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Fixing the “App not installed” error while installing apk files

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The users who try installing apk files quite regularly will be familiar with this error, those who download apps from the Play store may also have encountered this error. “App not installed” is a very common installation error faced by the users that irritate them and restricts them from installing the application on their device. But don’t worry here are some common things that you must check immediately after finding this error to solve the problem and start enjoying the application on your device.

  • Check whether your device has sufficient memory available in it for installing new apps, clear some apps that you may not feel useful or needed.
  • Check the apk file that you have downloaded it might be corrupted or not downloaded properly, check the causes and download it again freshly.
  • Make sure that your SD card is not mounted anywhere and trying to install an app in this position will result in errors for sure, so make sure your SD card is not mounted on your laptop, PC or somewhere else.
  • Incorrect app installation location can be another reason for it. Some apps cannot be installed from SD card, while some can. So changing the location of apk file from SD card to the internal; storage can solve the problem.
  • The app installation file may be of the old version, this will restrict the app from installing in some devices, so downloading the latest version of the application and trying to installing it can be the solution for this installation error
  • Temporary OS glitches also cause this error at times, time is the only solution for this problem.

So, do try these things immediately you get the App not installed error on your device while installing an application.

How to extract the APK file of an android app in your phone

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An APK file is a final extension which is produced after the development of an android application and it is called Android Application package. It comes with the extension .APK and is similar to .exe which is used to install programs in Windows.

It is not easy to extract the APK from the android app but I am going to show you the various methods using which we can extract the APK files.

But before that, I would like to tell you one thing

Note: Extracting APK from a paid application is very much illegal and if you do so, then you are responsible for it. We don’t support piracy at all.

Method 1:

If you are having a rooted device, then it is pretty simple top extract using an advanced file explorer which allows you to browse through the root folders. Installed application usually can be found at the path /data/apps.

If you have a non-rooted device, then don’t worry you can do that. You have to use a file manager application that allows you to backup the installed applications, for example, ES file Explorer. Then to extract the APK file, the process goes like

  • You have to take the backup of the app that you want the APK to extract from
  • You will find the backed up extracted file of APK in the folder Backup in your internal storage.

Method 2:

Well if you are a little lazy to do all these things and want an android app to do that for yourself, then the app APK extractor which is available in the Google Play store will do that.

The application is very simple to use. It will show you all the system apps and third party apps that are available on your phone and you can just search for the app that you want to extract the APK for and then tap on the app, that is it APK will be extracted and saved in the folder ExtractedAPKs in your device’s internal storage.

The application settings even allow its users to change the destination folder where the APK needs to be saved. You can even add the version of the APK if you want to have a better understanding. And you can even share the file right from the application itself to others.

Use this android app APK Extractor to extract APKs easily.