Android error codes

14 codes — tap one for its meaning, causes, and fix steps.

• INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTSThe APK cannot be installed because another app with the same package name is already installed
• INSTALL_FAILED_CONTAINER_ERRORThe APK cannot be installed to the SD card or secondary storage because of a filesystem error
• INSTALL_FAILED_DUPLICATE_PERMISSIONThe APK declares a custom permission that conflicts with a permission already declared by another installed app
• INSTALL_FAILED_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGEThe APK cannot be installed because the device does not have enough free storage space
• INSTALL_FAILED_INTERNAL_ERRORThe package manager encountered an unspecified internal error while installing the APK
• INSTALL_FAILED_INVALID_APKThe APK file is malformed or corrupt and cannot be parsed by the Android package manager
• INSTALL_FAILED_MEDIA_UNAVAILABLEThe APK cannot be installed to external storage because the storage is not available
• INSTALL_FAILED_MISSING_FEATUREThe APK requires a hardware or software feature that this device does not support
• INSTALL_FAILED_NO_MATCHING_ABISThe APK does not contain native libraries compiled for any ABI supported by this device
• INSTALL_FAILED_OLDER_SDKThe APK requires a minimum Android API level higher than the API level running on this device
• INSTALL_FAILED_TEST_ONLYThe APK cannot be installed because it is marked as a test-only build
• INSTALL_FAILED_UPDATE_INCOMPATIBLEThe new APK cannot be installed because an existing version is already installed and the signatures do not match
• INSTALL_FAILED_VERSION_DOWNGRADEThe APK cannot be installed because its version code is lower than the currently installed version
• INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_NO_CERTIFICATESThe APK cannot be parsed because it contains no valid signing certificate