APK is the file format used to distribute and install software on Android. APK stands for "Application Package File".
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How can I download an APK file from the Play Store?
I can't download apps from the Play Store on my Android device (maybe due to a network issue), so I'm wondering how could I download the APK file of an app on my PC from http://play.google.com/store?
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How can I install an app given only its APK file?
I downloaded the APK file for an app to my PC. How can I install it on my phone?
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How can I verify the authenticity of an apk file I downloaded?
The latest update of Google Maps is unavailable in my country, so I downloaded a version by googling for "Google Maps 5.4.0 apk". I did in fact find it, but now I wonder how I can tell if this is in ...
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How to install APK files on SDCARD?
I have samsung galaxy 3 (I5801). I have downloaded many APK files from internet. I have no problem in installing APK files. By default when APK file is selected it installs itself to phone memory. I ...
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Is it “safe” to provide users with the apk file?
I was wondering, if I have an app that is available on the Play Store, is it "safe" to provide a direct download of the apk file to someone (either signed with the proper keys, or just debug-version)?
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Why is “insufficient storage” wrongly reported when installing an .apk via adb?
I have an HTC Desire running Froyo. It is not rooted, nor have I installed any custom ROM.
I get an "Insufficient Storage" error when I'm trying to install an app via adb/eclipse. The .apk is only ...
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Is there a simple way to undo an app update?
I'd like to revert to the previous version and stick with that permanently. Is that possible?
I have Beautiful Widgets installed, and had it set to auto-update. It just did, and the 'update' is ...
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What does APK stand for? What is the internal format?
Is APK an abbreviation for Android Package Kit? What about the file itself? Is it an archive such as ZIP where during install the installer extracts and copies the files onto the file system?
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Where is a downloaded .apk placed in Android phones? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Where in the file system are applications installed?
Where is a downloaded .apk placed in Android phones? I want to backup the .apk files to my PC so that if something ...
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Can i get .apk file of my application from a Qualcomm device?
I have deployed my apps .apk file on a Qualcomm device. Now due to my bad luck my laptop on which this app was developed got stolen.So i do not have my app code with me. However i have the device on ...
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Download an APK without an SD card or computer?
I have an Archos 7 Home Tablet v1, with a Cyanogenmod 7 rom on it. I do not have an sd card for it yet, and was wondering, Is there any way I can install/download an APK file to it without an SD card? ...
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Installing custom apps on a Nexus 7
Does the Asus Nexus 7 allow me to create and install my own apps without using someone's app store (like Google Play or Amazon)? I want to create my own apps but not make them open for anyone else but ...
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How to access Android APKs without rooting
I recently bought a 7" Android ICS tablet as a gift for a friend. Unfortunately it's not a Store supported device, so I can't download from the Store.
There are a number of sites that allow you to ...
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How to detect who is downloading apk files in background?
At some point in time my Android phone start downloading some .apk files in background. I assume this is doing some of the free apps what I've installed on my new phone from Google Play (I've ...
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Android - how to install apk from SD card
Is it possible to install an app to an Android phone from an SD card? To install it without a data connection, the marketplace, or using ADB?
I've tried searching for this but no luck so far.
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How can i transfer apk files from my old sd card to a NEW micro sd?
I just bought a 32gb microsd to repalce my 8gb msd card for my x10. i have some apps that ive downloaded online (paid apk) and not from the market that is currently stored in my 8gb micro sd i dont ...
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Can I build an APK from an installed app and its data?
I would like to take an installed app, including its data, from a rooted Android device and produce from it an APK suitable for installing on a non-rooted Android device.
Is this possible?
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How do I install an apk as a system application?
I'm trying to install an application in the system/app folder of a device. It needs to be done since I'm writing a QAT program and the tests need to run with a few privileges not available to third ...
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Deleted Google Talk on accident
Okay, got a bit carried away in Root Explorer and deleted GTalk. Cant access Google Play. I tried reinstalling versions online, those crashed instantly. Then, i grabbed my ROM zip and pulled out ...
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What's the cause of “Application not installed” error?
So I just downloaded the nightly version of Firefox (ARMv6) apk and when I install, I get the following error message:-
This, isn't a very friendly message.. what could be the cause? How do I find ...
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Install APK from external_sd
I'm tearing my hair out trying to figure this out. I've read that you can copy an APK file to the SD card and use the browser to activate the installer to install it with this:
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How do I properly install a system app given its .apk?
I removed a system app (com.android.mms) and I have the .apk needed to restore it, however it won't install through the standard channels (running the .apk gives me "application not installed"). ...
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How to pull the apks from my android phone
I have a rooted android phone. I am trying to pull the applications from /system/app/. However this simply does not copy the apk. What I have tried.
adb shell
su
cd data
cd app
ls
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Amazon App Store - Location of the downloaded APK
Where does this app store save the downloaded APK file? I have a problem where certain apps will only install when the sdcard is unmounted. The Amazon App store needs sdcard to be mounted
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How do I view apk information in Mac OS X?
On windows, I have Android Commander installed so whenever I double click on an APK file, the information about it (ie: package name, version, etc) is displayed. I'm looking for something similar for ...
