


Still figuring out why, but when I added it back in, it works great locally, but when I attempt to build with PhoneGap Build and load it to my phone, I get the error "App Not Installed." At least I know what's causing it now. UPDATE: So, it turns out this is directly related to the one signal plugin I'm using. But, the app compiles on PhoneGap Build and the signed file installs on my device now. Now the big trick - adding these pieces of functionality back in. If the new version is an upgrade from the old version, this data will exist. When the new version is freshly installed, this data wont exist. it cannot be deleted by the user (Im not sure its possible). So, I guess the solution would be to make sure you have fully removed any plugins that may be causing problems. Check if the old version of your app saves some data on disk or preferences. I'm really not sure why, but after I got rid of those old pieces in my package.json, I attempt to push it to phonegap build again and it was able to install.

In doing that, I was having trouble with remnants of two older plugins (onesignal and admob) that I had already removed from my config.xml file. Based on Mike N.'s suggestion, I attempted to sign it locally and push it to my device with adb. Unfortunately this isn't going to be the answer many of you solution seekers are hoping for, but I got it to work. Very much appreciate any guidance to finding the problem. I feel like this is very indicative of the issue, but I don't know what to do with it. Something else I have noticed is that if I change the app id () to anything else (i.e. The new app is build in Ionic 5.4.16, Cordova 9.0.0, and Android 8.1.0. The original app was build with OnsenUI and Cordova. I've removed all my plugins to take that out of the equation, but I still get the same error.

I've read through several other posts on the topic and I can attest: I'm actually in the process of completely redoing the app from scratch, and it's working great when I run it on my Android from my computer, but when I build it with a signing key on PhoneGap Build, I get the error message "App Not Installed." when I try to install the apk. Additionally, you know approximately what date and time you create the version that introduces this new behavior, and you also know which version code it will have.I have an app that I developed wow like 8 to 10 years ago, but I have been updating it constantly at least once a year or so. On first install, firstInstallTime and lastUpdateTime will have the same value (at least on my device they were the same) after an update, the values will be different because lastUpdateTime will change. The only solution I can see that doesn't involve an entity outside of the device would be to get the PackageInfo for your app and check the values of
