With android support can Official Google APK's can be installed?

asked 2019-06-19 06:08:17 +0200

kakow
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updated 2019-06-19 06:30:00 +0200

I was wondering if I can download the official Apps on my computer and transfer them to my Xa2.

I don't want or need the play store. I just need 3 apps one of which is not available on Aptoide for secure download.

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answered 2019-06-19 06:53:02 +0200

Alex

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You can install the android apps YALP Store or Aurora Store on your device, they download the APKs from the play store.

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answered 2019-06-19 06:28:18 +0200

Sakke

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To put it simply, you can. Just transfer Android APK's to your XA2 and browse the files and install

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Thank you. Can I do this directly from google without using a random mirror - for security reasons?

I was thinking of downloading on the website or another phone and transferring to this current phone. I can't test at the moment though. My key issue is downloading the app securely without the possibility of tampering.

kakow ( 2019-06-19 06:54:59 +0200 )edit

You can.

If you need to do it more often and have an old laptop laying about useless, you can

install Android-x86 on it to dual-boot with a (proper) Linux installation,
use a Google Account to access and install from Play Store on the Android-x86, and
use the Linux installation for easy transfer of the installed apks on Android-x86 to your USB-connected Sailfish device.

Only certain picky apps may give you grief.

teemu ( 2019-06-19 08:53:43 +0200 )edit

@teemu Are there no architecture incompatibilities between a package downloaded for an Android-x86 and a Jolla phone (which as far as I understand is ARM-based)?

Federico ( 2019-06-20 21:22:14 +0200 )edit

@Federico dammit, I didn't think of that. I thought an apk is an apk, but apparentry there are differing version to different platform.

Now to think of this, I'm not sure if I ever actually tried this but just thought that it's doable.

teemu ( 2019-06-20 22:43:09 +0200 )edit

@teemu Why Linux? I just transferred between two devices using windows.

kakow ( 2019-06-21 06:55:10 +0200 )edit

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