Android Studio error when running app through emulator

Andrew Fletcher published: 17 September 2022 (updated) 2 August 2023 9 minutes read

Android
App

33.x

Only a month ago, running an app through the Android Studio emulator was running fine. Now I'm warmly greeted by

Error
Installation did not succeed.
The application could not be installed: INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_NO_CERTIFICATES

The complete error is

Launching '{project}' on Pixel 5 API 33.
Installation did not succeed.
The application could not be installed: INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_NO_CERTIFICATES

List of apks:
[0] '/Users/andrewfletcher/Apps/{project}/android/app/build/intermediates/extracted_apks/release/base-en.apk'
[1] '/Users/andrewfletcher/Apps/{project}/android/app/build/intermediates/extracted_apks/release/base-master_2.apk'
[2] '/Users/andrewfletcher/Apps/{project}/android/app/build/intermediates/extracted_apks/release/base-xxhdpi.apk'
[3] '/Users/andrewfletcher/Apps/{project}/android/app/build/intermediates/extracted_apks/release/base-x86_64_2.apk'
APK signature verification failed.
Retry
Failed to launch an application on all devices

Initially, to resolve this issue, there are two areas of focus:

INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_NO_CERTIFICATES; and
APK signature verification failed.

While attempting that option, I wanted to attempt a run command prompt

nix cap run android

Response

✔ Please choose a target device: › Pixel 5 API 33 (emulator) (Pixel_5_API_33)
✖ Running Gradle build - failed!
[error] Starting a Gradle Daemon, 1 incompatible Daemon could not be reused, use
        --status for details

        > Configure project :app
        WARNING:Using flatDir should be avoided because it doesn't support any
        meta-data formats.

        > Configure project :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins
        WARNING:Using flatDir should be avoided because it doesn't support any
        meta-data formats.

