[wplug] Download Android apps without Google Play

Zachary Uram netrek at gmail.com
Sat Mar 22 23:38:08 EDT 2014


Thanks Justin!


On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 10:55 PM, Justin Smith <justin at adminix.net> wrote:

> A few weeks ago, someone asked on here if it was possible to download
> apps from Google Play, Android's official app store, on an Android device
> that doesn't come with Google Apps.
>
> Well, you can! It's easier than you might think. The folks at
> XDA-Developers,
> one of the top mobile software development sites, have a thread in their
> forum where people post apps they've downloaded from Google Play:
>
> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2392504[1]
> NO, before you ask, that doesn't include paid apps. XDA is very strict
> about
> copyright infringement.
>
> You can browse the apps in Google Play by going to http://play.google.com.
> Once you've found an app you want, check the XDA thread to see if
> someone has posted it. If not, register an account at XDA and then make
> a request in the thread.
>
> Of course, you don't /have /to get apps from Google Play. You can install
> the Amazon Appstore[2], which has many of the same apps as Google
> Play, or you can download F-Droid[3], an app store that has nothing but
> free, open source software.
>
> --
> *Justin Smith*
> GNU/Linux System Administrator
>
> /"Any fool can use a computer. Many do."/
>
> --------
> [1] http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2392504
>
> [2]
> https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000626391&re
> f_=mas_dl_appstore_rr
> [3] http://www.f-droid.org
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