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Kris Rajkumar
Kris Rajkumar

Reputation: 419

how to download apk files from android market to pc?

Is it possible to download the android .apk application from the android market to our pc?

Upvotes: 28

Views: 80455

Answers (7)

Tima
Tima

Reputation: 12915

Probably this will help you.

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/21862/how-to-enable-the-android-market-in-the-google-android-emulator/

http://techdroid.kbeanie.com/2009/11/android-market-on-emulator.html

Once you get access to android market from emulator you can probably get .apk from ddms

Upvotes: 12

Evozi
Evozi

Reputation: 61

Yes , You'll need the latest version of Chrome with SSL error notifications disabled, then you supply your device ID, email address and password (all stored locally on your computer to grab the Android Market cookie).

To anyone still need it , you can get it here : http://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/

Upvotes: 6

redphx
redphx

Reputation: 46

Now you can do this by using this extension for Google Chrome: APK Downloader

Upvotes: 2

Zennichimaro
Zennichimaro

Reputation: 5306

you can install the android-sdk and use the adb command to pull the apk from your device. The command is: adb pull

Upvotes: 3

Gladson
Gladson

Reputation: 21

This is an update to the post by Mur Votema. The Android 2.2 with Market is available here http://techdroid.kbeanie.com/search/label/Market%20on%20Emulator

Upvotes: 2

Kartik Domadiya
Kartik Domadiya

Reputation: 29968

You can download all your installed apps. from mobile to SD Card. You just need to install an android application appInstaller...You just need to backup all your applications. This software generates apk files and stores in the SD card..And then you can store it in your pc..

Upvotes: 3

Piskvor left the building
Piskvor left the building

Reputation: 92772

If you're in control of the network that you are using for the download, you could relatively easily grab it from the TCP stream:

Internet --- your_router --- wifi_AP --- your_Android_device

In the above diagram, the Android device connects to your WiFi access point, which is connected to your router, which connects to the Internet (and therefore the Android market). By running some capture tool (e.g. WireShark or tcpdump, even a capturing reverse proxy like Fiddler) on the router, you will see all the traffic passing across it, and you could capture it.

Possible caveats:

  • you'll need to decrypt encrypted connections, if any (e.g. for HTTPS, dummy certificates can be substituted)
  • more importantly, check if the license conditions for Market and the app allow this; depending what you intend to do with the files afterwards, this could be seen as a step in reverse engineering
  • the device itself must be able to connect to Market (not sure about emulators etc.)

Upvotes: 1

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