Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > comp.mobile.android > #56530

Re: What method you use to backup & share your installed apps on Android?

Show all headers | View raw

On 11 Oct 2018 13:18:20 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:

> +1 again, especially because it saves the APKs in the Download folder! [1]

Update...

I installed that suggested F-Droid APK Extractor, which works, of course,
but it's extremely primitive, as it doesn't even seem to have a "select
all" button, which is kind of crazy if there's no way to select 150 apps
except one by one.

Unless there's a setting I missed, the F-Droid APK Extractor seems kind of
useless for automatic backups also, so that's two strikes against it.

One thing going for it though is the sheer simplicity.

It doesn't do much else other than manually back up APKs to the wrong
location, where if you tap on a listed app, it will manually create the APK
on the fly but it puts the APK in the dumbest location possible, which is
in /storage/emulated/0/Download/apk/name-of-apk.apk

That's clearly a stupid location, since it's NOT a download by any stretch
of the imagination. It's a doubly stupid location because it isn't on the
external sdcard, where only someone with absolutely no concept of
organization would leave their APKs on the internal card when they have an
external sdcard just sitting there waiting for APKs that will never show
up.

In summary, while the app does the job, it's primitive in that it isn't
automatic, it doesn't have a select-all, and it doesn't seem to have the
option to put the APK where it belongs (on the external sdcard, for
example); so, unless I missed those basic settings somewhere, I'll happily
go back to the Apex Apps APK extractor because:
a. It can select all APKs
b. It can automatically back up APKs upon installation (all versions)
c. It can distinguish between system apps and user-installed apps
d. It can be set to put the APKs where they belong

The more functional APK extractor automatically puts all versions in:
 /sdcard1/1data/apk/filename.apk
so that I can remove the sdcard for backup & re-use in other devices.

Back to comp.mobile.android | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

What method you use to backup & share your installed apps on Android?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-09 04:47 +0000
  Re:What method you use to backup & share your installed apps on Android? visiblink <visiblink@gmx.invalid> - 2018-10-09 21:30 -0700
    Re: What method you use to backup & share your installed apps on Android? "(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> - 2018-10-10 19:45 -0400
      Re: What method you use to backup & share your installed apps on Android? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-10-11 13:18 +0000
        Re: What method you use to backup & share your installed apps on Android? 123456789 <12345@12345.com> - 2018-10-11 10:14 -0700
        Re: What method you use to backup & share your installed apps on Android?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-12 03:39 +0000
          Re: What method you use to backup & share your installed apps on Android? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-10-12 11:23 +0000
            Re: What method you use to backup & share your installed apps on Android?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-13 03:49 +0000
              Re: What method you use to backup & share your installed apps on Android?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-13 04:14 +0000
              Re: What method you use to backup & share your installed apps on Android? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-10-13 13:58 +0000
            Re: What method you use to backup & share your installed apps on Android? Diesel <me@privacy.net> - 2018-10-31 06:02 +0000
              Re: What method you use to backup & share your installed apps on Android? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-10-31 15:47 +0000
                Re: What method you use to backup & share your installed apps on Android? Diesel <me@privacy.net> - 2018-11-01 23:44 +0000
    Re: What method you use to backup & share your installed apps on Android?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-12 02:16 +0000
  Re: What method you use to backup & share your installed apps on Android? visiblink <visiblink@mail.invalid> - 2018-10-19 20:53 -0700
    Re: What method you use to backup & share your installed apps on Android?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-21 19:32 +0000
  Re: What method you use to backup & share your installed apps on Android?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-21 19:03 +0000
    Re: What method you use to backup & share your installed apps on Android? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-10-22 16:34 +0000
      Re: What method you use to backup & share your installed apps on Android? KenW                  <kenw@nono.net> - 2018-10-22 11:09 -0600
        Re: What method you use to backup & share your installed apps on Android? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-10-22 17:33 +0000
          Re: What method you use to backup & share your installed apps on Android?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-23 20:05 +0000
      Re: What method you use to backup & share your installed apps on Android? arlen michael holder <arlen_michael_holder@example.com> - 2018-11-18 03:29 +0000
        Re: What method you use to backup & share your installed apps on Android? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-11-18 19:49 +0000

csiph-web