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How to side load apk into your android device

What is side loading of APK?

Android application can be easily installed and updated from device specific android market places or from Google market (Google Play). some phone manufacturers restrict the access to different android market places other than device specific market place.

android application packages known as APK file is used to install and distribute the android application. most of those applications can be directly installed into your android operating system when you have particular APK files. this process is called as side loading of applications.

 

Where can I get APK from ?

There are many online resources which allow you to download APK files. but you have to make sure that you download from trusted provider. I can recommend  https://www.apkmirror.com/

Setup ADB (Android Debug Bridge) for your device

Do Google to find how to setup ADB on your PC and how to connect your device. Make sure USB debugging and allow installation of app from unknown sources are active on your device.

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How to check whether ADB is setup correctly?

  1. Go to android-SDK folder/ platform-tools
  2. press “SHIFT” key, right click on somewhere in the folder view and select “Open command window here”
  3. Type adb and press enter
  4. you will see whole lot of available ADB commands
  5. connect your device to the computer via USB cable
  6. type adb devices and press enter
  7. if your device is configured correctly you will see your device ID under List of devices attached

adb devices

How to install App via ADB

  1. make sure your device is connected as described above.
  2. transfer downloaded APK file into platform-tools folder where you run windows command prompt.
  3. say I want to install “TerminalEmulator_1.0.70.apk”  ( I already copy this file into my platform-tools folder)
  4. type adb install TerminalEmulator_1.0.70.apk and press ENTER (you need to replace APK name with whatever APK you want to install)
  5. you will see “Success” message after successful installation.

adb install

Alternative method

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  1. Transfer downloaded APK file to internal or external SD card of your device.
  2. Navigate to the place where APK was copied, using file manager of your device (I prefer Es File Explorer)
  3. tap on APK which is required to install
  4. it will prompt a dialog to seek your next action
  5. tap on “install”
  6. it’s done

 

You can even use root browser application instead of ES file explorer.

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