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An Android 10 Alcatel 3T tablet (armeabi-v7a) i have laying around for testing suddenly stopped being able to install apks by clicking on them. I can install apps just fine via f-droid and adb install, but clicking on an apk shows a pop-up that disappears way too quickly to be read (less than a second) and i just can't install it.

I've tried older apks which i know work, but now don't. I've even factory reset the tablet, to no avail.

Looking at logcat, when i click on an apk there's this, which i think might be relevant:

2024-05-28 10:03:05.930 5224-5246/? E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: AsyncTask #2
    Process: system:ui, PID: 5224
    java.lang.RuntimeException: An error occurred while executing doInBackground()
        at android.os.AsyncTask$4.done(AsyncTask.java:399)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.finishCompletion(FutureTask.java:383)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.setException(FutureTask.java:252)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:271)
        at android.os.AsyncTask$SerialExecutor$1.run(AsyncTask.java:289)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1167)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:641)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:919)
     Caused by: android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: Drawable com.android.packageinstaller:drawable/ic_app_icon with resource ID #0x7f060002
     Caused by: android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: File res/drawable/ic_app_icon.xml from drawable resource ID #0x7f060002
        at android.content.res.ResourcesImpl.loadDrawableForCookie(ResourcesImpl.java:908)
        at android.content.res.ResourcesImpl.loadDrawable(ResourcesImpl.java:686)
        at android.content.res.Resources.getDrawableForDensity(Resources.java:906)
        at android.content.res.Resources.getDrawableForDensity(Resources.java:880)
        at com.android.internal.app.ResolverActivity$TargetPresentationGetter.loadIconFromResource(ResolverActivity.java:695)
        at com.android.internal.app.ResolverActivity$TargetPresentationGetter.getIconBitmap(ResolverActivity.java:640)
        at com.android.internal.app.ResolverActivity$ActivityInfoPresentationGetter.getIconBitmap(ResolverActivity.java:746)
        at com.android.internal.app.ResolverActivity$TargetPresentationGetter.getIcon(ResolverActivity.java:628)
        at com.android.internal.app.ResolverActivity$ActivityInfoPresentationGetter.getIcon(ResolverActivity.java:746)
        at com.android.internal.app.ResolverActivity.loadIconForResolveInfo(ResolverActivity.java:787)
        at com.android.internal.app.ResolverActivity$LoadIconTask.doInBackground(ResolverActivity.java:2246)
        at com.android.internal.app.ResolverActivity$LoadIconTask.doInBackground(ResolverActivity.java:2233)
        at android.os.AsyncTask$3.call(AsyncTask.java:378)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
        at android.os.AsyncTask$SerialExecutor$1.run(AsyncTask.java:289)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1167)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:641)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:919)
     Caused by: android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: Resource ID #0x106002f
        at android.content.res.ResourcesImpl.getValueForDensity(ResourcesImpl.java:255)
        at android.content.res.Resources.getValueForDensity(Resources.java:1369)
        at android.content.res.TypedArray.getDrawableForDensity(TypedArray.java:1003)
        at android.graphics.drawable.AdaptiveIconDrawable.updateLayerFromTypedArray(AdaptiveIconDrawable.java:517)
        at android.graphics.drawable.AdaptiveIconDrawable.inflateLayers(AdaptiveIconDrawable.java:481)
        at android.graphics.drawable.AdaptiveIconDrawable.inflate(AdaptiveIconDrawable.java:233)
        at android.graphics.drawable.DrawableInflater.inflateFromXmlForDensity(DrawableInflater.java:144)
        at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromXmlInnerForDensity(Drawable.java:1402)
        at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromXmlForDensity(Drawable.java:1361)
        at android.content.res.ResourcesImpl.loadXmlDrawable(ResourcesImpl.java:971)
        at android.content.res.ResourcesImpl.loadDrawableForCookie(ResourcesImpl.java:894)
        at android.content.res.ResourcesImpl.loadDrawable(ResourcesImpl.java:686) 
        at android.content.res.Resources.getDrawableForDensity(Resources.java:906) 
        at android.content.res.Resources.getDrawableForDensity(Resources.java:880) 
        at com.android.internal.app.ResolverActivity$TargetPresentationGetter.loadIconFromResource(ResolverActivity.java:695) 
        at com.android.internal.app.ResolverActivity$TargetPresentationGetter.getIconBitmap(ResolverActivity.java:640) 
        at com.android.internal.app.ResolverActivity$ActivityInfoPresentationGetter.getIconBitmap(ResolverActivity.java:746) 
        at com.android.internal.app.ResolverActivity$TargetPresentationGetter.getIcon(ResolverActivity.java:628) 
        at com.android.internal.app.ResolverActivity$ActivityInfoPresentationGetter.getIcon(ResolverActivity.java:746) 
        at com.android.internal.app.ResolverActivity.loadIconForResolveInfo(ResolverActivity.java:787) 
        at com.android.internal.app.ResolverActivity$LoadIconTask.doInBackground(ResolverActivity.java:2246) 
        at com.android.internal.app.ResolverActivity$LoadIconTask.doInBackground(ResolverActivity.java:2233) 
        at android.os.AsyncTask$3.call(AsyncTask.java:378) 
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) 
        at android.os.AsyncTask$SerialExecutor$1.run(AsyncTask.java:289) 
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1167) 
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:641) 
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:919) 

I'm at a loss. Is the package manager broken?

The apks work just fine on an Asus Memo Pad 8 with Android 4 and Samsung Galaxy A20e with Android 9 which has been upgraded to 11.

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Alexei‭ wrote 7 months ago

This self-aswered Q&A seems more appropriate for PowerUsers since it is mostly related to Android usage (via its UI) rather than a software development question. Since we do not support migration between the communities, the quickest way to deal with it is to repost it there and I can close it here.