Because the Android operating system is a relative newcomer to the mobile phone market, a strong and cohesive Android Internet support community appears to be lacking. Without an adequate Android support system in place, many Android users are left in the dark when it comes to many tricky tasks, like installing third party applications to their Android mobile phones. In order to install third party applications to your Android phone, you need to install APK, or Android Package, files. In this article, we will cover the two ways you can install APK files to your Android phone and show you how to take advantage of the wide variety of third party Android applications currently available.
To install APK applications on your Android phone do the following:
Here’s a quick tutorial for new Desire owners on how to install Android applications (.apk files) onto your HTC Desire:
- Download Astro File Manager from the Market
- Connect your phone to computer in disk drive mode (connect to USB cable, select Disk Drive from the options that appear on the phone, press Done)
- Copy the APK file to the SD card (anywhere you like)
- Disconnect phone from computer (remembering to Safely Eject first)
- Open Astro and browse to the file
- Select the file and choose the Open App Manager option
- Press the Install button
- If you get a message saying: “Install Blocked. For security, your phone is set to block installation of applications not sourced in Android Market”, go to Settings > Applications > check the box which saysUnknown Sources
³For Security, your phone is set to block installation of applications not sourced in Android Market² 的話，意思就是安裝應用程式只能從 android market 上安裝，無法透過此方法安裝
- Download Astro File Manager from the Market
- Connect your phone to computer in disk drive mode (connect to USB cable, select Disk Drive from the options that appear on the phone, press Done)
- Copy the APK file to the SD card (anywhere you like)
- Disconnect phone from computer (remembering to Safely Eject first)
- Open Astro and browse to the file
- Select the file and choose the Open App Manager option
- Press the Install button
- If you get a message saying: “Install Blocked. For security, your phone is set to block installation of applications not sourced in Android Market”, go to Settings > Applications> check the box which saysUnknown Sources