Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Arno Welzel Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.os.linux,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: A good thing or a bad thing (Was: Tutorial: Working example of removing & re-installing Android system apps from a PC) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 10:59:08 +0200 Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <7u5lblxjel.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net dT4iVmHxEYPh+LZohoN4/Qx/vVmyt8O4qf0mVOS5CFLYa1HE06 Cancel-Lock: sha1:3pdXlKWfXR7SsFAGEcJvZrbNe0Q= sha256:Hiy2UXI/o5QmaJuqVJBut4JS85o/7avZWKGBbUjPHwI= Content-Language: en-US, de-DE In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.os.windows-10:183099 alt.os.linux:81223 comp.sys.mac.system:145395 comp.mobile.android:147480 Marion, 2025-03-29 18:41: [...] > We're talking about free app installers that the user downloads & installs. > > We're talking about what's *different* about Android from other operating > systems, such as that installer APK is always sitting on the file system. > > That's unique to Android. > And that's a good thing. > > Because that free installer can be re-used at will. Just keep in mind, that newer are not published using APK any longer but using AAB (Android Application Bundle). This means, the device only gets an APK generated by Google with files required for that specific device configuration. This *may* work on other devices as well if they are similar enough - but you also may have to download the app again on the other device, for example when the app uses native code which needs to be specific for the CPU architecture of the device. Also see: -- Arno Welzel https://arnowelzel.de