INSTALL_FAILED_TEST_ONLY: installPackageLI

[sarmadali20]

keep getting below exception
com.android.ddmlib.InstallException: INSTALL_FAILED_TEST_ONLY: installPackageLI

using spoon-runner-2.0.0-20171020.002642-36

command used:
java -jar spoon-runner.jar $TEST_APK $OTHER_APK

[bholota]

Prolly it's related to Android Studio 3.0 - it sets android:testOnly="true" by default. Could you validate that?

[sarmadali20]

yes setting android:testOnly="false" for debug manifest works

[spartanglady]

I'm Facing the same issue. I'm using spoon runner 1.7.1 jar file. It was working fine for me and it stopped working all of a sudden. I have not made any upgrades to the sdk or to the environment. Is there any other way to debug whats going ?

[josefadamcik]

For all having this issue: it's possible you are trying to use APKs built by Android Studio when using the "run as" feature (running tests or app from Android studio). Such APKs are buit with the "testOnly" flag.

Try to rebuild your apks with gradle ./gradlew assembleDebug assembleAndroidTest (or similar)

[paolomoschini]

From https://developer.android.com/studio/run/index.html

Note: The Run button builds an APK with testOnly="true", which means the APK can only be installed via adb (which Android Studio uses). If you want a debuggable APK that people can install without adb, select your debug variant and click Build Bundle(s) / APK(s) > Build APK(s).

Just go to Build > Build APK(s) to have a non testable release apk that you can submit :)

Tested on Android Studio 3.5