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An .apk file extension denotes an Android Package (APK) file. This file format, a variant of the JAR format, is used for distributing and installing bundled components onto the Android operating system. For questions related to the Alpine Package Keeper, use the tag [alpine-package-keeper]

Android Application Package

An apk file extension denotes an Android Application Package (APK) file. This file format, a variant of the JAR format, is used for distributing and installing bundled components onto the Android operating system. For questions related to the Alpine Package Keeper, use .

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Getting name of original .APK file in Android

I am trying to figure out how to get the name of the original .apk file from which an application was installed. I know that you can retrieve the package name and the source directory of the installed application by using the ApplicationInfo class…
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Missing launcher icon of ADB-installed app on the phone

After developing for years on iOS I am beginning android development at the moment . Now I am starting to release my first app. I installed my debug signed APK file on a phone like this: $ adb -s HT35HW917059 -d install app/app-***-debug.apk I can…
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Download an APK from a website and prompt the installation to the user

My approach is simple, I have an APK hosted on my site and when the user completes the download I would like to present the installation wizard instead of having to look for the file in downloads or even using a file manager for older devices…
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How to Decompiling Apk files that Generated By Android Studio

I have lost my android studio project completely and there is no way to get it back. Now, I'm trying to decompile my apk file to access my java classes and xml files. using dex2jar and jd-gui, I get my java classes BUT non of programs that I…
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Error while uploading Android Apk to play store

I'm trying to update my android application on google play store and I got the error saying that: Your APK cannot be analyzed using aapt. Error output: Interrupted while waiting for aapt dump badging to finish. I read from this and this posts but…
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My APK size increased from 65 Kbytes to 8.8 MBytes after adding google play services (for admob)

I have a small app that only haves a size of 65kb when apk is installed. Now i need to use admob on the app, and after adding google play services lib, now my app haves 8.8 megabytes of size when installed!!!!!!! this very frustrating... How can…
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Error:Execution failed for task ':app:proguardRelease'. java.io.IOException: Please correct the above warnings first

I am new to Android Studio. I am trying to generate release signed apk file using android-studio. While generating signed release APK it gives me error like below. In this module I have four library files only, they are noted in dependencies list…
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How to use proguard in cordova android App

I have a finished cordova project and i want to use proguard inorder to prevent others from reverse engineering the APK.But i have trouble doing this. In http://developer.android.com/tools/help/proguard.html It says that "When you create an Android…
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Programmatically forward-lock an Android APK

Doing a bit of advance research, and am stuck on the point summarized in the title. Namely, is there any way to forward-lock an APK installed programmatically, from another app? I've not come across anything beyond a hint in the following post:…
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Downloading APK via browser on Android device and then opening it give "Cannot open File"

I am trying to beta test a app with a few people. I have put it on my site. I now go to that site and click the link to download the APK. The apk downloads and i see it in the notification bar. When i click it i get an error "Cannot Open…
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Add Metadata to Android APK without Breaking Signature

Is there a way to add metadata to an Android APK without impacting the signature? Will adding files to the META-INF folder break the signature? What about modifying the file: MANIFAST.MF?
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Checking if Android app is downloaded from a store

Depending on where the user downloaded an app, I'd like the application to behave slightly differently. I explicitly want to know whether it was downloaded from a public store (I don't care which store) or whether it was installed manually or…
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Zipalign Successful. Can't find output apk file

I manually zipalign my APK file in my folder and then stated that my output APK file should also be saved inside that folder. Why does that file not show up in that folder, after verification? I used the cmd line zipalign -f -v 4 "APK…
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Using armeabi and armeabi-v7a libraries with APK splits

I've been using the new APK splits feature of the 0.13 plugin for android and I managed to halve the size of my most of my build scripts and speed up builds by a factor of 4x. My app has a bit more than 20MB worth of libraries for each platform and…
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Google play upload failed because of google play service version

Upload failed You uploaded an APK that uses Google Play services version 6111000. You need touse version 5100000 or lower. Warnings You uploaded an APK that uses Google Play services version 6111000. This will only work with Android API…
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