Downloaded apk file location

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Crystal Crowder Crystal Crowder has spent over 15 years working in the tech industry, first as an IT technician and then as a writer. Comments 1. Facebook Tweet. One comment Coop. Nov 3, at am Reply. Superb article, Crystal! You can use a file browser with an backup function, for example the ES File Explorer Long tap a item and select create backup.

You can do that I believe. It needs root permission. If you want to know where your apk files are stored, open a emulator and then go to.

Your apks are stored there. In fact just copying a apk directly to the folder works for me with emulators. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams?

Collectives on Stack Overflow. Learn more. Asked 9 years, 2 months ago. Active 11 months ago. Viewed k times. I do know of a solution that does not require your phone to be rooted!! This topic was automatically closed 60 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed. Download Location of apk's Apps. Is there another post which does? What am I missing? Download folder of apk files.

Ok, you never said what you want them for : — Macarse. I want to be able to read them and do things with them. Luckily they are readable. Good thing is that not only the files are "listable", they're also readable, so they'll fit my purpose. Is that correct or does it include anything the user installed?

Show 1 more comment. If you just want to get an APK file of something you previously installed, do this: Get AirDroid from Google Play Access your phone using AirDroid from your PC web browser Go to Apps and select the installed app Click the "download" button to download the APK version of this app from your phone You don't need to root your phone, use adb , or write anything. Michael Mrozek k 25 25 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. Jan Przybylo Jan Przybylo 1, 1 1 gold badge 7 7 silver badges 2 2 bronze badges.

Downvoted because this doesn't really answer the question. What if the OP wanted to use ADB, so that it can be used on devices where debugging is authorised, but password forgotten or screen broken. It is an old copy protection mechanism that installed the. Install from marketplace It's the behavior of marketplace whether to keep the apk after installation. We could get these information from debug output like following.

You can pull apps with ADB. Lizz 1, 5 5 gold badges 24 24 silver badges 50 50 bronze badges. Bryan Denny Bryan Denny Robby Pond Robby Pond So how exactly does an app which allows sharing APK via bluetooth work? How do they do it?

Tanzer Tanzer 51 1 1 silver badge 1 1 bronze badge. Use this to list all. Ignorante Ignorante 4 4 bronze badges. Jawad Amjad Jawad Amjad 2, 2 2 gold badges 27 27 silver badges 59 59 bronze badges. When i installed my app on emulator, it showed my the. DeAviator DeAviator 29 1 1 silver badge 4 4 bronze badges.