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Use a file manager to look in the following locations:
- /data/app
- /data/app-private
- /system/app/
- /sdcard/.android_secure (shows .asec files, not .apks)
On Samsung phones: /sdcard/external_sd/.android_secure
You need to be rooted to view the first three.
Use command pm list package -f (via adb shell if you want to use ADB) to list packages with their respective locations. You can then read the files. This can be done without superuser permissions.
answered Jan 8, 2011 at 2:50
Matthew ReadMatthew Read
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System apps are found in /system/app/.
The other apps you've installed are found in the /mnt/asec/ directory. See my answer to this question for details.
answered Aug 24, 2012 at 9:23
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An APK file is an application package file designed for the Android Operating System – Google’s OS for Smartphones and tablets. An APK file is the complete package for an Android application – it contains all of an application’s files and data from its manifest and resources to the compiled application code for the app, neatly wrapped and tied up with a bow in the form of one file. The APK file for an Android application can
be used to install the application on a Smartphone or tablet once it has been moved to it. APK files have been designed to only be usable on devices running on Google’s Android Operating System. Many people, however, wonder if they can open APK files on a computer running on, say, the Windows Operating System. Well, APK files are quite similar to JAR (Java Archive) files in terms of composition, and both
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file included in the application package. However, what you won’t be able to do when you open an APK file on a computer by unzipping it is install or run the Android application it is for. The only way to execute the compiled application code an APK file contains on a Windows computer is through a Dalvik virtual machine (either created for your Operating System and processor combination or emulated). The simplest and most user-friendly way to run an Android application on a Windows
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on their computers, install the applications they are for and run and use those applications. To open an APK file on a computer using the BlueStacks App Player, you need to:
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