Questions tagged [apk]
APK is the file format used to distribute and install software on Android. APK stands for "Application Package File".
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How do I find an .apk file that's not even installed?
There is an .apk file when I use Google Files. But it says it's not installed. It is taking up over one MB of memory.
How do I remove it? Better yet how do I find it?
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What determines the language splits installed with apps?
I have an Android 10 device that I recently updated the (custom) ROM on, and now (for apps that have splits that include language splits - for example, config.en.apk) when installing or updating an ...
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Acquire key used to sign google play apk?
I've got a couple of apk's that are purportedly from the Google Play Store. Is there any way I can get the hash of the signing key from the Play Store to compare it to the apk?
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Is it possible to install an app through normal Samsung recovery?
I was trying to install an app through recovery by flashing apk in flashable zip but it is not working.
It is showing an error.
What should I do?
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Howto get ONLY uninstalled packages list with associated apk (if any)?
(rooted galaxy j5 7.1.1)
As pm list packages -u shows ALL packages including uninstalled (at least on my system), what should be the right command to show ONLY uninstalled apps?
Or is this an ...
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APK updates showing on Aurora (3rd-party store) before Play Store
I noticed this yesterday.
I went onto Play Store and had "10 app updates available".
I then went on to Aurora Store and there were "125 app updates available".
I checked the ...
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Sharing APK of app I made myself to my other phone tells me "App not installed as package appears to be invalid"
I use my old phone (Redmi 6 running Android 9, MIUI 11, armv7 architecture) for teaching myself mobile programming and my new phone (Redmi 10C running Android 13, MIUI 14, aarch64 architecture) as my ...
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"INSTALL_FAILED_ABORTED: User rejected permissions" when installing apk from storage on Android 12
Edit: I notice this error when installing split apks using custom app installer from storage. But now I found this error also occurs when installing normal .apk file (I didn't notice this because I am ...
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Where to find the size limit for installing .apk
You can install new app on your Android device using apk files. Those apk files however must be below a size limit.
Where can I find out this limit?
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PlayStore does not update APKMirror apps
I have an Android device where I have not assigned any Google account to it, just because I don't like/trust Google.
Since I cannot use the PlayStore to get apps without assigning an account (thanks ...
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App acting differently on 2 different devices
I have a streaming app which has an internal player (not great) but it also allows us to use MX Player.
The app is installed on my Android TV and also my Nvidia shield.
On the android TV, if I chose ...
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Force install APKs without ADB or Play Store or PackageInstaller app on a phone (Gabb Z2) [duplicate]
The phone is Gabb Z2. How would I go about forcing an install of an APK without ADB or Play Store or PackageInstaller app on a phone?
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Samsung Gallery don't work on stock android. Solution?
I really liked Samsung Gallery on my old phone. However, I got a new phone that doesn't have One UI, but purely stock android.
Unable to find Samsung Gallery in Google play. Of course, I can download ...
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How to get the real reasons for an incompatible app/.apk?
Play Store tells me: “Your device isn't compatible with this version.”
Aurora Store tells me: “Download Failed” “App not supported”
Why do these stores think it is not supported?
If I get the .apk ...
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"This app is not compatible with your device" after APK install
I tried to download an APK from the web because the App is no longer available in the Play Store and the App is vital for my 360° cam.
It worked fine on my Huawei P20 Pro (Android/EMUI 12), but I ...
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APK backup with data Anybooks app
Non-techie here. I have a Samsung Galaxy J7 Pro and installed the Anybooks app which is now discontinued. Since I had downloaded 1 GB of books, I need to migrate the app and data to a new phone.
The ...
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How do you edit an APK file so the app won't show ads?
It's one of those thoughts you have just before nodding off to sleep. How would I do this?
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"The package conflicts with an existing package" error when updating YouTube ReVanced with APK
To clarify, my problem isn't that I can't install an app because I have a similarly-named app; I am trying to update an app I installed via APK with another one of a later version.
I had previously ...
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Gabb Phone Plus third party app installer
I am trying to download apps to my Gabb Plus and it once said (KPE INTERNAL ERROR) which might be different since I took out the SIM card and retried it. Is there a way to hook the phone up to a ...
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How to prepare full APK ready for side loading?
I've just bought HiSense A5 Pro CC (no Google Play) so I have to side load apps. Maybe it is only a coincidence but so far I have mixed results with creating APK files from my other phone (Samsung ...
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Can APK cause any harm on open (without installing)?
We downloaded some APK files and attempted to open them only to encounter the "There was a problem parsing the package" error. So it didn't even make through to the Install screen. However, ...
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How to detect cpu architecture and deliver correct apk?
There are a variety of CPU architectures that android systems use such as arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, armeabi, x86_64 and x86. Is there a way for adb or any other tool to detect the architecture of a ...
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Getting google/google play to work on an android 4.04 tablet
Currently, the tablet seems to be in a chicken and egg situation:
Can't login to google (presumably) because of outdated software (we get a "invalid login" message, but the credentials are ...
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How to find HTTP requests in apk source code
I've extracted an apk(react native) with dex2jar and jar to java through jd-qui and also with apktool, and I can view the source code but there is no clue where are the HTTP requests in the source ...
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Failed installing a large game (APKs) but still take up so much storage
I tried to install a large game (3.2 GB) in APK format from my SD card (the place where I save the APK file) using ZArchiver. I clicked install and waited for like 10 minutes but there was nothing, no ...
