Stuck at "Installing new app version..." with Samsung Galaxy J7 Metal

[hyuri]

Update: After mhsmith's comments, I fixed the adb message and noted that it works with Python 3.11 but not 3.12 and 3.13.

Hi,

When I run briefcase run android[ --update] and select a Samsung Galaxy J7 Metal (Android 8.1) device, it gets stuck at: Installing new app version...

If I wait for a few minutes (waited for up to 20 minutes), it remains stuck/never leaves that stage.

If I run the adb commands directly, it gets stuck at Performing Streamed Install stage:
/Users/user/Library/Caches/org.beeware.briefcase/tools/android_sdk/platform-tools/adb -s <device-id> install /Users/user/path/to/MyApp/myapp/build/myapp/android/gradle/app/build/outputs/apk/debug/app-debug.apk

If I transfer the app-debug.apk file to the physical device and try to manually install it, it fails at end of the installation process, with the message "App not installed.".

Additional Notes:

It works on the Android emulator [created with Briefcase].

It also works when manually installing and running the app-debug.apk file on a Samsung Galaxy A04e (Android 12). I've not tried running it through briefcase run android on this Android 12 device yet. I may be able to try that soon, but I suspect it will work.

Also works with Python 3.11 on the Android 8.1 device.

The same issue happens with the "hello world" project following the BeeWare project: Works with Python 3.11, but gets stuck at Installing new app version..." with Python 3.12 and 3.13, on this Android 8.1 device.

Logs

Since it gets stuck, Briefcase never produces a log file. Running with -vv also doesn't seem to show anything relevant.

Here's the logcat log, where we can see 2 mentions of my app bundle name com.myapp.myapp (faux name):
logcat.log

System Info

• OS: macOS 13.7.6 (Ventura) / Kubuntu 23.10
• Briefcase: 0.3.24
• Python: 3.13 / 3.12
• Phone: Samsung Galaxy J7 Metal, with Android 8.1

[mhsmith]

If I run the adb commands directly, it gets stuck at the same Installing new app version... stage:
/Users/user/Library/Caches/org.beeware.briefcase/tools/android_sdk/platform-tools/adb -s <device-id> install /Users/user/path/to/MyApp/myapp/build/myapp/android/gradle/app/build/outputs/apk/debug/app-debug.apk

"Installing new app version" is a Briefcase message, not an adb message. What is the adb output?

Here's the logcat log, where we can see 2 mentions of my app bundle name com.myapp.myapp (faux name):

I think these mentions are normal; they're just Briefcase attempting to stop any existing version of your app, but failing to find one. The actual issue is probably in these lines:

07-16 18:19:09.057  3013  3078 W NativeHelper: Failure copying native libraries [errorCode=-113]
07-16 18:19:09.057  3013  3078 E PackageInstaller: Commit of session 1030963081 failed: Failed to extract native libraries, res=-113

We've previously seen this message in #2150, which is probably not relevant unless you're trying to sign the app, and #2135, which we never got to the bottom of. However, since this is a relatively old device, it's possible it may be something to do with 64-bit compatibility, which is required by Python 3.12 and newer. Try the following:

• Create and activate a new virtual environment with Python 3.11 or older.
• Install Briefcase into it.
• Re-run briefcase create android.
• Re-run briefcase run android.

[hyuri]

"Installing new app version" is a Briefcase message, not an adb message. What is the adb output?

With adb, it's stuck at "Performing Streamed Install".

However, since this is a relatively old device, it's possible it may be something to do with 64-bit compatibility, which is required by Python 3.12 and newer.

Maybe there might be specifics I don't know, but the device is 64-bit.

Try the following:

• Create and activate a new virtual environment with Python 3.11 or older.
• Install Briefcase into it.
• Re-run briefcase create android.
• Re-run briefcase run android.

I followed the instructions (Python 3.11) on a new project, following the BeeWare hello world tutorial, and it worked — briefcase progresses and the app launches on the device.

But gets stuck again with Python 3.12 and Python 3.13: I deleted the Python 3.11 venv, created a new one with Python 3.12 (and later Python 3.13) and repeated the process (briefcase create; briefcase android create; briefcase run android -r), and it gets stuck at "Installing new app version...".

I then confirmed that deleting these Python 3.12 / 3.13 venvs and recreating again with 3.11 makes it work again.

Here's the [beginning of the] logs for the [successful] Python 3.11 run, just in case:

[helloworld] Installing app...
Stopping old versions of the app... done
Installing new app version... done
Launching app... done

[helloworld] Following device log output (type CTRL-C to stop log)...
===========================================================================
--------- beginning of main
E/Zygote  : isWhitelistProcess - Process is Whitelisted
--------- beginning of system
E/libpersona: scanKnoxPersonas
E/libpersona: Couldn't open the File - /data/system/users/0/personalist.xml - No such file or directory
W/SELinux : SELinux selinux_android_compute_policy_index : Policy Index[2],  Con:u:r:zygote:s0 RAM:SEPF_SM-J710MN_8.1.0_0007, [-1 -1 -1 -1 0 1]
I/SELinux : SELinux: seapp_context_lookup: seinfo=untrusted, level=s0:c512,c768, pkgname=com.example.helloworld 
I/zygote  : Late-enabling -Xcheck:jni
D/TimaKeyStoreProvider: TimaKeyStore is not enabled: cannot add TimaSignature Service and generateKeyPair Service
D/ActivityThread: Added TimaKeyStore provider
D/MDO     : MDO if sIsMdo=false, sIsCheckMdo=false, uid = 10096
D/Proxy   : mdoP is null: 10096
D/AppCompatDelegate: Checking for metadata for AppLocalesMetadataHolderService : Service not found
D/MainActivity: onCreate() start
D/MainActivity: Starting Python
W/native.stderr: Could not find platform independent libraries <prefix>
W/native.stderr: Could not find platform dependent libraries <exec_prefix>
W/asset   : seek out of range: want -20, end=22
D/MainActivity: Running main module helloworld
I/zygote  : Do partial code cache collection, code=30KB, data=26KB
I/zygote  : After code cache collection, code=29KB, data=25KB
I/zygote  : Increasing code cache capacity to 128KB
I/python.stdout: WARNING: Can't find app icon; falling back to default icon
I/python.stdout: Python app launched & stored in Android Activity class
I/python.stdout: Toga app: onCreate
D/MainActivity: onCreate() complete
D/MainActivity: onStart() start
I/python.stdout: Toga app: onStart
D/MainActivity: onStart() complete
D/MainActivity: onResume() start
I/python.stdout: Toga app: onResume
D/MainActivity: onResume() complete
D/OpenGLRenderer: HWUI GL Pipeline