How to: Install app from a link

Owned by Broderick Gaggi (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Jul 13, 2017
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You might be sent a link to your email or device that ends in .apk. Similar to how .doc files are Word Document files - .apk files are simply Android apps! 


To install an Android app from a link:

  1. Ensure you have an Android Device
  2. Unlock your Android device and go to Settings
  3. Click on Security (could be different depending on Android version)
  4. Scroll until you find Unknown Sources under Device Administration and Enable 


  5. Open the link sent to you on your Android Device
  6. Click Download
  7. The .apk will download to your default downloads folder
  8. Click Open and install the app following the prompts.


 FAQ: I can't find the app?

If you have downloaded the .apk and can't find it to install simply:

  1. Unlock your Android device
  2. Enter the menu
  3. Locate File Manager (could be named differently)
  4. Click APKS
  5. Select the APK you just downloaded
  6. Install the APK by following the prompts on the screen.

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