I am attempting to sideload an APK with ADB. When I downloaded it, it was unsigned, but I attempted to install it, unknowingly, and it failed since it was unsigned. I signed it manually and verified that it was signed correctly, but when I go to install it with adb install -r <path to signed apk>
, I get the following error:
Failure [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_INCONSISTENT_CERTIFICATES]
So I found this question that said to uninstall the old application that was unsigned, but I can't find the application on my device or anywhere in adb, so how am I supposed to uninstall the unsigned APK that failed to install in the first place? Or is there something I'm missing?
To uninstall you must know the package name of the application, Not the file name.
Usage Example: adb uninstall com.google.android.youtube
(uninstalls youtube)