For a novice user, such a message may not be completely understandable and, accordingly, it is not clear how to fix it. This article in detail about why an error occurs when the packet is syntaxed on Android and how to fix it.
Syntax Error Installing Android Application - Main Cause
The most common reason that the error occurs during the syntax analysis during the installation of the application from APK - the unsupported version of Android on your device, while it is possible that earlier the same application worked properly, but its new version has ceased.
Note: If the error appears when installing the application from the Play Market, it is unlikely to be in an unsupported version, because it displays only the application supported by your device. However, it is possible "syntactic error" when updating the already installed application (if the new version is not supported by the device).
Most often, the reason lies in the "old" version of Android in cases where the version is installed on your device up to 5.1, or the Android emulator is used on a computer (in which Android 4.4 or 5.0 is also installed). However, in newer versions the same option is possible.
To determine if this is the reason, you can do as follows:
- Go to https://play.google.com/store/apps and find an application causing an error.
- Look at the application page in the "Additional Information" section, the data on the desired version of Android.
Additional Information:
- If you go to the Play Market browser by entering the same Google Account that is used on your device, you will see information that your devices support this application under its name.
- If the installed application is loaded from a third-party source as an APK file, and when searching in Play, the market on the phone or tablet is not located (at the same time it is exactly present in the application store), then it is probably the fact that it is not supported.
How to be in this case and is it possible to correct the error of the packet syntax analysis? Sometimes there is: You can try to search for older versions of the same application that can be installed on your version of Android, for example, you can use third-party sites from this article: how to download APK to a computer (second way).
Unfortunately, it is not always possible: there are applications that from the very first version support Android not lower than 5.1, 6.0 and even 7.0.
There are also applications that are compatible only with certain models (stamps) of devices or specific processors and causing the error under consideration on all other devices regardless of the version of Android.
Additional causes of packet syntax analysis errors
If the case is not in a version or syntax error occurs when you try to install an application from Play Market, the following causes and methods can be corrected:
- In all cases, when it comes to an application not from Play Market, but from third-party .apk file, make sure that the "Unknown sources are included in the settings - security on your device. Allow installation of applications from unknown sources. "
- Anti-virus or other protective software on your device may interfere with installing applications, try temporarily disable or deleted it (provided that you are confident in the security of the application).
- If you download an application from a third-party source and save to a memory card, try using the file manager, transfer the APK file to the internal memory and run from there using the same file manager (see the best file managers for Android). If you are already opening an APK through an third-party file manager, try to clear the cache and the data of this file manager and repeat the procedure.
- If the .apk file is in the form of an attachment in email letter, you will pre-save it into the internal memory of the phone or tablet.
- Try downloading the application file from another source: option is possible when the file is damaged in the storage on some site, i.e. His integrity is broken.
Well, at the end of three more, option: sometimes the problem is able to decide by turning on the debugging via USB (although logic is incomprehensible), you can do this in the developer menu (see how to enable the developer mode on Android).
Also, in terms of items about antiviruses and protective software, there are cases when the installation prevents some other, "ordinary", application. To exclude this option, try installing an application that causing an error in safe mode (see Safe Mode on Android).
And the last, it can be useful to a novice developer: In some cases, if you rename the .apk file of the signed application, when installing it begins to report that an error occurred when a packet syntax analysis (or there WAS An Error Parsing The Package in the emulator / device in English language).