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Is .apk file based installation supported on Tizen Os ?
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APK or Android Package is an all-in-one file with everything you need to install an app on an Android system. What is this? APKs are written in Java and are only compatible with Android devices and cannot be installed on a Samsung smart TV.
Tizen OS will run Android apps -- with a little help from third-party software (video) | Engadget.
To install an APK file on Android: Locate your APK file in your file explorer app and select it. The APK installer menu will appear—tap Install. On Samsung devices, this may appear as a pop-up. Allow time for the app to install.
So it's better to download the APK files on your Android phone or computer and then transfer them to your Android TV. One of the easiest ways to achieve this is by using the Send Files to TV (SFTTV) app. It's available on the Google Play store for both Android phones and Android TVs.
The native applications of both are entirely different, .apk for android coded in Java and .tpk for Tizen coded in C++. So its impossible to directly instal .apk files in Tizen.
But OpenMobile has created an application named ACL for Tizen which will run almost any android applications in Tizen platform.
First you will have to install the application in the Tizen device and you have to load the apk within the ACL application.
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