(solved) Can't install the apk in my phone

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Hello friends!
I published the app for Android and downloaded it. When click on the apk in my phone a pop up asks me if I want to update the app, although I don’t have it in my phone. If I click on update it says: “As the package seems to be invalid, the app wasn’t installed”. I did it exactly the same way as I always do. Any idea? I’ve changed the project name and the error persists.
Is this normal?
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What I tried:

  1. I made an entire new project because I changed the layout, but got the mentioned error
  2. I opened the project I had made last year and had worked smoothly. Got the same error.
  3. Opened the last year project and changed just some names in a list because it’s for an association, and members change every year. No results! :frowning:
    Out of ideas and I need to send the apk to the client. Help please.
    Developer tools shows me no errors.
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Does not look like G Develop

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How not? Of course it is. Last update.

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I noticed I cannot even reinstall the apk I have from last year. It shows me the same error. Is there something wrong in my phone? Anything I can do? I tried to locate some file referring to the old apk but could not find anything.

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Well, after millions of unsucceeded tryings, suddenly it installed without problem. I cannot tell you what happened.

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Hey Zutty,
Any idea what may have caused the error? Having the same problem right now

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Sorry my friend, but as as said I have no idea what happened, but it worked after a lot of tryings. Wish you good luck.

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After some messing around I think I discovered the problem, at least with me.

Basically, I already had installed a different game that I made with Gdevelop on my phone and it seems that the package name of the new game was the same with the game that I had installed. (Since both games are experiments I didn’t bother with their package name.)

MIstake from my part, had no idea that the package name affects such things

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Good to know you got it. I renamed the package and did a lot of other things with no avail. Finally it simply worked out by itself.