Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_INVALID_APK: Session: 766972672. No packages staged in /data/app/vmdl766972672.tmp]

Question

Struggling with INSTALL_FAILED_INVALID_APK, only if installation is done in Android 11(API 30) below this version app installation is fine and specifically issue starts with 2nd onward install attempts(since 1st install attempt successes always), given that my base(app) module uses dynamicFeature.

Below are the logs

I/studio.deploy: DeltaInstall found API level:30
I/studio.deploy: -t
I/studio.deploy: --user
I/studio.deploy: current
I/studio.deploy: --full
I/studio.deploy: --skip-verification
I/studio.deploy: -r
I/studio.deploy: -p
I/studio.deploy: com.example.mobile.android.mydynamicfeature
I/studio.deploy: DeltaInstall created session: '766972672'
I/studio.deploy: Skipping '/data/app/~~eIfs_Dhf2kcksHvQ5cuRyQ==/com.example.mobile.android.mydynamicfeature-pmtDNQbD68r8aVgRJmdR2A==/split_feature_one.apk' since inheriting mode and apk did not change
I/studio.deploy: Skipping '/data/app/~~eIfs_Dhf2kcksHvQ5cuRyQ==/com.example.mobile.android.mydynamicfeature-pmtDNQbD68r8aVgRJmdR2A==/split_feature_two.apk' since inheriting mode and apk did not change
I/studio.deploy: Skipping '/data/app/~~eIfs_Dhf2kcksHvQ5cuRyQ==/com.example.mobile.android.mydynamicfeature-pmtDNQbD68r8aVgRJmdR2A==/split_feature_three.apk' since inheriting mode and apk did not change
I/studio.deploy: Skipping '/data/app/~~eIfs_Dhf2kcksHvQ5cuRyQ==/com.example.mobile.android.mydynamicfeature-pmtDNQbD68r8aVgRJmdR2A==/base.apk' since inheriting mode and apk did not change
I/studio.deploy: package
I/studio.deploy: install-commit
I/studio.deploy: 766972672
E/studio.deploy: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_INVALID_APK: Session: 766972672. No packages staged in /data/app/vmdl766972672.tmp]

Kindly look & advice, thanks.

Answer 1

May be you have the installer file inside any of the external private storage location. Try to move them to internal private locations and retry. I mean it will work if it is in getFilesDir(), but not if inside getExternalFilesDir(null).

Hope this clarifies what I am trying to say.