How can I download an x86 version of a free application which makes use of Multiple APK support in Google Play Store?
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I have an app which was running V1.1 and our team made some changes to the application. We release V1.2 which need some config file.
But currently, we don't have any phone installed V1.1. Even we have the apk for V1.1 but when we install this apk, Google play store says the app is already installed (uninstalled, open).
I need to get the point where play-store says ' update & open '.
How can we test the 'update' step, nowhere in the phone, V1.1 installed from play store?
we release V1.2 on play store.
If you have the v1.1 APK, you can install it on your phone through ADB. Make sure you uninstall the store version. You can never downgrade an application.
Of course, the APK should have been signed by the same keystore.
After installing the V1.1 through ADB, you can go to the Play store, and it should prompt you to upgrade to V1.2.
The reason it is insisting on uninstall first, rather than updating will probably be because the version you are adb installing is signed with a different key (certificate). This is probably because you use Google Play App Signing. You need to install with adb a version of the 1.1 APK that was signed by Google.
If you:
- go to your Play Console
- choose your app
- go to App Releases
- find the release with 1.1 in it
- download the APK
I think you get a version of the old APK signed by Google Play, which should then update rather than needing an uninstall.
I am trying to use, Facebook Android SDK (Xamarin Component) in Visual Studio 2017. The chosen emulator is,
I downloaded the SDK as per the Xamarin documents,
To take advantage of the native Facebook dialogs, the Facebook
application must be installed on the device. If the Facebook
application is not installed on the device, fallbacks to Web based
dialogs can instead be used. If you are testing on an emulator which
does not have the ability to install Facebook from the Play store, you
can install FBAndroid.apk which is included in the SDK which can be
downloaded from:
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/android/downloads
The problem is, I don't see any FBAndroid.apk inside the zipped SDK file.
The questions are,
Is my understanding correct about the installation?
If so, from where would I find the apk to install in my emulator?
Edit: Installing an APK is not my concern now, I am worried about this part.
install FBAndroid.apk which is included in the SDK
P.S: Edited the title to reflect the change.
That section of the Xamarin doc is outdated. The Facebook APK is has not been available as a separate download since the v3 version of the SDK (circa 2015).
If you look under the Facebook SDK for Android v3.x Downloads section of the SDK Downloads you will find old FBAndroid.apk versions available for separate download.
If your emulator does not have the Play Store installed (Genymotion?), install it via OpenGApps and then install Facebook from the PlayStore.
I want to download the latest version (2.1) of the Google Maps (and Google Places) SDK for iOS, but on their website they only have the previous version (2.0.1).
Step 2: Install the SDK: Install Manually
Does anyone know where I can download it? (without using Cocoapods)
You can check their podspecs.
You can find the link to the framework under the key source.
Google Maps iOS SDK 2.1.1
How to install Google Play Service in Xamarin Android Player. I have found the link https://university.xamarin.com/resources/how-to-install-google-play-on-android-emulator which does not work in windows. It does not allow me to drop the Google Play Services .zip file from www.teamandroid.com/gapps/ .Any suggestion or link please.
Thanks!
I would recommend to use the android emulator that ships with the current version of Android Studio (by now 2.1). Google did a good job and a major overhaul with that version. It now is as fast as Genymotion or the Xamarin Android Player. Plus it as Google services support build in.
I am developing an application which requires another application to be installed on device.
if application is not already installed on device I want to download it(.apk file) from android market through my application and make it installed on device.
how can I achieve it.