2026-05-01
Android is getting worse day by day, one prime example is xapk. You can’t directly install this but have to use either adb on a computer or a android installer app.
So, to share an xapk / apks / apkm file, the following steps are needed:
Use https://apkcombo.com/downloader/ to download the apk or xapk file.
This one’s simple, search for xapk in f-droid, pick a reasonable apk file to install.
or you can use adb:
tar xvf <xapk file>
adb install-multiple <extracted apk files>This one’s tricky, because there’s barely any functioning app that allow you to share your installed app.
Determine the package name from app info So, we need adb.
adb shell pm path <package name>
adb pull <base.apk path>