android duplicate provider authority

android android-contentprovider authority
ng93 picture ng93 · Feb 22, 2011 · Viewed 14.3k times · Source

I have had users complaining of a "duplicate provider authority" error when trying to install my android application. I initially thought it might be an old version interfering with the new version, but they have never installed the app before. Any suggestions as to what might be causing this?

Answer

CommonsWare picture CommonsWare · Feb 22, 2011

Somebody else used the same provider authority as you. AFAIK, that's the only way this error can occur. What did you choose as your provider authority?

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