apk (file format)

APK
APK
Filename extension	.apk, .apks, .aab, .xapk, .apkm, .akp
Internet media type	application/vnd.android.package-archive
Type of format	Package format
Container for	Android; Blackberry 10; Fire OS; Ubuntu Touch via Linux Terminal with WayDroid container; Classic HarmonyOS 1.0-4.3/4.5(TV) under KAL Linux Ark Compiler: Mobile apps; Windows 11: Desktop apps for WSA; Fuchsia with Starnix add-on; Several other Linux distributions with Android subsytems.;
Extended from	JAR

The Android Package with the file extension apk^[1] is the file format used by the Android operating system and a number of other Android-based operating systems for distribution and installation of mobile apps, mobile games and middleware. A file using this format can be built from source code written in either Java or Kotlin.

APK files can be generated and signed from Android App Bundles.^[2]

^ "Application Fundamentals". Android Developers. Archived from the original on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
^ Peters, Jay (30 June 2021). "Google is moving away from APKs on the Play Store". The Verge. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

[1] "Application Fundamentals". Android Developers. Archived from the original on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2018.

[2] Peters, Jay (30 June 2021). "Google is moving away from APKs on the Play Store". The Verge. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

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