The applications they are probably the most important element of Android. However, the apps are only available to us thanks to the apk files. What are they? Can they be extracted on our mobile? We teach you.
What are and what are the apk's for?
The applications they give life to our mobile phones and fill them with content. Are the soul of the smartphone experience and they mark the day-to-day experience with Android. However, none of this would be possible without the apk. These files are the application installer packages, and contain all the relevant information and elements necessary to install the programs on our mobiles.
Where do you install the apk from?
Therefore, we do not download applications, but we download apk files (identified, worth the redundancy, by ending in .apk). And from where are they installed or where are these apk files?
- Play Store: The official Google application store for Android systems. From here you download the apk of most applications. Technically the safest place to look, but that doesn't spare you from your security concerns.
- side load: Or, in other words, download it from app stores and unofficial websites. Portals like APK Mirror or stores like FDroid come into play here. In addition, thanks to these methods, we can get hold of apks from other territories and install applications not available in our country. Technically it is less secure. To install with this method you need activate unknown origins.
- System applications: As a final note, it is necessary to indicate that although the system applications are pre-installed, they also contain their own apk files. The main difference is that the user interacts less with them, except when these apps are updated from the Play Store.
How to extract apk from Android applications
APK Extractor Lite is a free application available on the Play Store. It is dedicated to allowing users to extract the apk files from installed applications or system applications. It doesn't require root, it doesn't show ads, and it doesn't ask for strange permissions. The only way to support the developer is through a PayPalMe link and it is optional.
APK Extractor Lite stands out for being extremely light and easy to use. With the two buttons at the bottom it allows you to choose whether to show the system applications, the downloaded ones or both. It also lets you sort by name, weight, installation date, update date, or version number. To extract an apk, just click on an app and choose the option Extract APK. It will be saved on your SD card and you can use it to install the application whenever you want.
Extracting apks is very useful for create a personal library of frozen applications in the versions you prefer to use. If you put that together with our tutorial to prevent apps from being updated, you will have a perfectly personalized mobile. Remember that you can download APK Extractor Lite for free from Play Store:
