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To install an APK file on the emulated device, drag an APK file onto the emulator screen. An APK Installer dialog appears. When the installation completes, you can view the app in your apps list. To add a file to the emulated device, drag the file onto the emulator screen.
Take the APK you want to install (be it Google's app package or something else) and drop the file into the tools folder in your SDK directory. Then use the command prompt while your AVD is running to enter (in that directory) adb install filename. apk . The app should be added to the app list of your virtual device.
Just open your browser, find the APK file you want to download, and tap it – you should then be able to see it downloading on the top bar of your device. Once it's downloaded, open Downloads, tap on the APK file and tap Yes when prompted. The app will begin installing on your device.
Or, if you already have a project open, click File > Profile or Debug APK from the menu bar. In the next dialog window, select the APK you want to import into Android Studio and click OK. Android Studio then displays the unpacked APK files, similar to figure 1.
Steps (These apply for Linux. For other OS, visit here) -
platform-tools in android-sdk linux folder../adb install FileName.apk
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You need to install the APK on the emulator. You can do this with the adb command line tool that is included in the Android SDK.
adb -e install -r yourapp.apk
Once you've done that you should be able to run the app.
The -e and -r flags might not be necessary. They just specify that you are using an emulator (if you also have a device connected) and that you want to replace the app if it already exists.
Start an Android Emulator (make sure that all supported APIs are included when you created the emulator, we needed to have the Google APIs for instance).
Then simply email yourself a link to the .apk file, and download it directly in the emulator, and click the downloaded file to install it.
Step-by-Step way to do this:
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