How to fix INSTALL_FAILED_INVALID_APK error in Android Studio?

Question

I have recently updated my Android Studio to 3.6.1, thereby also updating gradle plugin to 3.6.1 and the gradle wrapper to 5.6.4

When running the debug build, I keep get

Answer 1

The problem started happening for me in Android Studio 4.0. I get "INSTALL_FAILED_INVALID_APK" when trying to launch an app on Emulator right after opening Android Studio.

Found a workaround - if I launch the app on real device first, then launching on emulator is not a problem. Works 100%.

Android Studio is still buggy as hell, unfortunately...

Answer 2

When you are set up the emulator (AVD) you are choosing the External & Internal storage sizes.

AND I think you exceeded that storage size.

Solutions (They are all under freeing some storage "category"):-

• Uninstall unnecessary apps.
• Wipe emulator data from AVD manager.
• Extend the storage size by editing the specific emulator.

Answer 3

One other solution would be just remove the ../android/app/build/outputs/apk/debug/app-debug.apk file and then run "npm run android" / "yarn android"