App will not install on physical smartphone or on emulator due to socket timeout error

Question

I am trying to use the nativescript cli to run my app on my physical device and on an android simulation using the tns run android command. When I do this i get the error below.

I've just tried adding my app files into a new 'test' app to see if that will solve the problem.

I have read a number of similar issues on github that did not match my problem and so did not provide a solution. I have also tried running this on two different windows 10 computers.

Error shown

Installing on device ce04171461a2d0fc0d...
Successfully installed on device with identifier 'ce04171461a2d0fc0d'.
Unable to apply changes on device: ce04171461a2d0fc0d. Error is: Socket connection timed out..

My package.json file is below:

{
  "nativescript": {
    "id": "org.nativescript.PrototypeAssetSurveyAppDrawer",
    "tns-android": {
      "version": "6.0.0"
    },
    "tns-ios": {
      "version": "6.0.1"
    }
  },
  "description": "NativeScript Application",
  "license": "SEE LICENSE IN <your-license-filename>",
  "repository": "<fill-your-repository-here>",
  "scripts": {
    "lint": "tslint \"src/**/*.ts\""
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@angular/animations": "~8.0.0",
    "@angular/common": "~8.0.0",
    "@angular/compiler": "~8.0.0",
    "@angular/core": "~8.0.0",
    "@angular/forms": "~8.0.0",
    "@angular/http": "~8.0.0-beta.10",
    "@angular/platform-browser": "~8.0.0",
    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "~8.0.0",
    "@angular/router": "~8.0.0",
    "email-validator": "2.0.4",
    "nativescript": "^6.0.3",
    "nativescript-angular": "~8.0.0",
    "nativescript-plugin-firebase": "^9.1.0",
    "nativescript-theme-core": "~1.0.6",
    "nativescript-ui-listview": "7.0.2",
    "nativescript-ui-sidedrawer": "~7.0.0",
    "reflect-metadata": "~0.1.12",
    "rxjs": "~6.5.0",
    "tns-core-modules": "~6.0.0",
    "zone.js": "~0.9.1"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@angular/compiler-cli": "~8.0.0",
    "@ngtools/webpack": "~8.0.0",
    "codelyzer": "~4.5.0",
    "nativescript-dev-webpack": "~1.0.0",
    "node-sass": "^4.7.1",
    "tslint": "~5.11.0",
    "typescript": "~3.4.0"
  },
  "gitHead": "f28dbc60d74dd2cef4b645afd8fdd63bbb12c73e",
  "readme": "NativeScript Application"
}

Here is my app.gradle file to allow multidex support

def settingsGradlePath

if(project.hasProperty("appResourcesPath")){
    settingsGradlePath = "$project.appResourcesPath/Android/settings.gradle";
} else {
    settingsGradlePath = "$rootDir/../../app/App_Resources/Android/settings.gradle";
}

def settingsGradleFile = new File(settingsGradlePath);

if(settingsGradleFile.exists())
{
    apply from: settingsGradleFile;
}

android {
  defaultConfig {
    minSdkVersion 17
    generatedDensities = []
    multiDexEnabled = true
  }
  dependencies {
      implementation 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.3'
  }
}

Here is my build.gradle code

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.

buildscript {

    repositories {
        google()
        jcenter()
        maven { url "https://maven.fabric.io/public" }
        maven { url "https://dl.bintray.com/android/android-tools" }
 }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.4.1'
        classpath "com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.0"
        classpath "io.fabric.tools:gradle:1.26.1"
 }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        google()
        jcenter()
    }
}

task clean(type: Delete) {
    delete rootProject.buildDir
}

Here is my androidmanifest.xml file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="org.nativescript.PrototypeAssetSurveyAppDrawer"
    android:versionCode="10000"
    android:versionName="1.0">

    <supports-screens
        android:smallScreens="true"
        android:normalScreens="true"
        android:largeScreens="true"
        android:xlargeScreens="true"/>

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>

    <application
        android:name="android.support.multidex.MultiDexApplication"
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/icon"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme">

        <activity
            android:name="com.tns.NativeScriptActivity"
            android:label="@string/title_activity_kimera"
            android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|screenLayout|locale|uiMode"
            android:theme="@style/LaunchScreenTheme">

            <meta-data android:name="SET_THEME_ON_LAUNCH" android:resource="@style/AppTheme" />

            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        <activity android:name="com.tns.ErrorReportActivity"/>
    </application>
</manifest>

I expected the app to be installed correctly and for the app to then run on the device.

Answer 1

This turned out to be an issue with how I tried to implement multidex support in my app.

According to the Android instructions for multidex you need to change the "android:name" field in the "

However NativeScript does not support this change and that was causing this socket timeout problem.