Android Studio Stuck on “Installing APK”

Question

Android Studio no longer seems to be detecting when an app has installed on a target device and opened. It gets stuck on \"Installing APK\" and the progress bar is empty. Th

Answer 1

For me, the top answer "wait for debugger" was completely greyed out.

What worked for me was to look inside "Apps" and I noticed the app was uninstalled, but only for my current user. Clicking uninstall for all users unblocked the installation via Android Studio again.

Answer 2

for me it was something magic I solve it by removing the USB from the Laptop and from mobile too(type-c cable) and

turning off the debugging mode and again turn it on

and then I connect it back to my Laptop and selected the same FILE TRANSFER MODE then run the app and it get installed to my device and work as expected Hope you will find Useful to

Answer 3

On my HTC One I unchecked “Verify apps over USB” in Settings -> Developer Options.

Answer 4

Just reboot your mobile . If not working try reboot your Android studio and mobile.

Answer 5

I had this issue with an emulator on Linux. After trying pretty much every solution and suggestion on this page, what made it work for me was turning off Instant Run.

Answer 6

I'm using Visual Studio Xamarin and the issue was caused by the missing CPU architecture. After checking them, the APK became installable via adb install ...