When I have more than one authority listed for a content provider for my Android app, the app will install fine, but will fail when I try to replace/update the app via adb install -r, I get a failed installation:
Failed to install app.apk: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_CONFLICTING_PROVIDER: Package couldn't be installed in /data/app/com.test.testApp-1: Can't install because provider name test2 (in package com.test.testApp) is already used by com.test.testApp]
My app updates work fine while I have a single authority listed, but as the Android documentation states, multiple authorities are supported.
Multiple authorities are listed by separating their names with a semicolon.
Here's a snippet of my manifest file with the authorities:
<provider
android:name=".data.ContentProvider"
android:authorities="test1;test2"
... />
It seems like the first authority is being treated differently from the second two authorities. When I try to reinstall the app, I get the failure message of provider name test2 (in package com.test.testApp) is already used by com.test.testApp, even if I change the above authorities to "test2;test3".
Has anyone had success with app updates using multiple authorities for a single content provider?
