[mythtv-users] Mythfrontend v31 android installation

James Abernathy jfabernathy at gmail.com
Tue Jun 2 16:11:54 UTC 2020


On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 11:42 AM Curtis Gedak <gedakc at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2020-06-02 9:37 a.m., James Abernathy wrote:
> > I've been using the pre-built apks for the mythfrontend for my Shield TV
> up
> > to this point.  I have successfully build my own apk using android studio
> > following the readme on github.
> >
> > I didn't create a release key because I just want to play with this on my
> > own system. Not sure if this is a bad assumption. Below is the console
> log
> > of what happened when I tried to adb install my apk.
> >
> > /workdir/packaging/android$ adb install
> > mythfrontend-20200602-arm64-v32-Pre-523-g907841a119.apk
> > adb: failed to install
> > mythfrontend-20200602-arm64-v32-Pre-523-g907841a119.apk: Failure
> > [INSTALL_FAILED_UPDATE_INCOMPATIBLE: Package org.mythtv.mythfrontend
> > signatures do not match previously installed version; ignoring!]
> >
> > I'm using a v31 backend, but wonder if the problem is related to the
> > release apk key.
> > Jim A
>
>
> Yes, the problem is due to the mismatch in keys.  I learned this with my
> SolitaireCG project.
>
> In order to install an APK with a different key, one must first delete
> the prior APK.
>
> Curtis
>

Thanks, that was it. I just deleted the old app on the Shield TV and
installed with adb again and it worked.
BTW, I could only build from master. When I checked out v31 it failed to
build ffmeg. I have not found the error since I built from master okay.

Jim A
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