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How can I edit APK's library files (.so files)?
I want to install 2 different versions of an app. I researched a little and found that I need to change APK's package name with APK Editor. I decompiled the APK with APK Editor and changed everything ...
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Check what website is my app displaying. It was created with appcreator24
I have an app that is basically a container of a browser opening a website but I am unable to see what website it is so I can open it through a normal browser.
I have tried to trap the network traffic ...
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How to view these no file extension files exist in the android>data>xyz app>files folder?
I have installed an app from play store, which contains pdf files. When I click on download button the app download them in such way that these files are only able to be opened in that app. (Like how ...
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Apk android with signature scheme v2
Is it possible to unpack an application and re-pack it with changes and make it work on Android 11?
I unpacked and recompiled an app without making any changes. I later signed it following this guide, ...
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Rolling back an APK install to a previous version
I have been using APKMirror update which helps me see if any app updates are available.
I had it connected to only check Google Play which worked great for a long time
My problem is that there was an ...
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Samsung A42 5g, when i try to open an APK file it says i need to sign in to save file, where do i sign in?
I am trying to download an APK file, when I try to open it I get a message at the end to say I need to sign in before I can save the file, where do I sign in?
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Why does Android mark my applications as unsafe?
While downloading unsafe modded .apk files from the internet and while installing them there is no prompt of "unsafe app being downloaded". But when I install an apk that I made, there is a ...
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adb install-multiple: Update to package <pkg> doesn't support multi arch
I'm attempting to install Chrome 100.0.4896.127-489612710 (arm-v7a, Android 6.0+) on a Pixel 3 running Android 9. It's a .apkm file so I unzipped it and ran
adb install-multiple -r -d *.apk
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How to get an older version of an app from F-Droid?
I used https://f-droid.org/ to search the F-Droid repository for an app and to download the respective APK file. I did find the app, however, the newest version has unwanted changes or requirements ...
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How to install APKs on Gabb Plus?
I would like to install an APK (specifically Google Maps and a few others) on my Gabb Phone Plus. It uses a modified version of Android, and Samsung made the phone itself. I downloaded the APK from ...
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Keep user settings/cache after updating app without Google Play
I have developed an app for the school where I work. It is hosted on Google Play, but some of the students have Huawei phones without GMS. I would like them to have the option to download the apk from ...
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copy play services from one device to another
I have an Android device (fire tablet) without playstore/playservices. By googling, I found tons of howtos to download and install the 4 necessary apk packages. Since I have several "offcial ...
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Converting APKM to APK so that I can install it manually by a default installer
As written in the title, I just downloaded an official app from APK Mirror, it has 2 files apk and apkm and since the apk version didn't work, I tried to download the second one i.e. the apkm one. I ...
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adb install: downloaded apkm file from ApkMirror.com doesn't end with .apk
I'm attempting to install, via adb, Chrome Beta 104.0.5112.55 downloaded from APKMirror.
The filename is com.chrome.beta_104.0.5112.55-511205534_5lang_7feat_fdd8ce962abf141ecf575852ba260e4f_apkmirror....
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Get PKCS#8 key from .jks storage
Previously I used jarsigner tool for APK signatures.
But jarsigner provides v.1 sign only.
So, I'm trying to move signing process to apksigner because I need v.2 signature as well.
And it works well ...
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Cannot install apk to my device manually, got error "App not installed"
I'd like to publish my app to Google Play Store; but first, I would like to do a last testing with the signed apk to ensure that all of the used API keys are working correctly with the release version ...
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Help with decompiled apks
when I decompile an apk I get several folders with weird names like a b a0 b1 and so on. same for Java source and smali file names. Is it possible to reconstruct the source hierarchy and resources ...
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Three different APK file sizes for the same version/build app?
I'm getting three different APK file sizes for supposedly the same version/build app:
Version
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from Evozi: 22.485.694 bytes
Version
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from Apkpure: 22.766.408 bytes
Version 3 from Aptoide:
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What is the official Android repository containing APKSIGNER?
What is the official source for apksigner as referenced e.g. in this answer? People are citing Android Studio, Android SDK Build Tools/Platform Tools/Command Line Tools etc. (as well as some shady ...
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APK files download will not work
In Facebook Messenger, I found this slot machine I wanted to download. I use iPhone 8 Plus for everything along with my Windows 10 computer at home/work computer, plus I'm always on Google as my main ...
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Why are there Yandex apps' APK files inside of my Samsung Galaxy A20s?
My phone is a Samsung Galaxy A20s (the model is SM-A207F/DS). I was using FX File Explorer (without root) to explore the Android filesystem of my phone. If some file was interesting, I would copy it ...
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Since when it is no longer possible to download APKs directly from Google Play?
As far as I could search on the site, this has always been the case. I could be totally wrong, but I remember being able to download directly from the "Android Market" back then (unless it ...
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How to force Android to install app with date or security problem?
I want to install an app on my new Samsung phone. The app was already working on my old Samsung phone. It seems that it cannot be installed due to security reasons.
I get the following errors with ...
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App not installed error
When i try to install a minecraft apk it tells me app not installed after further digging it shows me this error:
INSTALL_FAILED_UPDATE_INCOMPATIBLE: Package com.mojang.minecraftpe signatures do not ...
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recovering contacts from apk file
I have backups made using OAndBackupX from my android phone and would like to recover my contacts from there. From looking around, I see that I have a directory called com.android.contacts which has ...
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