release apk creates an INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_NO_CERTIFICATES error during installation

[franck-serot]

I create a HelloWorld Android projet with the release archetype.
I try to generate a release apk and install it on my phone.
But, I have the following error with installation step :

D:\temp\HelloWorldAndroid-parent\HelloWorldAndroid>adb install .\target\HelloWorldAndroid.apk
1880 KB/s (44299 bytes in 0.023s)
pkg: /data/local/tmp/HelloWorldAndroid.apk
Failure [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_NO_CERTIFICATES]

I try to compare apk installation with the following case :
1- signed apk generated from eclipse
2- signed apk manually generated with information available on the following page.
http://developer.android.com/tools/publishing/app-signing.html

In the 2 cases, I can install apk with no error.

I use the following command to generated my release apk with maven :
mvn clean install -Prelease.

Could you help me to solve this problem ?

Best regards,
Franck

[rciovati]

If you are using the JDK 1.7 try change:

<execution>
    <id>signing</id>
    <goals>
        <goal>sign</goal>
        <goal>verify</goal>
    </goals>
    <phase>package</phase>
    <inherited>true</inherited>
    <configuration>
        <removeExistingSignatures>true</removeExistingSignatures>
        <archiveDirectory/>
        <includes>
            <include>${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}.apk</include>
        </includes>
        <keystore>${sign.keystore}</keystore>
        <alias>${sign.alias}</alias>
        <storepass>${sign.storepass}</storepass>
        <keypass>${sign.keypass}</keypass>
        <verbose>false</verbose>
    </configuration>
</execution>

with

<execution>
    <id>signing</id>
    <goals>
        <goal>sign</goal>
        <goal>verify</goal>
    </goals>
    <phase>package</phase>
    <inherited>true</inherited>
    <configuration>
        <removeExistingSignatures>true</removeExistingSignatures>
        <archiveDirectory/>
        <includes>
            <include>${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}.apk</include>
        </includes>
        <keystore>${sign.keystore}</keystore>
        <alias>${sign.alias}</alias>
        <storepass>${sign.storepass}</storepass>
        <keypass>${sign.keypass}</keypass>
        <verbose>false</verbose>
        <arguments>
          <argument>-sigalg</argument><argument>MD5withRSA</argument>
          <argument>-digestalg</argument><argument>SHA1</argument>
        </arguments>
    </configuration>
</execution>

[franck-serot]

I find the solution and thank you for your response that confirms it.

The following configuration is required :

-sigalgMD5withRSA
-digestalgSHA1

[franck-serot]

I solve the problem with the second solution.
-sigalg and -digestalg parameters are required.
Best regards.
Franck

[ebiermann]

Riccardo added the fix to the archetype.