Otherwise, I track down and download the. The F-Droid repository and Amazon Appstore are both reasonably well maintained - either will manage any apps you install, which is handy. I spent a decent amount of time trying to figure this out because I don't feel like having the 'google experience' and as far as I can tell, it isn't possible.
The Chromium extension is completely open-source (in the sense that you can unzip it and check the Javascript files) and I have not found anything suspicious.Īlso note the note on the end of the guide: Legal Note / Disclaimerįinally, please note that the use of this Chrome extension is violating Google's Play Store TOS! You've been warned. It even works if you are not logged in on the page itself since you have entered your credentials in the APK Downloader options screen. Īfter installation and configuration, there will be a new button in the location bar for the Android Market as can be seen below. 81 on Linux) An updated version that works with Chromium 23 is available on. The guide mentions that you need to disable SSL warnings, but I could download APKs even without disabling SSL warnings (Chromium. bexton did some cleanups and the result including a guide is available: However, redphoenix89 has found a way to download the APK with a Chrome extension. There is no easy way to download an APK file.