Android IllegalArgumentException: Invalid column

Android INSTALL_FAILED_CONFLICTING_PROVIDER

Issue

05-21 18:21:31.176: E/AndroidRuntime(483): java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid column username

05-21 18:21:31.176: E/AndroidRuntime(483): at android.database.DatabaseUtils.readExceptionFromParcel(DatabaseUtils.java:166)

05-21 18:21:31.176: E/AndroidRuntime(483): at android.database.DatabaseUtils.readExceptionFromParcel(DatabaseUtils.java:136)

05-21 18:21:31.176: E/AndroidRuntime(483): at android.content.ContentProviderProxy.bulkQueryInternal(ContentProviderNative.java:369)

05-21 18:21:31.176: E/AndroidRuntime(483): at android.content.ContentProviderProxy.query(ContentProviderNative.java:405)

05-21 18:21:31.176: E/AndroidRuntime(483): at android.content.ContentResolver.query(ContentResolver.java:302)

05-21 18:21:31.176: E/AndroidRuntime(483): at com.engrid.app.ts.call.ContactsListFragment.onActivityCreated(ContactsListFragment.java:74)

05-21 18:21:31.176: E/AndroidRuntime(483): at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:754)

05-21 18:21:31.176: E/AndroidRuntime(483): at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:926)

05-21 18:21:31.176: E/AndroidRuntime(483): at android.app.BackStackRecord.run(BackStackRecord.java:578)

05-21 18:21:31.176: E/AndroidRuntime(483): at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl.execPendingActions(FragmentManager.java:1226)

05-21 18:21:31.176: E/AndroidRuntime(483): at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl$1.run(FragmentManager.java:374)

05-21 18:21:31.176: E/AndroidRuntime(483): at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:587)

05-21 18:21:31.176: E/AndroidRuntime(483): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)

05-21 18:21:31.176: E/AndroidRuntime(483): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:132)

05-21 18:21:31.176: E/AndroidRuntime(483): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4025)

05-21 18:21:31.176: E/AndroidRuntime(483): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)

05-21 18:21:31.176: E/AndroidRuntime(483): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:491)

05-21 18:21:31.176: E/AndroidRuntime(483): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:841)

05-21 18:21:31.176: E/AndroidRuntime(483): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:599)

05-21 18:21:31.176: E/AndroidRuntime(483): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

[2012-05-21 15:03:23 - OSDActivity] Installation error: INSTALL_FAILED_CONFLICTING_PROVIDER

[2012-05-21 15:03:23 - OSDActivity] Please check logcat output for more details.

[2012-05-21 15:03:23 - OSDActivity] Launch canceled!

Solution

Open your AndroidManifest.xml file and change the value of android:authorities to any value(e.g AUTH123. Update this value (AUTH123) throughout the Java code. The reason for the error is that you have launched another application with the same auth value.