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Android emulator reports 0x501 error while using GPU Emulation with OpenGL ES
I am trying to run the ArcGIS for Android samples in Android Emulator. Based on the ArcGIS recommendation, I have installed the Intel HAXM and enabled the GPU Emulation as well.
While running the ...
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Automatically replace app after opening APK
If I download an APK and open it, I get a "Not Installed" error if the app is already present on the device. Is there any way to automatically delete the old version?
(Note I'm not trying to avoid ...
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Possible to install APK from personal website?
How can I allow a user to do web-install of Android APK file from my personal web page? Like to create a personal (private) APK repository where I could put APK files and send a client the link to the ...
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Why do I get “not enough space” when I copy an APK file to /system/app?
I recently rooted my HTC Desire Bravo because I needed read/write access to /system/app in order to be able to copy an APK file there.
I wrote here on stackexchange on the best solution to root the ...
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Is it ok to delete the Amazon .apk files?
I have backed up all of my .apk files to my laptop. Can I delete the .apks in the Amazon venezia cache folder without detriment and be able to put them back on the sd card and reinstall from there at ...
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Copying apk's from phone to tablet
I have a Marketless tablet (Coby Kyros), and I bought a Samsung Captivate (AT&T).
Will I be able to copy the apk's I download from the phone into the tablet?
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Read APK permission by shell command
I want to read the requested permissions of an .apk file on the computer (android sdk is installed) via command line.
I.E.:
$ android read-permissions /path/to/someapp.apk
I know this is possible, ...
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Install application without Google Play
I made an application, and I want my friend to install it from a link, but the apk file cannnot be installed on the Android phone. He has to use some file explorer to install it. But I see many apps ...
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How to take backup of all installed APKs from Phone to PC?
How do I take backup of all installed apks from my sgs2 to PC using android sdk/ 3rd party tool etc? My phone is not rooted. I can install/uninstall apks using adb, but is there any similar command ...
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Is copying an .apk into /{system, data}/app sufficient to install an Android application?
If not, what else is done under the covers?
Also, what are the differences when installing applications
From the android market
sideloaded from web download
sideloaded using adb install
sideloaded ...
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Titanium Backup Locks Up When Trying To Restore System Upates (com.samsung.apk)
Okay, so in an attempt to stop the OTA notification, I un-installed System Updates 1.0.0 (com.samsung.apk) using Titanium Backup. Well, that didn't help, so I'm trying to restore the app in-case I ...
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How can I install APK file on Bluestacks app player?
I have created an Android application using Eclipse, and now I'd like to install the APK on Bluestacks which is running on Windows 7. How can I install an APK on the Bluestacks player?
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How to push and install APK files from a PC over Internet?
I want to push AND INSTALL apk files from PC like Play Store does (when I send install signal from web interface). How to do this?
Note: The PC and Android device may not be in same Wi-Fi network. ...
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Where are the .apk files of currently installed apps stored on my Android device? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Where in the file system are applications installed?
How can I view the .apk files of currenly installed apps on my android phone?
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How to check if an APK contains native code?
Is there a way to check if an APK file hosts native code?
There are many reverse engineering tools (e.g. apktool, androguard) from which you can reproduce the
source files of an Android app but I'm ...
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Suspicious Permissions And A Safe Repository?
I have found older version of Facebook For Android app here which was hosted on geekfiles.in
When i wanted to install 1.8.1 and checked permissions, the following arose my suspicions:
Services that ...
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Unable to download/ install font apk
I made a font, but I didn't build it, instead I used this website to do it. The apk install seemed fine. I wanted to try it out on SG2, so I sent it to my Gmail account in an email, I tried to ...
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Android “loses” a game
I installed this game via APK on my Chinese tablet "Infotmic M799CA", created a desktop shortcut for it and noticed that after a (very frequent) device hang with consequent reboot, the game gets lost.
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How to get an apk file onto the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
I'm on a mac, and I have an apk file. When I connect the Tablet to the mac via USB, it does not show up in Finder. How can I get the apk transfered to the device?
I have installed Astro File Manager ...
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How to install Gmail apk on emulator (from Android Development Tools, ADT)?
I'm working on an email app for Android, and I'd like to install the Gmail apk on my emulator in order to test it.
How can I do that?
I have seen tutorials on how to do it on windows, but I'm ...
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Sending an application (apk) through NFC
Is it possible to install the application to another device using NFC? The application is not in Google Play store.
If it is possible, how can I do this?
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Install .apk on android phone [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I install an app given only its APK file?
First, as I understand, if I do not have the SD card slot on Android phone (e.g. Samsung Nexus S), the only way that I ...
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Installing downloaded apks from external site
I have just downloaded APK files of a software from a website to my laptop. My question is if I install this on my phone, will it be installed in the phone memory or in the SD card memory?
I couldn't ...
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Where to download and install Google Apps on Android 4.0.4 device? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I install the Google Apps Package (Play Store, …) on my Android device?
I have an international android smartphone which doesn't have anything related to Google ...
