Failure [install_parse_failed_no_certificates] when attempting to install APK to the emulator

android, apk, cmd, emulation

Solution

This site helped me a lot to properly sign the unsigned apk. But,for the last process i.e. for `jarsigner`,following command need to be used

jarsigner -verbose -sigalg SHA1withRSA -digestalg SHA1 -keystore my-release-key.keystore    my_application.apk alias_name.

Further do look upon this `unable to sign zipexception` if you encounter with any `zipexception` error . So overall,use following procedure

- `keytool -genkey -v -keystore debug.keystore -alias android -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 20000`

- `jarsigner -verbose -sigalg SHA1withRSA -digestalg SHA1 -keystore my-release-key.keystore yourapkalign.apk alias_name`

- `zipalign -v 4 yourapk.apk yourapkalign.apk`

Now,you can successfully install the apk file.

Problem

I downloaded Myfiles.apk from the internet and I'm trying to install it to my Android emulator. While installing Myfiles.apk file through the command prompt, I'm getting this error. I tried following in command prompt ``` C:\android-sdk\tools> adb -s emulator-5554 install C:\Users\Me\Desktop\MyFiles.apk ``` How do I install this APK to the emulator correctly?

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