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The process of transferring data between two local devices. In terms of mobile devices it means to use USB, BT, NFC, memory-card or a local network instead of online app stores like Marketplace, Google Play, iTunes.

Sideloading is a term used in Internet culture, similar to "upload" and "download", but in reference to the process of transferring data between two local devices, in particular between a computer and a mobile device such as a mobile phone, smartphone, PDA, tablet, portable media player or e-reader.

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Transitioning a side-loaded android app to play store

is it possible to reuse the application id from an app that was not made available via google play? scenario: customer side-loads my android app and they have been using it. if I transition my app to google play (retaining application ID and signing…
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How to have Play Protect verified apps that are sideloaded in an app?

Is there a way to verify applications by Play Protect in order to be sideloaded by a main application? The thing is that I have an app that allows employees to install other apps that are made by a company for internal use, but the problem is that…
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Side Loading on IOS Device

I have a Question regarding side loading apps created with React Native (Expo). I have build my app and uploaded it on the Expo Servers. I managed to side load the App on an Android Device without any problems. Even Over the Air updates run…
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Sideloading ipa using ideviceinstaller

I tried to install ipa using linux machine. I never done this before and got this error. SIdeloading ipa
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How to use system variables in UNC path (UWP sideload auto update)

I have an sideloaded UWP application where I want to do automatic updates via a UNC path. My application is able to download the updates by itself into C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\somerandomfolder However it seems, that the automatic update…
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IOS - Side Loading limit issue: I can only have 2 apps instead of 3 on my physical device

when I side load apps on to my iphone xr, xcode has started replacing existing apps i've already side-loaded instead of just adding the additional app to the current ones I already placed on my device, is this fixable so i can have all my finished…
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Symbolicate exception of UWP app built with .NET Native

In the logs of a sideloaded Windows Store App, I find the following exception: Arg_ArgumentException --> System.ArgumentException: Arg_ArgumentException at SharedLibrary!+0x3a13ad at my-app!+0xf29d82h at…
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Installing web nodejs add-in (migrating from localhost to web url)

I have created a web addin for Outlook. I have debugged the addin by sideloading from my localhost. I am now moving the addin to a remote server and I seem not to be able to get the addin installed. I changed the urls in the manifest to a hosted…
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Android App Bundle introduces crashes and does not respect screenDensity?

I am getting Resources$NotFoundException much like this and this question. The error is this - Caused by android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: Unable to find resource ID #0x7f080166 at android.content.res.ResourcesImpl.getResourceName…
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Sideloaded UWP app is launching the older version of the app previously installed by another user

The app I'm working on is a sideloaded UWP app. There are 2 users of the tablet/computer. User1 installed an older version of the UWP sideloaded app. And User2 installed the older version and then updated to a newer version. User2 has been using the…
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Disabling Sideloading in Developer Features on Windows 10?

We have built a Windows 10 UWP app and have packaged it through Visual Studio as a Sideloaded app. The packages will be deployed on to user's machines by running powershell scripts. We are hoping to disable Sideloading in Developer features once the…
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Cannot access files from Azure Web App

We have created an Azure web app. We want to use this app to enable our site visitors to download appxbundle of our UWP app. We are able to put the files on the folder and can see them through FTP. However as soon we try to access the files by just…
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Signing IPA file and install it trough Diawi

As I said in the title, I wanted to know how to sign an IPA file to upload it to Diawi to install it directly from my iPhone. I already tried, but it didn't work, steps I followed: Open Xcode and create a new project. Choose Single-View…
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enable adb via adb sideload

Following scenario: I have a unrooted (stock) android phone (Samsung) and I need to enable adb, but I don't have access to the device (forgot the lock code). Is it possible to enable adb debugging via adb sideload from recovery? For example creating…
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Will the windows app work after the certificate is expired

We have a windows app that runs on Windows 8.1. We use a test certificate with sideloading to install the app. The key is expiring in a few days and we are in the process of generating a new one and deploying it. Meanwhile, I would like to know will…
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