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How to share a signed Android APK for direct phone install with Remote Installer

Send a signed standalone APK to an Android phone through a link and let the phone download it.

Short answer: Install the tool with brew install icodesign/tap/remote-installer; then make sure the APK is a signed standalone APK; App Bundles (.aab) and .apks sets are rejected; run remote-installer share /path/to/MyApp.apk. All steps.

Authorization notice. Remote Installer is dual-use. Only use it on software, sites and systems you own or have explicit permission to test.

Who it is forAn Android developer or tester who needs a debug or test APK on a physical phone away from the desk.

The problemGoogle Play Beta requires setup and processing, and sideloading an APK to a remote device usually means file transfers.

The outcomeThe Android phone opens the link, downloads the signed APK from the browser, and installs it from the downloads folder.

What you need first

  • A macOS computer (the Homebrew and npm builds support macOS arm64 and x86_64)
  • A signed .ipa, signed device .app, or signed standalone .apk build
  • For iOS, the target iPhone's UDID already included in the provisioning profile
  • A tunnel provider: Cloudflare Quick Tunnels, Tailscale Serve, or Tailscale Funnel

Steps

  1. Install the tool with brew install icodesign/tap/remote-installer.
  2. Make sure the APK is a signed standalone APK; App Bundles (.aab) and .apks sets are rejected.
  3. Run remote-installer share /path/to/MyApp.apk. (inferred, check the README)
  4. Open the printed link in the Android browser or scan the QR code, then open the APK from the browser's downloads.
  5. Follow the Android prompts to finish installing the APK.

Prompt for your agent

Use the repo icodesign/remote-installer to share the signed APK at <path-to-apk> with `remote-installer share <path-to-apk>`. Return the install URL and state that the APK is a standalone APK. Verify that the file is not an .aab or .apks file before running.

Caveat. Split-only APKs are rejected when apkanalyzer is available, and Android App Bundles are intentionally not installable through this tool.

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