        > Task :capacitor-android:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-android:preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-android:compileDebugAidl NO-SOURCE
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        > Task :capacitor-app:preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-app:compileDebugAidl NO-SOURCE
        > Task :capacitor-app:mergeDebugJniLibFolders
        > Task :capacitor-app:mergeDebugNativeLibs NO-SOURCE
        > Task :capacitor-app:stripDebugDebugSymbols NO-SOURCE
        > Task :capacitor-android:compileDebugRenderscript NO-SOURCE
        > Task :capacitor-app:copyDebugJniLibsProjectAndLocalJars
        > Task :capacitor-android:generateDebugBuildConfig
        > Task :capacitor-android:generateDebugResValues
        > Task :capacitor-android:generateDebugResources
        > Task :capacitor-android:packageDebugResources
        > Task :capacitor-android:packageDebugRenderscript NO-SOURCE
        > Task :capacitor-app:compileDebugRenderscript NO-SOURCE
        > Task :capacitor-android:javaPreCompileDebug
        > Task :capacitor-app:generateDebugBuildConfig
        > Task :capacitor-app:generateDebugResValues
        > Task :capacitor-app:generateDebugResources
        > Task :capacitor-app:packageDebugResources
        > Task :capacitor-app:parseDebugLocalResources
        > Task :capacitor-app:javaPreCompileDebug
        > Task :capacitor-app:mergeDebugShaders
        > Task :capacitor-app:compileDebugShaders NO-SOURCE
        > Task :capacitor-app:generateDebugAssets UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-android:parseDebugLocalResources
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        > Task :capacitor-app:packageDebugRenderscript NO-SOURCE
        > Task :capacitor-app:prepareDebugArtProfile UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-app:prepareLintJarForPublish UP-TO-DATE
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        > Task :capacitor-camera:mergeDebugJniLibFolders
        > Task :capacitor-camera:mergeDebugNativeLibs NO-SOURCE
        > Task :capacitor-camera:stripDebugDebugSymbols NO-SOURCE
        > Task :capacitor-camera:copyDebugJniLibsProjectAndLocalJars
        > Task :capacitor-camera:compileDebugRenderscript NO-SOURCE
        > Task :capacitor-camera:generateDebugBuildConfig
        > Task :capacitor-camera:generateDebugResValues
        > Task :capacitor-camera:generateDebugResources
        > Task :capacitor-camera:packageDebugResources
        > Task :capacitor-camera:parseDebugLocalResources
        > Task :capacitor-camera:javaPreCompileDebug
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        > Task :capacitor-camera:prepareDebugArtProfile UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-camera:prepareLintJarForPublish UP-TO-DATE
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        > Task :capacitor-filesystem:mergeDebugJniLibFolders
        > Task :capacitor-filesystem:mergeDebugNativeLibs NO-SOURCE
        > Task :capacitor-filesystem:stripDebugDebugSymbols NO-SOURCE
        > Task :capacitor-filesystem:copyDebugJniLibsProjectAndLocalJars
        > Task :capacitor-filesystem:compileDebugRenderscript NO-SOURCE
        > Task :capacitor-filesystem:generateDebugBuildConfig
        > Task :capacitor-filesystem:generateDebugResValues
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        > Task :capacitor-filesystem:packageDebugResources
        > Task :capacitor-filesystem:parseDebugLocalResources
        > Task :capacitor-filesystem:javaPreCompileDebug
        > Task :capacitor-filesystem:mergeDebugShaders
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        > Task :capacitor-filesystem:generateDebugAssets UP-TO-DATE
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        > Task :capacitor-filesystem:prepareDebugArtProfile UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-filesystem:prepareLintJarForPublish UP-TO-DATE
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        > Task :capacitor-filesystem:writeDebugAarMetadata
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        > Task :capacitor-haptics:copyDebugJniLibsProjectAndLocalJars
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        > Task :capacitor-haptics:generateDebugBuildConfig
        > Task :capacitor-haptics:generateDebugResValues
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        > Task :capacitor-haptics:parseDebugLocalResources
        > Task :capacitor-haptics:javaPreCompileDebug
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        > Task :capacitor-keyboard:compileDebugRenderscript NO-SOURCE
        > Task :capacitor-keyboard:generateDebugBuildConfig
        > Task :capacitor-keyboard:generateDebugResValues
        > Task :capacitor-keyboard:generateDebugResources
        > Task :capacitor-keyboard:packageDebugResources
        > Task :capacitor-keyboard:parseDebugLocalResources
        > Task :capacitor-keyboard:javaPreCompileDebug
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        > Task :capacitor-keyboard:generateDebugAssets UP-TO-DATE
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        > Task :capacitor-keyboard:prepareDebugArtProfile UP-TO-DATE
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        > Task :capacitor-keyboard:writeDebugAarMetadata
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        > Task :capacitor-keyboard:mergeDebugJavaResource
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        > Task :capacitor-splash-screen:mergeDebugJniLibFolders
        > Task :capacitor-splash-screen:mergeDebugNativeLibs NO-SOURCE
        > Task :capacitor-splash-screen:stripDebugDebugSymbols NO-SOURCE
        > Task :capacitor-splash-screen:copyDebugJniLibsProjectAndLocalJars
        > Task :capacitor-splash-screen:compileDebugRenderscript NO-SOURCE
        > Task :capacitor-splash-screen:generateDebugBuildConfig
        > Task :capacitor-splash-screen:generateDebugResValues
        > Task :capacitor-splash-screen:generateDebugResources
        > Task :capacitor-splash-screen:packageDebugResources
        > Task :capacitor-splash-screen:parseDebugLocalResources
        > Task :capacitor-splash-screen:javaPreCompileDebug
        > Task :capacitor-splash-screen:mergeDebugShaders
        > Task :capacitor-splash-screen:compileDebugShaders NO-SOURCE
        > Task :capacitor-splash-screen:generateDebugAssets UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-splash-screen:processDebugManifest
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        > Task :capacitor-splash-screen:prepareDebugArtProfile UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-splash-screen:prepareLintJarForPublish UP-TO-DATE
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        > Task :capacitor-status-bar:mergeDebugJniLibFolders
        > Task :capacitor-status-bar:mergeDebugNativeLibs NO-SOURCE
        > Task :capacitor-status-bar:stripDebugDebugSymbols NO-SOURCE
        > Task :capacitor-status-bar:copyDebugJniLibsProjectAndLocalJars
        > Task :capacitor-status-bar:compileDebugRenderscript NO-SOURCE
        > Task :capacitor-status-bar:generateDebugBuildConfig
        > Task :capacitor-status-bar:generateDebugResValues
        > Task :capacitor-status-bar:generateDebugResources
        > Task :capacitor-status-bar:packageDebugResources
        > Task :capacitor-status-bar:parseDebugLocalResources
        > Task :capacitor-status-bar:javaPreCompileDebug
        > Task :capacitor-status-bar:mergeDebugShaders
        > Task :capacitor-status-bar:compileDebugShaders NO-SOURCE
        > Task :capacitor-status-bar:generateDebugAssets UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-status-bar:processDebugManifest
        > Task :capacitor-status-bar:packageDebugAssets
        > Task :capacitor-status-bar:packageDebugRenderscript NO-SOURCE
        > Task :capacitor-status-bar:prepareDebugArtProfile UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-status-bar:prepareLintJarForPublish UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-status-bar:processDebugJavaRes NO-SOURCE
        > Task :capacitor-status-bar:mergeDebugJavaResource
        > Task :capacitor-status-bar:writeDebugAarMetadata
        > Task :capacitor-android:generateDebugRFile
        > Task :capacitor-android:mergeDebugJniLibFolders
        > Task :capacitor-android:mergeDebugNativeLibs NO-SOURCE
        > Task :capacitor-android:stripDebugDebugSymbols NO-SOURCE
        > Task :capacitor-android:copyDebugJniLibsProjectAndLocalJars
        > Task :capacitor-android:mergeDebugShaders
        > Task :capacitor-android:compileDebugShaders NO-SOURCE
        > Task :capacitor-android:generateDebugAssets UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-android:packageDebugAssets
        > Task :capacitor-android:prepareDebugArtProfile UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-android:prepareLintJarForPublish UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-android:processDebugJavaRes NO-SOURCE
        > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-android:mergeDebugJavaResource
        > Task :capacitor-android:writeDebugAarMetadata
        > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:compileDebugAidl NO-SOURCE
        > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:mergeDebugJniLibFolders
        > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:mergeDebugNativeLibs NO-SOURCE
        > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:stripDebugDebugSymbols
        NO-SOURCE
        > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:compileDebugRenderscript
        NO-SOURCE
        > Task
        :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:copyDebugJniLibsProjectAndLocalJars

