Installation of apk

[Silvius]

I am new to this Forum, and i hope, i have found the right place for may problem.
Until some weeks ago i could install Livecode-Apk's on my Android handy, Installation from unkown sources. No Problem. But since the beginning of May the Device has installed Android 11 due to an system-update. SInce then direct installation from Apk's without Play Store is not possible any more. I have granted installation-permission to my file manager.
Help would be welcomed!
Thanks

[jacque]

What file manager do you use? I use Solid Explorer (highly recommended) and after giving permission it can install apks. Also, if you copy your apk to Google Drive you can open the Drive app on your Android device and it will install apps. You may need to give Drive permission to do installations, it should ask you the first time you try.

One more thing: you may have an older copy on your device. Delete the old copy before trying to install the new one. You can avoid that problem by increasing the build number in Android standalone settings. Android won't install a second copy of an app if the build number is the same.

[Silvius]

Hi jacque,
thank you for your reply. I have now installed SOlid Explorer and granted the permission, to install unkown sources, but still cannot install the APK. On my older handy with Android 8 i can install without problem. So i assume, that this is can be attributed to some special features of Android 11, and maybe i have to correct some of the standalone settings, but still do not, which ones.

[jacque]

What happens when you try to install? Do you get an error message, or does nothing happen? If you see an error message, what does it say?

What is the minimum required OS in the Android standalone settings? And what signing certificate do you use? Also, is the version name unique to this app or are you using the default LC entry?

[PaulDaMacMan]

Perhaps the update wiped out dev mode and that developer mode "Easter egg" needs to be reapplied? Just a guess.
I'm on Apple for mobile devices now so I haven't been keeping up on Android updates lately.

[jacque]

USB debugging ("developer mode") is required when testing apps using the Test button and a phone cabled to the computer. It shouldn't be necessary when sideloading an apk. But maybe we'll know more when we get info about standalone settings.

[Silvius]

Hi jacque, hi Paul
my signing was "signing for development only". Then i have made the following changes:
I have changed the identifier, the Version name and the version code. But the mobile phone is new and the app has never been installed on it before. So i am not sure, that this has any effect. Then i have checked all the checkboxes for the "Build for", in my case Android armv7, Android arm64, Android x86 and Android x86_64.
Now it works. I dont know exactly, what change has made it work, but i am glad!

Thank you very much for your kind help
Regards Silvius

[jacque]

I'm glad it works now. You probably don't need the x86 architectures, almost no phones use it now. Your new phone is almost surely arm64 but building for both arm architectures will allow it to run on older phones as well as Chromebooks. Removing the x86 architectures will make building faster too, but it won't hurt to include them.

[richmond62]

Yesterday, in a fit of lunacy I decided to install 'Onitama' on one of my Android devices:

https://m.apkpure.com/onitama-the-strat ... al.onitama

now this is unobtainable through the Android Play Store, so it has to be downloaded from that
website.

When I downloaded that .apk file and clicked on it in my file browser to install it, it told me
what permissions I had to grant it via my systems settings.

This is very helpful:

https://youtu.be/kDkV3jBYi2c

[richmond62]

Hey-Ho:

"Sometimes it has flaws that make me feel very uncomfortable. But I fixed it. You should look in the game settings."

I am not sure who that is meant to help as it is not obvious if anyone on this thread is a Castilian speaker.

[Klaus]

That was a Castilian spammer!

[richmond62]

Well at least it makes a change from a Russian one.

[marry2]

Why can't I install LiveCode APKs on my Android 11 device, even though I have granted installation permission to my file manager? please let me know

[jacque]

Why can't I install LiveCode APKs on my Android 11 device, even though I have granted installation permission to my file manager? please let me know

On the off chance this is not a bot: there is not enough info to answer the question. Describe what you have tried and what doesn't work.

[SparkOut]

On the off chance this is not a bot:

That is a very slim chance, methinks