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The Android Package with the file extension apk [1] is the file format used by the Android operating system, and a number of other Android-based operating systems for distribution and installation of mobile apps, mobile games and middleware. A file using this format can be built from source code written in either Java or Kotlin.
This form of the app store is often used by web developers to distribute apps that are not allowed in the Google Play Store; this may be due to an app allowing users wider access to the app system, or offering apps for "niche users" who choose to use only free and open-source software (F-Droid) or prefer to play indie games (Itch.io). Moreover ...
Android phones, like this Nexus S running Replicant, allow installation of apps from the Play Store, F-Droid store or directly via APK files. This is a list of notable applications (apps) that run on the Android platform which meet guidelines for free software and open-source software.
Android's method to install APK files on a device has been used as a way to sideload unofficial apps onto Windows Subsystem for Android [7] and Chrome OS's Android virtual machine. [8] Shizuku allows an Android phone to connect to its own ADB when connected to a wireless network. The application is available for free on the Google Play Store. [9]
Huawei AppGallery was launched in 2011 in China and in 2018 internationally. [2]In May 2019, Huawei was added to the Entity List by the US Department of Commerce, effectively banning the company's software products from gaining access to Google Mobile Services (GMS), Google Play Store and other such applications. [5]
Android App Bundle is the Android application publishing file format.The App Bundle must include the application's compiled code and resources, which allows for the signing and generation of APK files to be deferred to the app store, reducing the initial download size of the app. [1] The file extension used for this format is ".aab".
APK, abbreviation for adenylyl-sulfate kinase, an enzyme; APK, ICAO airline code of Air Peace, a private Nigerian airline; apk (file format), a file format used for Android application packages; apk-tools, the package manager of Alpine Linux
Aptoide is an online marketplace for mobile applications which runs on the Android and iOS [2] operating systems. [3] [unreliable source] In Aptoide, unlike the Android-default Play Store and iOS-default App Store, there is not a unique and centralized store; instead, each user manages their own store.