As a rule can be set up quickly and easily via a Google Play Store apps on Android devices. In some cases it may be useful to manually install Android apps z. B. if there is currently no access to the Google Play Store, this would not want to use or want to play apps on the Android device that does not (more ) in Google Play Store are available. Even if you develop your own app and want to test it on a device, the installation without backing store offers. In the following lines to find out how you can load an APK manually to your phone.
APK install: Android Apps without Google Play Store
To install an Android app by APL, one first needs the corresponding APK file. Do you want to make an app without Google Play on the smartphone, there are even three different versions: The installation via USB, via email or directly downloaded to the smartphone.
Install Google Play Android Apps manually
With very little effort, Android Apps APK format can install even without Google Play
Install Android App APK as: Apps without Play Store
To manually install apps from APKs, must first be activated in the settings of the Android device to install apps from "unknown sources". In more recent versions of Android, this option is in the "Personal" - "Security and screen lock" in older versions in the "Application Manager". Now, the Android device is connected via USB to the computer, which appears under Windows as a drive. In Windows window you seek you now have a folder on the device in which the lying on the hard disk APK file is drawn using drag and drop. The smartphone app is shifted in APK format called via a file manager app and thus installed. After a short setup time the installation is complete and the manually installed app can be used on the Android device.
Open Android Settings
Call "applications" or "Options-" Security "-" Settings "menu
Allow installation of apps from "unknown sources"
Move downloaded APK file on Android device (internal or external SD)
About a File Manager, select the file on your smartphone
"Install" and confirm warnings
If you do not have an file manager, can you find the following Android Explorer for free in Play Store:
ASTRO File Manager
File Manager
Android File Manager
ES File Explorer