        > Task :capacitor-android:compileDebugJavaWithJavac
        Note:
        /Users/andrewfletcher/Apps/{group}/{project}/node_modules/@capacitor/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/cordova/MockCordovaInterfaceImpl.java
        uses or overrides a deprecated API.
        Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
        Note: Some input files use unchecked or unsafe operations.
        Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.

        > Task :capacitor-android:bundleLibCompileToJarDebug
        > Task :capacitor-app:generateDebugRFile
        > Task :capacitor-app:extractDebugAnnotations
        > Task :capacitor-camera:generateDebugRFile
        > Task :capacitor-app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac
        > Task :capacitor-app:mergeDebugGeneratedProguardFiles UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-app:mergeDebugConsumerProguardFiles UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-app:syncDebugLibJars
        > Task :capacitor-app:bundleDebugLocalLintAar
        > Task :capacitor-camera:extractDebugAnnotations
        > Task :capacitor-camera:compileDebugJavaWithJavac
        > Task :capacitor-camera:mergeDebugGeneratedProguardFiles UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-camera:mergeDebugConsumerProguardFiles UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-camera:syncDebugLibJars
        > Task :capacitor-camera:bundleDebugLocalLintAar
        > Task :capacitor-filesystem:generateDebugRFile
        > Task :capacitor-haptics:generateDebugRFile
        > Task :capacitor-keyboard:generateDebugRFile
        > Task :capacitor-splash-screen:generateDebugRFile
        > Task :capacitor-filesystem:extractDebugAnnotations
        > Task :capacitor-status-bar:generateDebugRFile
        > Task :capacitor-filesystem:compileDebugJavaWithJavac
        > Task :capacitor-filesystem:mergeDebugGeneratedProguardFiles UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-filesystem:mergeDebugConsumerProguardFiles UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-filesystem:syncDebugLibJars
        > Task :capacitor-filesystem:bundleDebugLocalLintAar
        > Task :capacitor-haptics:extractDebugAnnotations
        > Task :capacitor-haptics:compileDebugJavaWithJavac
        > Task :capacitor-haptics:mergeDebugGeneratedProguardFiles UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-haptics:mergeDebugConsumerProguardFiles UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-haptics:syncDebugLibJars
        > Task :capacitor-haptics:bundleDebugLocalLintAar
        > Task :capacitor-keyboard:extractDebugAnnotations
        > Task :capacitor-keyboard:compileDebugJavaWithJavac
        > Task :capacitor-keyboard:mergeDebugGeneratedProguardFiles UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-keyboard:mergeDebugConsumerProguardFiles UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-keyboard:syncDebugLibJars
        > Task :capacitor-keyboard:bundleDebugLocalLintAar
        > Task :capacitor-splash-screen:extractDebugAnnotations

        > Task :capacitor-splash-screen:compileDebugJavaWithJavac
        Note:
        /Users/andrewfletcher/Apps/{group}/{project}/node_modules/@capacitor/splash-screen/android/src/main/java/com/capacitorjs/plugins/splashscreen/SplashScreen.java
        uses or overrides a deprecated API.
        Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.

