

Use on other operating systems īlackberry Limited supported Android 4.1 Jelly Bean apps and up through Android Runtime to now discontinued Blackberry 10 through the January 2014 10.2.1 firmware update. One may do so for many reasons, such as during the development of apps, to install apps not found on the store, or to install an older version of an existing app. Most Android implementations allow users to manually install APK files only after they turn on an "Unknown Sources" setting that allows installation from sources other than trusted ones like Google Play. As is the case with many file formats, APK files can have any name needed, but it may be required that the file name ends in the file extension for being recognized as such.

dex files), resources, assets, certificates, and manifest file. An APK file contains all of a program's code (such as.

To make an APK file, a program for Android is first compiled using a tool such as Android Studio or Visual Studio and then all of its parts are packaged into one container file. app on HAP for HarmonyOS or a Debian package in Debian-based operating systems. APK is analogous to other software packages such as APPX in Microsoft Windows.
