{"id":1869,"date":"2020-06-04T22:13:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T22:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appsgeyser.com\/blog\/?p=1869"},"modified":"2021-06-17T04:33:35","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T04:33:35","slug":"questions-from-users-how-do-i-get-an-apk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/appsgeyser.com\/blog\/questions-from-users-how-do-i-get-an-apk\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions From Users: How Do I Get an APK?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over the past few weeks, I&#8217;ve noticed that a number of users are confused as to what an .apk is and how to get it. In order to help everyone all at once, I thought I&#8217;d clear it up here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>What is an APK?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>An .apk is an Android PacKage. It&#8217;s a type of file that an Android phone or tablet reads and knows is an app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Why do I need an APK?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The .apk file is the app file. That is, when someone downloads your .apk file, they can use it to install the app on their phone. It&#8217;s like an installation file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>How do I get an APK?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s that question again. Getting an .apk file is the goal of the AppsGeyser app creation process. When you&#8217;ve made your app, you&#8217;ll need to get the .apk file to your computer in order to upload it to Google Play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To download your .apk file, follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Go to your app&#8217;s link or shortlink (e.g. http:\/\/www.appsgeyser.com\/175337)<\/li><li>Go to the green DOWNLOAD APP button, and left-click on it. Right-click on the &#8216;download&#8217; link in the page text. (If you use a regular left-click on the DOWNLOAD APP button the app will download to wherever your browser puts downloads, and you may have difficulty finding it later.)<\/li><li>From the download link&#8217;s right-click menu, select <strong>Save Link as\u2026<\/strong> (In some browsers, this may say <strong>Save Target as\u2026<\/strong>)<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.appsgeyser.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/get-my-apk.jpg\"><img  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1870\" title=\"get-my-apk\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.appsgeyser.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/get-my-apk.jpg\" alt=\"How to get your APK file\" width=\"817\" height=\"751\"><\/a><\/li><li>Save the file to a location on your computer that you will remember. Don&#8217;t worry too much, though. If you lose it, you can always download it again.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few weeks, I&#8217;ve noticed that a number of users are confused as to what an .apk is and how to get it. In order to help everyone all at once, I thought I&#8217;d clear it up here. What is an APK? An .apk is an Android PacKage. It&#8217;s a type of file that an Android phone or tablet reads and knows is an app. Why do I need an APK? The .apk file is the app file. That is, when someone downloads your .apk file, they can use it to install the app on their phone. It&#8217;s <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[703,702],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/appsgeyser.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1869"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/appsgeyser.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/appsgeyser.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appsgeyser.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appsgeyser.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1869"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/appsgeyser.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15289,"href":"https:\/\/appsgeyser.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1869\/revisions\/15289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/appsgeyser.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appsgeyser.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appsgeyser.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}