bar"
Of course, weeks after I install it, I forgot it.
But the questions is, why enabling some "over-screen-drawing" activate the security for installing non-market applications ?
Seems weird ...
Its pretty simple to fix but the Dev hasn't returned my emails.
The reasoning is pretty sound because you can change what the user sees and trick them into installing something different/evil.
Pvy
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That's smart !!,
Its pretty simple to fix but the Dev hasn't returned my emails.
What do you mean here?
That I contacted the Dev of batterymix with info on fixing it but they seem to have ignored me.
Pvy
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THANKS!!!
Thank you very much. It was driving me insane reading all this solutions and none worked for me.Mine was Batery MIX :
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.smapho.battery_mix
due to of having enabled a batery bar indicator :
the funniest thing, is that Battery MIX already make a warning when enable it !!
"If you show battery remaining bar, you will not be able to install non-market application for security reasons. please acknowledge.
if you will install, please temporally hide the battery remaining bar"
Of course, weeks after I install it, I forgot it.
But the questions is, why enabling some "over-screen-drawing" activate the security for installing non-market applications ?
Seems weird ...
Hi everyone got this same issue and its very annoying already tried killing all the services as told in previous posts and it wont let me do anything, I dont have any screen filter so i dont know what else I can do. Any help appreciated thanks.
What apps are currently running in your device? I found that certain other apps also cause this issue
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Still can't install apk on Nexus 7.
I've been able to install my own apk files up until two days ago. All of a sudden, the install button just won't do anything like so many of the previous posts have described. I've done everything I've read in the posts and nothing works. I've stopped all the services. I've removed many unnecessary apps. I've tried using dropbox, USB but when it finally gets to the install button, it doesn't work.
Does anyone have a foolproof way of fixing this? I make apps with B4A and can't install them.
Thanks.
Guys, in my case the app that was causing problems was "Twilight" - another screen dimmer (not THIS movie app
Uninstalled and now everything works again
I've been able to install my own apk files up until two days ago. All of a sudden, the install button just won't do anything like so many of the previous posts have described. I've done everything I've read in the posts and nothing works. I've stopped all the services. I've removed many unnecessary apps. I've tried using dropbox, USB but when it finally gets to the install button, it doesn't work.
Does anyone have a foolproof way of fixing this? I make apps with B4A and can't install them.
Thanks.
There must be an app that is blocking it.
I'm pretty sure that the market won't show the install button unless it is happy so pretty sure the problem is not there.
What phone and is you running. Don't now what B4A is ( too tired to Google it ) but if it is just the write apps in c then it won't be that.
Have you tested the app on another device? If you don't have one pm me a link and I will tell you if it works on mine.
Surest way for now is find any apps that have the
display system alert
Or
Display system overlay
Permissions and remove them one at a time till you find it.
If your still stuck I had an idea for an app to test for this but it is hard to install with the problem happening Lol!!!
Pvy
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I'm running on a Nexus 7 tablet running the latest Android. I am able to load the same APK on my older Samsung Galaxy 7 Tab.
I'll look for the apps you mentioned.
Thanks.
If you have the latest PA rom just disable HALO feature and you will be able to install apk
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For me. I was running the latest version of PA. May 24 version I believe. With the Halo open i could not click install. Hold the halo down and remove it like an app from home screen. Also make sure "reverse HALO gestures" is on under settings-toolbar. that worked for me. This might have been addressed somewhere else but i did not find it. Thanks. (wow, i'm blink i guess, three posts above me. but my post says how to do it i guess. lol.)
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It was the auto dimming app Twilight that was doing it to me. I force closed it and I could install apps again. Thanks everyone for all the contributions and explanations so that I could quickly figure out what was going on! XDA still rules!
Actually, I just force closed it and it worked fine. No need to uninstall.
Guys, in my case the app that was causing problems was "Twilight" - another screen dimmer (not THIS movie app
Uninstalled and now everything works again
Actually, I just force closed it and it worked fine. No need to uninstall.
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5It's the Services...
I posted this at forums a week ago. hope it helps somewhat.
it goes like this:
It's the Services indeed !
Go to Settings/Apps/Running. That should show your running apps and also if those apps has a Process or Service running. Some of these running apps have a Process running but no Services running please note. If you click on the toggle on the top right most of your screen where it says "Show Cached Processes", it will then show you just the Services or "Show Running Services" that are running.
In my frustration, when I couldn't press INSTALL when trying to install apk files, I stopped all the running Services at that time. It worked ! but I'm sure anyone can do it more elegantly by doing it one at a time starting with those apps that you recently installed. Then when you find the offending app. Kindly send an email to the dev informing what you went through so as to avoid this inconvenience for others due to poor coding
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Live your life so they say, I say relish it. ! (maybe from someone who was eating a hotdog in New York just before a truck ran over him ? bless his soul.)3Incredible! I think its a bug in android. You cant install any apk if your screen light is 0 or minus. If you install "Screen filter" or "lux auto brightness" for example you have this bug in a dark room.2Found the conflicting app: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23861446&postcount=7
PvyParts, is it possible to fix this?2
If you have the latest PA rom just disable HALO feature and you will be able to install apk
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