Android lollipop error code -505 during installation app

android, installation

Solution

Let me guess - you your apps were made with adobe air?

It's a bug google introduced with lollipop. Its related to the SHA1 generation from some certificates.

See:

- http://www.zdnet.com/android-lollipop-users-warn-of-unusable-devices-after-upgrading-7000035977/

- https://forums.adobe.com/message/6942812#6942812

- https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?d=79089

- https://code.google.com/p/android-developer-preview/issues/detail?id=1668

- https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=79375

There is basically no solution except to wait for google to fix it or re-sign your app with a different key. But then you can't update it in the play store either.

If the app was installed on your device before the lollipop update, but is now gone, a workaround might be to uninstall the app using `adb uninstall` and then install it again.

update: As far as I know this is partially fixed in Android 5.0.1 and completely fixed in 5.0.2

Problem

I have a nexus 9 with android lollipop but I get the error code -505 trying to install some apps from the Play Store. These apps are: - asphalt 8 - dungeon hunter 4 - six guns; and - other gameloft game Other apps works install fine but these games don't. Can you tell me what this error code means? Can you suggest to me how I can fix it?

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