        > Task :capacitor-splash-screen:mergeDebugGeneratedProguardFiles
        UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-splash-screen:mergeDebugConsumerProguardFiles
        UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-splash-screen:syncDebugLibJars
        > Task :capacitor-splash-screen:bundleDebugLocalLintAar
        > Task :capacitor-status-bar:extractDebugAnnotations
        > Task :capacitor-status-bar:compileDebugJavaWithJavac
        > Task :capacitor-status-bar:mergeDebugGeneratedProguardFiles UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-status-bar:mergeDebugConsumerProguardFiles UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-status-bar:syncDebugLibJars
        > Task :capacitor-status-bar:bundleDebugLocalLintAar
        > Task :capacitor-android:extractDebugAnnotations
        > Task :capacitor-android:mergeDebugGeneratedProguardFiles UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-android:mergeDebugConsumerProguardFiles
        > Task :capacitor-android:syncDebugLibJars
        > Task :capacitor-android:bundleDebugLocalLintAar
        > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:generateDebugBuildConfig
        > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:generateDebugResValues
        > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:generateDebugResources
        > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:packageDebugResources
        > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:parseDebugLocalResources
        > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:javaPreCompileDebug
        > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:mergeDebugShaders
        > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:compileDebugShaders NO-SOURCE
        > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:generateDebugAssets UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:packageDebugAssets
        > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:packageDebugRenderscript
        NO-SOURCE
        > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:prepareDebugArtProfile
        UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:prepareLintJarForPublish
        UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:processDebugManifest
        > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:processDebugJavaRes NO-SOURCE
        > Task :app:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :app:preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE
        > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:writeDebugAarMetadata
        > Task :app:compileDebugAidl NO-SOURCE
        > Task :app:compileDebugRenderscript NO-SOURCE
        > Task :app:generateDebugBuildConfig
        > Task :app:javaPreCompileDebug
        > Task :app:generateDebugResValues
        > Task :app:generateDebugResources
        > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:mergeDebugJavaResource
        > Task :app:createDebugCompatibleScreenManifests
        > Task :app:extractDeepLinksDebug
        > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:generateDebugRFile
        > Task :capacitor-android:extractDeepLinksDebug
        > Task :capacitor-app:extractDeepLinksDebug
        > Task :capacitor-camera:extractDeepLinksDebug
        > Task :app:checkDebugAarMetadata
        > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:extractDebugAnnotations
        > Task :app:mergeDebugResources

        > Task :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:compileDebugJavaWithJavac
        FAILED
        /Users/andrewfletcher/Apps/{group}/{project}/android/capacitor-cordova-android-plugins/src/main/java/io/github/pwlin/cordova/plugins/fileopener2/FileProvider.java:28:
        error: package android.support.v4.content does not exist
        public class FileProvider extends
        android.support.v4.content.FileProvider {
        ^
        /Users/andrewfletcher/Apps/{group}/{project}/android/capacitor-cordova-android-plugins/src/main/java/io/github/pwlin/cordova/plugins/fileopener2/FileOpener2.java:119:
        error: cannot find symbol
        path = FileProvider.getUriForFile(context,
        cordova.getActivity().getPackageName() + ".fileOpener2.provider", file);
        ^
        symbol:   method getUriForFile(Context,String,File)
        location: class FileProvider
        /Users/andrewfletcher/Apps/{group}/{project}/android/capacitor-cordova-android-plugins/src/main/java/io/github/pwlin/cordova/plugins/fileopener2/FileOpener2.java:127:
        error: cannot find symbol
        Uri path = FileProvider.getUriForFile(context,
        cordova.getActivity().getPackageName() + ".fileOpener2.provider", file);
        ^
        symbol:   method getUriForFile(Context,String,File)
        location: class FileProvider
        Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
        Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
        Note: Some input files use unchecked or unsafe operations.
        Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.
        3 errors

        FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

        * What went wrong:
        Execution failed for task
        ':capacitor-cordova-android-plugins:compileDebugJavaWithJavac'.
        > Compilation failed; see the compiler error output for details.

        * Try:
        > Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace.
        > Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
        > Run with --scan to get full insights.

        * Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

        BUILD FAILED in 23s
        196 actionable tasks: 163 executed, 33 up-to-date

Gradle error

in Android Studio, I'm seeing the following error when attempting to run

Unable to serialize GradleLocalSettings state

The complete error relating to this issue

com.intellij.util.xmlb.XmlSerializationException: Can't serialize instance of class org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.settings.GradleLocalSettings$MyState
	at com.intellij.configurationStore.JdomSerializerImpl.serialize(xmlSerializer.kt:61)
	at com.intellij.configurationStore.XmlSerializer.serialize(xmlSerializer.kt:23)
	at com.intellij.configurationStore.XmlSerializer.serialize$default(xmlSerializer.kt:22)
	at com.intellij.configurationStore.SaveSessionBaseKt.serializeState(SaveSessionBase.kt:46)
	at com.intellij.configurationStore.SaveSessionBase.setState(SaveSessionBase.kt:20)
	at com.intellij.configurationStore.ComponentStoreImpl.setStateToSaveSessionProducer(ComponentStoreImpl.kt:350)
	at com.intellij.configurationScript.providers.MyProjectStore.setStateToSaveSessionProducer(ConfigurationScriptProjectStoreFactory.kt:72)
	at com.intellij.configurationStore.ComponentStoreImpl.commitComponent(ComponentStoreImpl.kt:343)
	at com.intellij.configurationStore.ComponentStoreImpl.commitComponents$intellij_platform_configurationStore_impl(ComponentStoreImpl.kt:240)
	at com.intellij.configurationStore.ComponentStoreWithExtraComponents.commitComponents$intellij_platform_configurationStore_impl(ComponentStoreWithExtraComponents.kt:94)
	at com.intellij.configurationStore.ComponentStoreImpl$commitComponentsOnEdt$$inlined$withEdtContext$intellij_platform_configurationStore_impl$1.invokeSuspend(ComponentStoreImpl.kt:723)
	at kotlin.coroutines.jvm.internal.BaseContinuationImpl.resumeWith(ContinuationImpl.kt:33)
	at kotlinx.coroutines.DispatchedTask.run(DispatchedTask.kt:106)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.constraints.BaseConstrainedExecution$Companion$scheduleWithinConstraints$1.invoke(BaseConstrainedExecution.kt:68)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.constraints.BaseConstrainedExecution$Companion.scheduleWithinConstraints(BaseConstrainedExecution.kt:71)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.constraints.BaseConstrainedExecution.scheduleWithinConstraints(BaseConstrainedExecution.kt:38)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.BaseExpirableExecutorMixinImpl.access$scheduleWithinConstraints$s1153900543(BaseExpirableExecutorMixinImpl.kt:12)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.BaseExpirableExecutorMixinImpl$scheduleWithinConstraints$$inlined$Runnable$1.run(Runnable.kt:19)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.TransactionGuardImpl.runWithWritingAllowed(TransactionGuardImpl.java:209)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.TransactionGuardImpl.access$100(TransactionGuardImpl.java:21)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.TransactionGuardImpl$1.run(TransactionGuardImpl.java:191)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runIntendedWriteActionOnCurrentThread(ApplicationImpl.java:881)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl$3.run(ApplicationImpl.java:513)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.FlushQueue.doRun(FlushQueue.java:75)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.FlushQueue.runNextEvent(FlushQueue.java:118)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.FlushQueue.flushNow(FlushQueue.java:42)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.defaultDispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:918)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue._dispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:766)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.lambda$dispatchEvent$6(IdeEventQueue.java:450)
	at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.computePrioritized(CoreProgressManager.java:791)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.lambda$dispatchEvent$7(IdeEventQueue.java:449)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.TransactionGuardImpl.performActivity(TransactionGuardImpl.java:105)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.performActivity(IdeEventQueue.java:624)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.lambda$dispatchEvent$8(IdeEventQueue.java:447)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runIntendedWriteActionOnCurrentThread(ApplicationImpl.java:881)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.dispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:493)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.util.ConcurrentModificationException
	at java.base/java.util.ArrayList$Itr.checkForComodification(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.ArrayList$Itr.next(Unknown Source)
	at com.intellij.util.xmlb.AbstractCollectionBinding.serialize(AbstractCollectionBinding.java:144)
	at com.intellij.util.xmlb.OptionTagBinding.serialize(OptionTagBinding.java:65)
	at com.intellij.util.xmlb.BasePrimitiveBinding.serialize(BasePrimitiveBinding.java:44)
	at com.intellij.util.xmlb.BeanBinding.serializePropertyInto(BeanBinding.java:128)
	at com.intellij.util.xmlb.BeanBinding.serializeInto(BeanBinding.java:93)
	at com.intellij.serialization.xml.KotlinAwareBeanBinding.serializeInto(KotlinAwareBeanBinding.kt:39)
	at com.intellij.util.xmlb.BeanBinding.serialize(BeanBinding.java:80)
	at com.intellij.util.xmlb.MapBinding.serializeKeyOrValue(MapBinding.java:298)
	at com.intellij.util.xmlb.MapBinding.serialize(MapBinding.java:123)
	at com.intellij.util.xmlb.OptionTagBinding.serialize(OptionTagBinding.java:65)
	at com.intellij.util.xmlb.BasePrimitiveBinding.serialize(BasePrimitiveBinding.java:44)
	at com.intellij.util.xmlb.BeanBinding.serializePropertyInto(BeanBinding.java:128)
	at com.intellij.util.xmlb.BeanBinding.serializeInto(BeanBinding.java:93)
	at com.intellij.serialization.xml.KotlinAwareBeanBinding.serializeInto(KotlinAwareBeanBinding.kt:39)
	at com.intellij.util.xmlb.BeanBinding.serialize(BeanBinding.java:80)
	at com.intellij.util.xmlb.MapBinding.serializeKeyOrValue(MapBinding.java:298)
	at com.intellij.util.xmlb.MapBinding.serialize(MapBinding.java:123)
	at com.intellij.util.xmlb.OptionTagBinding.serialize(OptionTagBinding.java:65)
	at com.intellij.util.xmlb.BasePrimitiveBinding.serialize(BasePrimitiveBinding.java:44)
	at com.intellij.util.xmlb.BeanBinding.serializePropertyInto(BeanBinding.java:128)
	at com.intellij.util.xmlb.BeanBinding.serializeInto(BeanBinding.java:93)
	at com.intellij.serialization.xml.KotlinAwareBeanBinding.serializeInto(KotlinAwareBeanBinding.kt:39)
	at com.intellij.util.xmlb.BeanBinding.serialize(BeanBinding.java:84)
	at com.intellij.configurationStore.JdomSerializerImpl.serialize(xmlSerializer.kt:51)
	... 48 more

