apk (file format)

APK
Filename extension	.apk, .apks, .aab, .xapk, .apkm, .akp
Internet media type	application/vnd.android.package-archive
Type of format	Package format
Container for	Android; Blackberry 10; Fire OS; Ubuntu Touch via Linux Terminal with WayDroid container; Classic HarmonyOS 2-4.x under KAL Linux Ark Compiler: Mobile apps; Windows 11: Desktop apps for WSA; Fuchsia with Starnix add-on; Several other Linux distributions with Android subsytems.;
Extended from	JAR

The Android Package with the file extension apk 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.

APK files can be generated and signed from Android App Bundles.

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