Installation did not succeed INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_MANIFEST

This type of error has been resolved before, ‘Installation not successful’ in Android Studio.
Installation did not succeed, not an error but a different type of error while running the app.

This logcat error occurs when running android studio project.


Installation did not succeed.<br>The application could not be installed: INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_MANIFEST_MALFORMED</p>

<p>List of apks:<br>[0] '…:...\MyApplication\app\build\outputs\apk\debug\app-debug.apk'<br>Installation failed due to: 'null'<br>Retry

How to resolve this type of logcat error in android studio?

Multiple installation failed error already resolved but this error also installation not successful.
It expresses in logcat main line and main reason ‘The application could not be installed: INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_MANIFEST_MALFORMED’

check package name.

If you have created a new package, make sure that the package name is lowercase.
If the package name is uppercase, change it to lowercase.

There can also be other causes for this error.

If the package name is uppercase, then rename the package.
How to change package name?
If you are getting the error due to the package name, refactor the package name.
right click on package name->refector->rename.

after changing package name rebuild project.
Build->rebuild project
after
Build->clean project

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