Can anyone think of a workaround for deleting a built-in app in Android?

[Amit Pundir]

On 27 January 2012 20:38, Vishal Bhoj <vishal.bhoj at linaro.org> wrote:

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> On 27 January 2012 19:53, Tony Mansson <tony.mansson at linaro.org> wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> Can anyone think of a workaround for deleting a built-in app in Android?
>>
>> All the apps in our builds get the status of "built-in" as opposed to
>> "downloaded". This makes them impossible to uninstall.
>> If we want to debug one of our apps with DS-5 CE, we must allow it to be
>> uploaded and installed by DS-5. That's how this tool works.
>> You can't install the same app twice and you can't delete a built-in app.
>> So we need to remove the app to be debugged from the build which is
>> inconvenient.
>>
>> You may have to mount /system/app writeable (which I think is OK for a
>> developer edition like Linaro Android, it could be a build option?) and
>> muck around in the database yourself since neither adb uninstall or the
>> Settings app is keen on removing a built-in app. Can it be done?
>>
>> It can be fixed in 3 ways:
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> 1. Fix the DS5 plugin to run upload it similar to reinstalling app: the
> way adb install -r XYZ.apk .
>

I vote for a fix like this. It is clean and require fewer hacks. We can
install DS-5 application apk and invoke gator daemon and kernel module
insertion just the way WiFiService does.


> 2. Before booting the image, Mount the system partition on host machine
> and  delete the APK from the system partition.
> 3. Boot the device and then run following commands:
> #adb remount          (Mounts the system partition in rw mode)
> #adb shell rm /system/app/XYZ.apk   (This would delete the apk and
> uninstalls the apk)
> Then upload the apk with DS5 CE. It should work.
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>> /Tony
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