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November 16, 2014
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Android 5 lollipop update remove all AIR apps

  • November 16, 2014
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I updated to Android 5 OTA on two Nexus 7 2014 and 2013, after upgrading all the AIR apps were removed, native apps remained. I tried to install the apps from Google Play and i got an 505 install error. 

The logcat error is below:

E/Finsky(4449): [1] PackageInstallerImpl.handleCommitCallback: Error -505 while installing air.com.123.456 INSTALL_FAILED_UPDATE_INCOMPATIBLE: Package couldn't be installed in /data/app/air.com.123.456-1: Package air.com.123.456 signatures do not match the previously installed version; ignoring!

The apps are the same as before upgrading , they were not updated, the certificate is the same.

Anyone else seen this problem, is there an AIR patch?

I can install the app by "adb uninstall" command then re installing from Google play.

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    Kartik_Mehta
    Kartik_Mehta
    Inspiring
    November 16, 2014

    Yes getting same error while downloading adobe air apps from google play. There are some issues with that. I have checked it on nexus 7.

    Might be adobe will release new sdk for this.

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      miroslaw_kapalka
      Participant
      November 17, 2014

      This is not Adobe problem. I got this error not only while installing AIR application.

      After upgrade to Android 5.0 AIR app and some other disapear (Instaweather Pro) - and when try to install one of this app - I see this error

      dappledore
      dappledoreAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      November 17, 2014

      Do you have logcat output? There seems to be other issues that cause this error specifically with permissions , see below.

      Issue 1668 - android-developer-preview - Unknown error code during application install: 505 - A public project for re…

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      miroslaw_kapalka
      Participant
      November 16, 2014

      I confirm this problem on my Nexus 4

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        Anonymous
        February 15, 2015

        Android 5.0 Lollipop users are mostly facing this issue of Unknown Error 505. Still there is no such working solution for this issue error 505 but you can try factory reset and clearing cache and data of Google Play Store this may work for this.

        Source : TechPayee

        dappledore
        dappledoreAuthor
        Participating Frequently
        November 16, 2014

        I forgot to mention the problem happens on apps using AIR upto 15.302, some are on AIR 14 still. I have also got the same error reported by a few users who upgraded to 5, also using Nexus 7, is it nexus 7 only im not sure, i dont have other Nexus devices to test on.

        I found this issue , Kitkat and Lollipop generate different fingerprints (SHA1) for same certificate, when cert was generated with adt tool , is it related?

        Issue 79089 - android - Lollpop: In-app billing broken because SHA1 fingerprint calculated from APK certificate differ…

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