2 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java b/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java
index f48d78ac9cc3..9a2e07e9cfbd 100644
--- a/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java
+++ b/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java
@@ -1542,6 +1542,14 @@ public abstract class PackageManager {
      */
     public static final int INSTALL_FAILED_PROCESS_NOT_DEFINED = -122;
 
+    /**
+     * Installation parse return code: system is in a minimal boot state, and the parser only
+     * allows the package with {@code coreApp} manifest attribute to be a valid application.
+     *
+     * @hide
+     */
+    public static final int INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_ONLY_COREAPP_ALLOWED = -123;
+
     /** @hide */
     @IntDef(flag = true, prefix = { "DELETE_" }, value = {
             DELETE_KEEP_DATA,
diff --git a/core/java/android/content/pm/parsing/ParsingPackageUtils.java b/core/java/android/content/pm/parsing/ParsingPackageUtils.java
index 12328cf32fb3..c94d428f4475 100644
--- a/core/java/android/content/pm/parsing/ParsingPackageUtils.java
+++ b/core/java/android/content/pm/parsing/ParsingPackageUtils.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import static android.content.pm.PackageManager.FEATURE_WATCH;
 import static android.content.pm.PackageManager.INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_BAD_MANIFEST;
 import static android.content.pm.PackageManager.INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_INCONSISTENT_CERTIFICATES;
 import static android.content.pm.PackageManager.INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_NOT_APK;
+import static android.content.pm.PackageManager.INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_ONLY_COREAPP_ALLOWED;
 import static android.content.pm.PackageManager.INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_UNEXPECTED_EXCEPTION;
 import static android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.DONUT;
 import static android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.O;
@@ -229,7 +230,8 @@ public class ParsingPackageUtils {
         final PackageParser.PackageLite lite = ApkLiteParseUtils.parseClusterPackageLite(packageDir,
                 0);
         if (mOnlyCoreApps && !lite.coreApp) {
-            return input.error("Not a coreApp: " + packageDir);
+            return input.error(INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_ONLY_COREAPP_ALLOWED,
+                    "Not a coreApp: " + packageDir);
         }
 
         // Build the split dependency tree.
@@ -291,7 +293,8 @@ public class ParsingPackageUtils {
         final PackageParser.PackageLite lite = ApkLiteParseUtils.parseMonolithicPackageLite(apkFile,
                 flags);
         if (mOnlyCoreApps && !lite.coreApp) {
-            return input.error("Not a coreApp: " + apkFile);
+            return input.error(INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_ONLY_COREAPP_ALLOWED,
+                    "Not a coreApp: " + apkFile);
         }
 
         final SplitAssetLoader assetLoader = new DefaultSplitAssetLoader(lite, flags);