Join David Gassner for an in-depth discussion in this video Side loading an app through a file-sharing service, part of Android App Development: Distributing Android Apps (2014).
…After you create your APK file, you should test the packaged…version of the app on as many physical devices as possible.…You do this through a process known as Side-Loading.…You transfer the APK file to the device and install it from there.…You can transfer the files in a number of different ways.…For example, if your device is connected…to your computer with USB debugging turned on,…you can go to Eclipses' DDMS perspective and choose the File Explorer.…
And with the device selected in the device's view, you'll see the files…system and you can toss the APK file onto the persistent storage from here.…Another and perhaps simpler approach, is to use…a file sharing application such as Dropbox, Skydrive…or Google Drive.…I'll demonstrate side-loading with Google Drive.…I've opened my Google Drive folder in a…browser and I'll start by uploading the APK file.…I'll click the Upload button and choose Files and then I'll choose both of my APK…files, PO notes one and two, and then I'll start the upload.…
Because these files are so small, it should take only…
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2/11/2014- Packaging an Android app
- Distributing through Google vs. Amazon vs. Barnes & Noble
- Exporting the APK file
- Testing the app
- Shrinking and protecting an app with ProGuard
- Creating and uploading screenshots to Google Play
- Adding in-app products
- Tracking app usage and revenue
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