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I have built my app into a signed SDK. I would like for beta testers to be able to install this on their devices without having to install and use the android sdk tools (I realize the apk can be installed with command line tools, but would prefer that not be necessary).
I tried manually installing it, but it failed. I have an android tablet that I am using for testing. I copied the apk to my device's sdcard, and clicked on it. Which gave the option to install it with the App Manager. Unfortunately the install fails with message "Application not installed".
Is there a way to manually install an apk, without using the command line tools?
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It is not possible to build an Android app without using SDK. Take a look at this answer. If you want to build an app without using an IDE though you can read about it for example here and here. Save this answer.
So if you've got Flashtool installed on your computer, you can also install APK's without the Internet nor a file manager.
Upload it to a Web site that is configured with .apk for the right MIME type (application/vnd.android.package-archive). Anyone clicking the link to your APK in their browser will be able to install it.
Some services have this built in. Dropbox, for example, knows about APK files, as I understand it.
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You can put the apk file on a server. On the device/emulator open the browser and download the apk and now u can tap on the downloaded apk and install it.
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