Android Studio gets package name wrong when running .apk

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antgel picture antgel · Mar 3, 2014 · Viewed 33.2k times · Source

I changed my package name from com.mycompany.myapplication to com.mycompany.testapp.

Everything builds fine but when I try to run it on the emulator, I get:

The session was restarted Target device: NexusS [emulator-5554] Uploading file local path: /home/antony/AndroidStudioProjects/testappProject/testapp/build/apk/testapp-debug-unaligned.apk remote path: /data/local/tmp/com.mycompany.myapplication Installing com.mycompany.myapplication DEVICE SHELL COMMAND: pm install -r "/data/local/tmp/com.mycompany.myapplication" pkg: /data/local/tmp/com.mycompany.myapplication Success

Launching application: com.mycompany.myapplication/com.mycompany.testapp.MainActivity. DEVICE SHELL COMMAND: am start -D -n "com.mycompany.myapplication/com.mycompany.testapp.MainActivity" -a android.intent.action.MAIN -c android.intent.category.LAUNCHER Starting: Intent { act=android.intent.action.MAIN cat=[android.intent.category.LAUNCHER] cmp=com.mycompany.myapplication/com.mycompany.testapp.MainActivity } Error type 3 Error: Activity class {com.mycompany.myapplication/com.mycompany.testapp.MainActivity} does not exist.

Note the remote path ^^^ is wrong.

If I go to the emulator, I can start the app from the menu, it's just that I get this error when i try to run the app from Android Studio.

I also see in logcat, on the top-right, the drop-down offers me "No Filters" or "app:com.mycompany.myapplication". So I can't even debug properly.

Where are these references to com.mycompany.myapplication coming from, and how can I fix this?

Answer

Jack Fan picture Jack Fan · Sep 1, 2014

I tried to restart Android Studio but the problem still existed.

Then the solution works with me.

  1. Remove the directory ~/.gradle/caches/. It's OK to do this while Android Studio is opened. (Refer pm installing wrong package name)
  2. Press "Sync project with Gradle files" icon on Android Studio
  3. Run the project and the remote path will be correct.

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