I'm trying to copy some apk's of installed apps from my Milestone with FroyoMod installed.
While some apk's are in /system/data after installation, others are not there and I couldn't find any other directory where they are.
How to find out?
Sure the above is true but sounds difficult. FX Files manager with the root addin installed correctly, will allow you to brows and delele/rename.
I guess I solved it:
The Astro file manager I used to look for the apk's shows me empty /data/app directory.
However after connecting through adb, I see the apk's there and can also copy them with the shell.
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G'evening. I've installed an app from Google Play Market. Once I discovered that I can find pakages of installed apps in the "Android" folder via "explorer". I have Xiaomi Redmi 7. I checked how the pakage is named (it can be checked in the list of apps at the settings of my smartphone). Then I looked for the pakage in the "Android" folder but didn't find it. I didn't find it when searched by it's name either. I have a question: why can't I find the pakage searching by it's name?
P.S. I use built-in file manager (I named it "explorer")
I use android of "9 PKQ1.181021.001" version
The Android folder on your virtual SD card which you can see with an unrooted explorer only houses data for some application that require additional external storage.
Most data for most applications is kept under:
/data/data/<package.name>
Which is a folder you can not view unless you have root permission.
Even ADB is unable to access files in this folder.
If the specific app you are using does not have allowBackup flag set to false (by the developer), it may be possible to run:
adb backup package.name
Then unpack the backup file as explained here: https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/28481/how-do-you-extract-an-apps-data-from-a-full-backup-made-through-adb-backup/78183#78183
I 've a large app to deploy, and each time it is uploaded with adb and installed, the device storage reduces, until at some point I get an "insufficient storage error".
I assume that adb temporarily stores the APK somewhere and lots of APKs are contained in that directory. But which directory is that so I can clean it?
M.
It may change depending on your IDE, but if you use IntelliJ IDEA or Android Studio the APKs should be at /data/local/tmp/.
I've checked this: eclipse pushes it to /data/local/tmp/ as well and uses pm install -r to replace if exists. I also checked on my phone and I don't have duplicates, so it might just be your app. Do you use version control?
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
I know that the location for system apps is '/system/app' and the location for user apps is '/data/app'.
But I can't find the location of apk for the ones that I moved to/installed on sdcard.
Apps installed on the SD-Card are stored within the directory ".android_secure".
If I remember correctly you won't find the APK files directly in that folder because the content is encrypted. This is for preventing direct access to the APK file of paid apps.
The encrypted part is mounted somewhere else into the file system.
For me at least using cyanogenmod9 on a Samsung galaxy s 2 i777 I found them in /mnt/asec/
This location works differently than /system/app/ and /data/app/ because the system is actually creating a mount for each app rather than just stuffing them in a folder.
Make sure you take note of symbolic links.
You will not be able to add to here like you can the other two, but you can extract an apk. A better solution would be MyAppSharer from the market.
It will be in mnt -> asec -> -> pkg.apk
On Android 5.0+ (Lollipop, Marshmallow) almost every installed non-system app will be placed in:
/data/app/
Access to /data requires root.
Use su when you are working with adb shell to gain root access, this of course requires your phone to be rooted in the first place.
The directory contains a sub directory for every app.
Each sub directory is named by his package, following Androids app naming convention:
tld.author.appname-N
Where N represents a number greater or equal to 1
e.g. for Firefox it will look something like:
org.mozilla.firefox-1
Inside every app directory you will find a base.apk which is representing the installed app.
So if you want Firefox simply download:
/data/app/org.mozilla.firefox-1/base.apk
using adb pull/scp or copy it to your sdcard and download it using MTP.
Cheers
it is in
File Explorer--> mnt/sdcard
Install ES file explorer. Go to Home Page there will be link App...under that you will find all the apps installed on sd card or phone memory.. select app and share...enjoy...
On lineage 14, Android 7 , all sdcard apps are stored in /mnt/expand/
And apk in folder "app"
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.