Mobile applications are very useful and are capable of solving many needs that may arise. However, the Play Store has a limit of applications and, in many cases, applications are needed that are not available in the Google store.
If you are a fan of applications and are not satisfied with those offered by the Play Store, there are several options that will help you get external applications or applications of unknown origin.
External applications or applications of unknown origin are all those that are not in the Play Store or that were at some point, but for various reasons Google excluded them. Many of these, because they are not endorsed by Google, can represent a risk for your device, being capable of causing damage to your mobile, but there are very few that represent a threat.
The process of installing an external apk is quite simple on devices with Kit-Kat operating system or lower, since it was enough to give permissions to applications from unknown sources and voila; however, with the arrival of the Oreo operating system, this has become a little more complicated, but it is still possible to install them, although the procedure has changed.
How to allow the installation of apps from unknown sources
This is the first step if you want to install apk external to Google Play. The first thing to do is go to settings and then go to the security section. At this point, you will have to press the security option and select Unknown sources.
Finally, you will have to allow the installation of unknown sources and accept if a confirmation box appears. The permission of unknown sources works the same in the different types of phones, so you can do it regardless of the brand and model of phone you have.
How to get and install an apk
There are several ways to get an apk, by transferring from the pc to the mobile, by transfer from mobile to mobile through Bluetooth or go directly to the apk page, from the mobile, and download it.
These applications will go directly to the download folder. There you can locate all the apk and install them. To be able to install these applications, you just have to touch it to activate the installation and allow the corresponding permissions.
Install apk with Android Oreo
This operating system has strengthened the security of Google Play much more, making it more complex to install an apk. To do this, we must give permission to the browser from which we downloaded the apk so that it can install it.
To install the apk, you will have to activate the configuration at the same time that the apk is downloaded because unknown sources have disappeared.
Therefore, what you have to do now is download the application directly from Google and when the installation process begins, a message will appear saying that for security reasons, your phone will not be able to install unknown applications from this source.
You will have to give the settings option in the menu that appeared and then authorize downloads from this source. Then we will have to go back to the application and install it again and now all the apk from the said browser can be installed without a problem.
Activate the apk installation in the settings
With this setting you can give applications such as Facebook, Gmail, Drive, Messenger, among others, to install apk. To do this you must enter the phone settings, go to advanced settings and select the option to install unknown applications.
When you do this, you will see a menu with the icons for Drive, Facebook and other applications. You must enter each of them and give them authorization so that they can download and install applications of unknown origin.
In this way, any external app that comes from these applications can be installed without any problem. It is important to know that in this way your device runs the risk that it may install an apk that contains malware or a malicious file that could damage your mobile.
Recommendations before installing an APK
As mentioned above, not all applications will be harmful to your mobile, but you must always take precautions. Consider installing a security application to reduce the risk of installing malware.