If text is more your style, though, read on. App Bundles save bandwidth and storage space, but they make it hard for people to share apps with one another outside the Play Store. That's because every phone is technically running its own slightly different version of an app. You can sideload most Android apps without the use of another app.
However, with the rise of "bundling" and split APKs on the Play Store, we wanted this guide to cover all apps, not just those that still aren't using bundles, so our unified instructions that cover both use the APKMirror Installer. Once you've got the app, installing apps from APKMirror is pretty easy, and pretty much the same, whether you're downloading an App Bundle or not — you don't even need a separate guide for the two processes. Navigate to APKMirror apkmirror.
Note that not all apps you can get from the Play Store may be available. If necessary, you can browse apps by APK names, app names, and developer names as you hunt for whatever it is you're looking for. When you've found the app you want in the version you need, just tap the download icon on the right side of its listing. If you end up sorting by app or developer, rather than APK, you'll then need to settle on the version of the app you want — if you don't care or don't know, the latest non-beta version is probably fine.
Scroll down to "All versions" and find the one you need, then tap the download icon to the right. If that's the case, you'll need to check the FAQ and do a bit of research to determine which version is appropriate for your phone. Tap the colorful label for the variant you'd like to download. Although the process later should gracefully fail if you download the wrong version, you should still double-check that you have the right one. Generally speaking, you can't mess it up too badly, though.
If it installs, it was compatible, though you might run into some smaller issues with things like DPI. In general, all modern Android phones are arm64, and a nodpi version should work most of the time. If you're willing to trust APKMirror as a source, you can allow it.
Once you've downloaded the file, you need to find a way to open it. You can tap the download notification at the bottom of the screen if you're using Chrome, for example, but you might need to tap a download notification in your status bar or navigate to where you downloaded the file with a file manager and open it manually, depending on your browser.
APKMirror Installer will feed you a pile of details regarding the app you're installing if it's an APK Bundle — your best bet is to trust the app's judgment, though you can tweak things if you run into trouble and have to reinstall later. If you're not installing an APK Bundle, you'll get a simpler prompt. Whichever you get, tap "Install app" to continue. The first time you do this, you might run into trouble. On recent versions of Android, you'll be prompted to allow the APKMirror Installer app as a source for app installations as an easy toggle visible above.
While you shouldn't enable this setting for just any app, it's okay to do it for APKMirror. But it is there to protect you from apps that might install malware. On older versions of Android Pre-Android 8. APKMirror will prepare the installation, then your phone will ask again if you'd like to install the app, with the wording varying slightly if it's an update to an existing app or a new app for your phone entirely.
Tap "Install" to continue, and you're basically done. Once APKMirror Installer has finished installing the app, you'll be prompted to open it, but you should be running the version that you installed. If you run into any problems during this process, APKMirror Installer will let you know, spitting a large warning if the app installation fails for any reason. Using your new tricks, you can even finagle the Play Store itself onto your device, if you like.
All you need are four apps though you might need different versions depending on how old your phone is, or what version of Android it is running. It also may not work on all devices, and especially old or unusual devices might require tracking down specific versions of the right APKs. This guide is non-exhaustive.
Without opening any of these until you reboot at the end, install the following apps in this order:. Once all four have been installed again, without opening them , reboot and you should have the ability to use the Play Store. If you get a notification that Play Services is out of date, don't worry. If you can sign in, everything should eventually automatically update to the latest compatible version.
If you run into trouble, most issues can either be fixed by one of the following escalating steps:. App Bundles save bandwidth and storage space, but they make it hard for people to share apps with one another outside the Play Store. That's because every phone is technically running its own slightly different version of an app. You can sideload most Android apps without the use of another app. However, with the rise of "bundling" and split APKs on the Play Store, we wanted this guide to cover all apps, not just those that still aren't using bundles, so our unified instructions that cover both use the APKMirror Installer.
Once you've got the app, installing apps from APKMirror is pretty easy, and pretty much the same, whether you're downloading an App Bundle or not — you don't even need a separate guide for the two processes. Navigate to APKMirror apkmirror. Note that not all apps you can get from the Play Store may be available.
If necessary, you can browse apps by APK names, app names, and developer names as you hunt for whatever it is you're looking for. When you've found the app you want in the version you need, just tap the download icon on the right side of its listing. If you end up sorting by app or developer, rather than APK, you'll then need to settle on the version of the app you want — if you don't care or don't know, the latest non-beta version is probably fine.
Scroll down to "All versions" and find the one you need, then tap the download icon to the right. If that's the case, you'll need to check the FAQ and do a bit of research to determine which version is appropriate for your phone. Tap the colorful label for the variant you'd like to download.
Although the process later should gracefully fail if you download the wrong version, you should still double-check that you have the right one. Generally speaking, you can't mess it up too badly, though. If it installs, it was compatible, though you might run into some smaller issues with things like DPI. In general, all modern Android phones are arm64, and a nodpi version should work most of the time.
If you're willing to trust APKMirror as a source, you can allow it. Once you've downloaded the file, you need to find a way to open it. You can tap the download notification at the bottom of the screen if you're using Chrome, for example, but you might need to tap a download notification in your status bar or navigate to where you downloaded the file with a file manager and open it manually, depending on your browser. APKMirror Installer will feed you a pile of details regarding the app you're installing if it's an APK Bundle — your best bet is to trust the app's judgment, though you can tweak things if you run into trouble and have to reinstall later.
If you're not installing an APK Bundle, you'll get a simpler prompt. Whichever you get, tap "Install app" to continue. The first time you do this, you might run into trouble. On recent versions of Android, you'll be prompted to allow the APKMirror Installer app as a source for app installations as an easy toggle visible above. While you shouldn't enable this setting for just any app, it's okay to do it for APKMirror.
But it is there to protect you from apps that might install malware. On older versions of Android Pre-Android 8. APKMirror will prepare the installation, then your phone will ask again if you'd like to install the app, with the wording varying slightly if it's an update to an existing app or a new app for your phone entirely.
Tap "Install" to continue, and you're basically done. Once APKMirror Installer has finished installing the app, you'll be prompted to open it, but you should be running the version that you installed.
If you run into any problems during this process, APKMirror Installer will let you know, spitting a large warning if the app installation fails for any reason.
Using your new tricks, you can even finagle the Play Store itself onto your device, if you like. All you need are four apps though you might need different versions depending on how old your phone is, or what version of Android it is running. It also may not work on all devices, and especially old or unusual devices might require tracking down specific versions of the right APKs. This guide is non-exhaustive. Without opening any of these until you reboot at the end, install the following apps in this order:.
Once all four have been installed again, without opening them , reboot and you should have the ability to use the Play Store. If you get a notification that Play Services is out of date, don't worry. If you can sign in, everything should eventually automatically update to the latest compatible version. If you run into trouble, most issues can either be fixed by one of the following escalating steps:. Not all devices will ultimately work with a sideloaded Play Store, and you may experience subsequent issues or odd behaviors when it comes to some apps or the device as a result, but it is an option.
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