I'm testing an Android application I'm developing, and I want to install it to my phone some place else. (i.e. not by plugging it with a USB cable to the PC where Eclipse is installed)
Can I send the *.apk file to my e mail and download the file at home, and install it to my device?
First of all you need to understand what is APK file.
Android application package file (APK) is the file format used to distribute and install application software and middleware onto Google's Android operating system.APK files are ZIP file formatted packages based on the JAR file format, with .apk file extensions.For more info check out here.
Hence it is enough for you to copy apk file for installing the App.And dont forgot to allow apps from unknown sources.For that process check here
Some easy steps:
Download the APK files from somewhere.
Go to your android device setting -> Security -> check the "Unknown sources" is ON.
You are ready to go! Install your APK files.
Yes. You can install apk in to the device. But make sure that Install app from unknown sources to be enabled in the settings of the phone.
Yes apk file is enough to install in any android device.
yes,apk file is enough to install in device
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I'm working on developing my first mobile app on the Appery.io platform. I'm just about done building the app and need to beta test it for Android.
Appery lets you generate an Android certificate and export your app as a .apk file. I have my .apk file and I want to install it on my friend's phone. Is there anything else I need to do or can I install the .apk file? How do I go about actually getting it installed on the phone? It's not clear from the site's instructions how to do it when using a platform that generates the .apk file for you.
The easiest solution is to email the APK file to your friend. Then click on the attachment on your friend's phone. Alternatively, you can install the Android SDK and use its adb tool.
You can send it via Bluetooth or Share it on Dropbox, Google Drive, etc. When you install the app be sure that in the phone settings the "Install apps from unknown publisher" is checked. And don't verify the app with google play. Just click package installer.
There are several ways to install apk like:
send apk as attachment to your friend and open the attachment on their device.
copy the apk to their device and open it using any file manager, it will lead to install it.
send apk whiya bluetooth/ wifi tethering etc and open it on their device.
upload it to any file hosting website and open that link in their device using any web browser and download and install further.
if that device is with you, you can use adb.exe tool with following command "adb install your apkfile"
Note: but to use any of these ways, their device should have enabled "Install from Unknown sources" in their device settings->security.
Or alternately best approach:
upload your apk to GooglePlay Store and they can install it from there hassle free.
I have created an Android Calculator app in Eclipse. If I want to run my app I need run it through Eclipse. But I want to run my app without Eclipse in any system as normal apps run, just download it and run.
If any one knows how to do this, please help me.
You probably want to take the .apk file in your bin folder. This file is your entire app packaged together.
You can run & install this on other Android phones, but they will have to have enabled "unknown sources" in application settings.
Otherwise, you'll have to publish to the app store, from where the entire world that owns an Android device can download it directly.
app run without eclipse in any system as a normal apps run
may I know how the normal apps run?
it need any emulator or device.
you can run the .apk file without eclipse also!.
download the Android SDk and create an emulator thru avd command and install any app.
the other way you can do by 3rd party software called BlueStacks App Player
this software is only for mac and Windows download here
Inside bin folder of your Calculator app project located on Hard disk there will be .apk file which you can transfer to your device then open file browser whichever you have that will allow you to install and run your application cheers.
Do you mean you want to install it on any device from your system, without the need to run Eclipse?
The command would be something like "adb install bin/MyCalculator.apk". Once you do that, your app is installed just like any other.
Do you mean you want anybody to install your app on their device? Your best bet is to just put it on the Android Market. Don't forget to generate a real signing key (don't use the Eclipse debug key) and sign your app properly before uploading it to the market.
If you don't want to use the market, then you can put the apk file on any web page, and have people download it with their browser. Then they go to their device settings and enable "Unknown sources". After that, they can run their browser, go to "Menu > Download" and select the apk they just downloaded.
Or, you can send the apk file to someone directly, and have them attach their device to their computer, enable USB, and copy the apk to their /sdcard directory somewhere. Then they launch a file browser (they'll have to install that first) and navigate to the apk file. I think that will allow them to install the apk on their device.
I think that should cover it.
You should generate the .apk file, and install it on any device you want..
http://www.technobitez.com/how-to/create-apk-files-for-android-phone
How to build an APK file in Eclipse?
