APKMirror Installer (Official)

What does this app do?

APKMirror Installer is a helper app that lets you install .apkm app bundle files from APK Mirror as well as regular APK files.

We've also added a highly requested bonus feature for regular APK files: if sideloading an APK fails and you want to know why, you can now see the exact failure reason by initiating the installation from APKMirror Installer.

Split APKs - huh?

In mid-2018 at Google I/O, Google announced a new dynamic app delivery format called App Bundles. We highly recommend reading this AndroidPolice post as the illustrations will make the concept a lot easier to understand.

Otherwise, here is a quick explainer. Before app bundles, developers either created a single "fat" APK with all the libraries and resources in them or manually managed multiple APK variants (for example, arm64 320dpi, x86 320dpi, arm64 640dpi, etc.).

The new App Bundles allow developers to transfer the burden of dealing with variants to Google, which then splits the app release into multiple chunks - hence the term split APKs. Each release then consists of a base APK and one or more APK splits.

For example, a single release may now arrive as 5 files: base.apk + arm64.split.apk + 320dpi.split.apk + en-us.lang.split.apk + es-es.lang.split.apk.

Unfortunately, you can't install all these APK splits by just tapping them on your device - you can only install the base APK, which will then crash due to missing resources.

This is where APK Mirror Installer comes in.

Alright, so what are these .apkm files?

As many apps are migrating to the split APK format that cannot be easily shared and installed without a companion app, APKMirror has developed a solution to adapt to these changes and continue to allow easy and safe sideloading options.

Each .apkm file is comprised of a base APK and a number of split APKs. Once you've installed APK Mirror Installer and downloaded the .apkm file you'd like to install, simply tap on it or use APKMirror Installer to find the download location. You will be able to see the exact contents of each .apkm file and select only the splits you want to install to save space on your device.

APK Mirror Installer and the underlying apkmirror.com infrastructure took many months to develop at a considerable cost, so we hope you understand why the app and site are ad-supported. For those who prefer to avoid in-app ads, there are various subscription options to go ad-free and unlock additional features.

Issues and bugs

Xiaomi/Redmi/Poco MIUI users

Unfortunately, Xiaomi modified MIUI and specifically the part of Android that APKMirror Installer uses for installing split APKs.

There is a workaround that should work - disabling MIUI optimizations in developer settings. Please try that, and the installation should succeed.

Further discussion of the issue can be found here: https://github.com/android-police/apkmirror-public/issues/116.

Other issues/bugs

Please report any issues to our Github bug tracker.

Note: This app is a file manager utility and does not have any direct app store features, such as browsing apkmirror.com or updating applications directly from the site, as that would be against the Play Store ToS.

此应用程序做什么？

APKMirror Installer是一个辅助应用程序，可让您从 APK镜像安装.apkm应用程序捆绑包文件以及常规APK文件。

我们还为常规APK文件增加了一项要求很高的奖励功能：如果侧向加载APK失败，并且您想知道原因，现在可以通过从APKMirror Installer启动安装来查看确切的失败原因。

拆分APK-是吗？

在2018年中的Google I / O上，Google宣布了一种称为App Bundles的新动态应用交付格式。我们强烈建议阅读此AndroidPolice帖子作为插图将使该概念更容易理解。

否则，这里有一个快速的解释器。在应用捆绑销售之前，开发人员要么创建一个包含所有库和资源的单个“胖” APK，要么手动管理多个APK变体（例如，arm64 320dpi，x86 320dpi，arm64 640dpi等）。

新的应用程序捆绑包使开发人员可以将处理变体的负担转移给Google，然后由Google将应用程序发布分成多个块-因此，术语“拆分APK”。然后，每个发行版都包含一个基本APK和一个或多个APK拆分。

例如，一个发行版现在可能有5个文件：base.apk + arm64.split.apk + 320dpi.split.apk + en-us.lang.split.apk + es-es.lang.split.apk。

不幸的是，您无法仅通过在设备上点击它们来安装所有这些APK拆分-您只能安装基本APK，然后由于缺少资源而崩溃。

这是APK Mirror Installer出现的地方。

好的，那么这些.apkm文件是什么？

由于许多应用程序正在迁移到拆分的APK格式，而没有配套应用程序则无法轻松共享和安装，因此APKMirror已开发出一种解决方案以适应这些更改并继续提供简单且安全的侧载选项。

每个.apkm文件都包含一个基本APK和多个拆分的APK。一旦安装了APK Mirror Installer并下载了要安装的.apkm文件，只需点击它或使用APKMirror Installer查找下载位置。您将能够查看每个.apkm文件的确切内容，并仅选择要安装的拆分以节省设备空间。

APK Mirror Installer和基础 apkmirror.com 基础架构花费了数月的时间，开发成本很高，所以我们希望您理解为什么该应用和网站受广告支持。对于那些不想使用应用内广告的人来说，有多种订阅选项可以使它们免广告并解锁其他功能。

问题和错误

小米/ Redmi / Poco MIUI用户

不幸的是，小米修改了MIUI，特别是修改了APKMirror Installer用于安装拆分APK的Android部分。

有一种解决方法应该起作用-在开发人员设置中禁用MIUI优化。请尝试这样做，安装将成功。

可以在这里找到有关该问题的进一步讨论： https://github.com/android-police/apkmirror- public / issues / 116 。

其他问题/错误

请向我们的 Github错误跟踪器报告任何问题。

注意：此应用程序是文件管理器实用程序，没有任何直接的应用程序商店功能，例如浏览 apkmirror.com 或直接从中更新应用程序该网站，因为这将违反Play商店服务条款。