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How to install 'App Bundles' of Android in format APKM with APKMirror Installer

Formerly, an Android application was virtually the same as an APK filealthough the thing didn’t take long to get complicated with the APK for different variants and data files OBB. And came then the Android App Bundleswith many advantages but a great catch: are more difficult to share.

That is to say, although you can download a APK from APKMirror or similar sites and install it with a click, it’s not the same thing happens with published apps as App Bundle. To fix it APKMirror has created its own format, APKM, and your own installer, APK Mirror Installer.

What is a file APKM

Google doesn’t insist on the advantages of publishing applications such as Android App Bundle instead of as APK files: a smaller size of download, optimization for different configurations without touching the code, and a compile-time are just some of them. Google believes the App Bundle the future of Androidso it is predictable that we will see more apps released with this technology.

The problem comes when trying to move the applications from outside the shop: there is already an APK universal one that easily work on other mobiles with the same architecture, but it is a APK of basis and other additional for the device in question.

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Until now, the applications with versions in the App Bundle that were not available on APKMirror, although this has now changed, when its creators have released a tool to do so. This tool is APKMirror Installer, able to install files APKM with App Bundles.

These files APKM are not more than a file that contains both the base file APK as other files required for the application to be able to install and use. It is an invention of APKMirror, though you probably see it every time more at the same time that it expands the popularity of the App Bundles.

How to install a file APKM

Keep in mind that APKMirror Installer is nothing more than an installer, so that will do you to download apps whether they are in the format APK or APKM. The application is officially published on Google Play, so that would be against the rules facilitate the installation of applications from outside your store.

That is to say, to get files APKM you will need to browse the web APKMirror that, however, is perfectly adapted to the mobile. You can easily know if it is a APK file or APKM for the download button says clearly Download APK Bundle in place of Download APK. You can even see what is inside the App Bundle, clicking What’s inside this APK bundle?.

You will need to then download APKMirror Installer, which you can find here. The files APKM are associated to be opened with APKMirror Installer, so if you are playing in Open in the download, it will open directly. If you prefer, you can also open APKMirror Installer and browse the storage of your mobile phone to locate the file APKM that you downloaded.

When you tap it, you will be shown some information about the application, including the version that you are about to install. Tap in The Install package to get to the most important part: choose “chunks” of application suitable for your mobile. The installer automatically selects the best-suited to your mobile device, so in most cases you only need to press Install app.

If you have not subscribed to the application (from 2,09 euros per month), you’ll then see a video commercial of up to 30 seconds, then generate the installation file and begin the installation. If all has gone well, you should see the notice that the application has been installed.

APKMirror is an ingenious solution to a complex problem, and as more developers begin to publish their apps as App Bundles, it will be increasingly common need of their services. Remember, though, that the application it serves only to install and not to download.