Cross check that Gradle exists. This can be achieved by

gradle -v

Response

zsh: command not found: gradle

To install Gradle on OSX run

brew install gradle

Post the installation of Gradle, once again check the version of Gradle

gradle -v

Response

Welcome to Gradle 8.2.1!

Here are the highlights of this release:
 - Kotlin DSL: new reference documentation, assignment syntax by default
 - Kotlin DSL is now the default with Gradle init
 - Improved suggestions to resolve errors in console output
 - Reduced sync memory consumption

For more details see https://docs.gradle.org/8.2.1/release-notes.html


------------------------------------------------------------
Gradle 8.2.1
------------------------------------------------------------

Build time:   2023-07-10 12:12:35 UTC
Revision:     a38ec64d3c4612da9083cc506a1ccb212afeecaa

Kotlin:       1.8.20
Groovy:       3.0.17
Ant:          Apache Ant(TM) version 1.10.13 compiled on January 4 2023
JVM:          20.0.1 (Homebrew 20.0.1)
OS:           Mac OS X 13.4.1 aarch64

INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_NO_CERTIFICATES

Approaches taken to date include:

Invalidate caches and restarting;
Build Bundle/APK - trying both options;
Install APK and run APK in emulator;
Wiping the data in the emulator and cold reboot

Keystore

What about if I check the password that's being used for the .keystore file. You can do this by using bash to go to the directory where your app is located. Where your {name}.keystore file is located enter the command

keytool -list -v -keystore {name}.keystore

Of course replace {name} with your project.

The response will look something similar to

Enter keystore password:
Keystore type: PKCS12
Keystore provider: SUN

Your keystore contains 1 entry

Alias name: upload
Creation date: 8 Aug. 2022
Entry type: PrivateKeyEntry
Certificate chain length: 1
Certificate[1]:
Owner: {details}
Issuer: {details}
Serial number: {number}
Valid from: {date} until: Fri {date}
Certificate fingerprints:
	 SHA1: {fingerprint}
	 SHA256: {fingerprint}
Signature algorithm name: {sha...}
Subject Public Key Algorithm: {let_type}
Version: {number}

Extensions:

#1: ObjectId: {object}
SubjectKeyIdentifier [
   KeyIdentifier [
      /.../
   ]
]


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Gradle error

INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_NO_CERTIFICATES

Keystore

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