Question by Menion-Leah · Oct 04, 2018 at 06:34 PM · android android build apk emulator

Android Emulator fails to install Unity .apk

I'm having a hard time getting my Unity game approved by Facebook, in order to get authorizations to use user_friends and other grants.

Eventually I discovered that Facebook staff is testing games on Android Studio Emulator, and it fails installing the .apk with this message:

 The APK failed to install.
 Error: Could not parse error string

I installed Android Studio and spent two days trying to get ANY of my Unity apps installed on the Emulator, without any luck: I keep getting the same error message as well.

I tried changing architecture, install location, build system.. no luck. I can debug and run the .apk from Android Studio, but dragging and dropping the .apk on the emulator always give that error message. And since Facebook staff is willing to test it this way only, I'm stuck in getting their approval.

Is there any advice I could follow to get Unity-generated .apk compatible with Android Studio Emulator?

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tenh_un · Jul 26, 2019 at 08:56 AM 0

i got the same error when I just created very simple an apk file which has only one button then i dragged and dropped into android studio emulator after i got the same error message.

Have you solved the problem?