"There was an error parsing the package" but only when downloading from GitHub
<p>So I've been developing my first few Android applications and I've now got to a stage where I want to test one out on my own phone. I first thought that I would check the APK in to GitHub with my source code, I can then download it onto my phone (the USB cable is currently at work).</p>

<p>I tried this and when I attempted to install it I was unable to with a "The was an problem parsing the package". I looked into this attempted all the fixes that I found, compiling with lower min SDK versions etc. After a while I just gave up and decided to try one last thing and transferred it over my own network, here the application installed correctly and now works fine. The name is the same and its the same APK. Does anyone have any idea why this might happen?</p>

<p>Its a signed APK file and the application consists of one Activity and one Widget, all they do is silence and unsilence the phone </p>