Hi i'm new to android my client want to run the app in their on Android Device i go through the many answers through Stack overflow like this:-
How to make .apk file
How to build an APK file in Eclipse?
but i'm unable to make build.
I want to make a build of app in which is usually .apk extension and how i'm able to install this .apk file in my clients android device it doesn't have any eclipse or IDE.
Please suggest me the way or some links regarding this process to build and install the app in clients android device without using eclipse or any IDE.
Thanks in advance.
Eclipse create .apk file of your project by itself and save it in bin folder copy that apk file and send that to client and tell him to save apk on SD card and run directly from SD card. It will work.
the moment you run the app on the emulator or a device, the .apk file is created and put in /%YOUR PROJECT%/bin/app.apk
you can send that to your client...
I am trying to distribute my application to some people for testing.
I have installed it on my Desire directly from eclipse and it works fine.
To create an APK-file, I choose "Export Unsigned Application Package" directly from eclipse, and then an APK file was created. I emailed it to myself and downloaded the file to the SD-card. But when I try to install it (using ES File Browser), I get a message saying "Application not installed".
(I have already checked the "Allow installation of non-Market application" on my phone)
Any ideas?
Yeah I found the problem, see my answer below:
I did not know that even with the "Allow Installation of non-Marked application", I still needed to sign the application.
I self-signed my application, following this link self-sign and release application, It only took 5 minutes, then I emailed the signed-APK file to myself and downloaded it to SD-card and then installed it without any problem.
I did not know that even with the "Allow Installation of non-Marked application", I still needed to sign the application.
I self-signed my application, following this link self-sign and release application, It only took 5 minutes, then I emailed the signed-APK file to myself and downloaded it to SD-card and then installed it without any problem.
You cannot install an unsigned application on a phone. You can only use it to test with an emulator. If you still want to go ahead, you can try self-signing the application.
Also, since you are installing the application from an SD card, I hope you have the necessary permissions set. Do go through stackoverflow.com and look at questions regarding installation of applications from an SD card - there have been many and they have been asked before.
Hope that helps.
You can test the unsigned-apk only on Emulator. And as its step of application deployment and distribution, you should read this article atleast once, i suggest: http://developer.android.com/guide/publishing/app-signing.html.
For your question, you can find the below line in above article:
All applications must be signed. The system will not install an application that is not signed.
so you have to have signed-apk before the distribution of your application.
To generate Signed-apk of your application, there is a simple wizard procedure, click on File -> Export -> Android -> Export Android application.
Just follow these steps to transfer the apk onto the real device(with debugger key) and which is just for testing purpose. (Note: For proper distribution to the market you may need to sign your app with your keys and follow all the steps.)
Install your app onto the emulator.
Once it is installed goto DDMS, select the current running app under the devices window. This will then show all the files related to it under the file explorer.
Under file explorer go to data->app and select your APK (which is the package name of the app).
Select it and click on 'Pull a file from the device' button (the one with the save symbol).
This copies the APK to your system. From there you can copy the file to your real device, install and test it.
Good luck !
I cannot install an apk build with "Export Unsigned Application Package" Android SDK feature, but i can install an apk browsing the bin directory of my project after the project buid. I put this apk on my sd on my HTC Wildfire phone, select it and the application install correctly.
You need to allow your phone to install unsigned apk.
Good Luck.
You could also send your testers the apk that is signed with your debug key. You can find that in the bin folder of your project after building in debug mode.
An unsigned application cannot be installed. When we run directly from eclipse, that apk is signed with debugger key and can be found in bin\ folder of the project. You can use that for test purpose distribution also.
I want to test my build on my device. Please provide some tool/information regarding installation of application on device ?
thanks and regards,
Connect your device with the PC, install the Android SDK (you should have that already) and than: http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html
Open phone web-browser.
Enter url: file:///sdcard/[nameofyourapkfile].apk
No need for file browser programs.
If you just want to install the apk file on the mobile without the need of any debug information you can simply upload the apk file (which is located in the /bin directory of your project) to a webspace and grab it with the mobile's browser (e.g. http://www.mywebspace.com/myapp.apk)
You can also copy the apk to your phone - SD card or internal memory- and then click on it. This should install the apk in most devices, though some devices may block the installation of non-market apks.
Or download SD Folder or something like that just type SD Folder into Googleplay and then youll be able to simply open apk files or Pics you couldnt access trough the office suit.