[Extension] Updated version of the APK Downloader Chrome Extension

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swat4samp

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Lekensteyn said:
It would be nice if you mentioned which Chrome/Chromium version you are using. I am using Chromium 24.0.1312.57 and it is still not broken. I have just pushed out a fix (1.4.2) that fixes an error I had when trying to download an APK for NeptuneKirby. If you have installed the extension via my website (https://lekensteyn.nl/apk-downloader/) you will automatically pull the latest version when Chrome tries to find updates (you can manually trigger an update via the Extensions tab though).
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Sorry for not being precise before..im using 24.0.1312.57 the same version as u were using but suddenly it stopped working ie getting cannot download apk error forbidden message..so should i install latest version by removing the previous one??

Edit: Just now installed new version and its working fine thank u so much lekensteyn :)
 
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swat4samp said:
so should i install latest version by removing the previous one??

Edit: Just now installed new version and its working fine thank u so much lekensteyn :)
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If you are using versions 1.4 or older, then you need to remove it before installing 1.4.1 or newer. Newer versions can automatically check whether newer versions are available. As for saying thanks, there is a button near a post for that ;)
 
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2crazy98

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i keep getting the 400 error :( can somebody get me the simpsons tapped out apk ? :)

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2crazy98 said:
i keep getting the 400 error :( can somebody get me the simpsons tapped out apk ? :)
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error: cannot download this app! 400 bad request
i get that error :( i'm running the 1.4.2 apk downloader and my chrome version is 24.0.1312.57 m

if somebody can get me the apk it would be great but if somebody has an idea on how to fix this error it would also be great :)
 
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2crazy98 said:
can somebody get me the simpsons tapped out apk ? :)
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you should post the link to the app so i don`t have to SEARCH it for you...

com.ea.game.simpsons4_row.apk (37.4 MB)
https://mega.co.nz/#!GFxGlSwK!O1xbaGY_aRxySUu9_6ag1Wc9JMAWSjF8WY8aZ4LaR-0

chirag123 said:
Does this extension allow the download of apps not available to your carrier? Such as o2 priority.
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com.goldengekko.o2pm.apk (5.7 MB)
https://mega.co.nz/#!nJx2hQZY!F91H0khLSu5KXP_PTYEg2jbcMXR31uDoCi2io2pZIzE
 
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julian0086

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As I tried so many times to use the downloader with Chrome version 21,22 and 23, none worked.
I would like to beg someone to download all these please.
Thank you very much


play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eric.panews
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chenio.android.sixpark
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobilefringe.yorkdale.hd
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ca.autotrader.userapp
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.merriamwebster
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dictionary
 
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swat4samp

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julian0086 said:
As I tried so many times to use the downloader with Chrome version 21,22 and 23, none worked.
I would like to beg someone to download all these please.
Thank you very much


play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eric.panews
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chenio.android.sixpark
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobilefringe.yorkdale.hd
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ca.autotrader.userapp
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.merriamwebster
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dictionary
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Here u go...yorkdale hd is missing though https://www.dropbox.com/sh/135c70u9ixhfwl9/tLQbBA_7Ut
 
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paulwilko10

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I sorted my own personal issue with errors and hope it may help some others.

When you type in the device id, make sure it is the google service framework one and not the Android ID

Mine now download, not actually added them to my device, but assume it will be fine :cyclops:

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paulwilko10 said:
I sorted my own personal issue with errors and hope it may help some others.

When you type in the device id, make sure it is the google service framework one and not the Android ID

Mine now download, not actually added them to my device, but assume it will be fine :cyclops:
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EDIT: Works Perfectly :)
 
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foxfireseed

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Version 1.4.0 working with Chrome v23+

Guys, I just tested version 1.4.0 downloaded directly from the original evozi site and works like a charm. :good:
 
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Tried Lekensteyn's apk downloader v1.4.2 and it works like a charm.
thank you so much Lekensteyn.
really appreciate your work. :)

for those who have any problem, i suggest using Lekensteyn's apk downloader v4.1.2
it really works on latest chrome.

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foxfireseed said:
Guys, I just tested version 1.4.0 downloaded directly from the original evozi site and works like a charm. :good:
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that version already broken on chrome v24.xx
if you updating chrome to v24.xx and get error, try Lekensteyn's version 1.4.2.
 
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b00ze

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Could someone please get me this apk?

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.nichtraucherin30tagen.android#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDIxMiwiZGUubmljaHRyYXVjaGVyaW4zMHRhZ2VuLmFuZHJvaWQiXQ..

I've been trying modified build.prop as well as many, many versions of apkdownloader (4.1.2 included) for the past 3 hours and Im giving it up now. So frustrating...
 
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Derzis

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b00ze said:
Could someone please get me this apk?

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.nichtraucherin30tagen.android#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDIxMiwiZGUubmljaHRyYXVjaGVyaW4zMHRhZ2VuLmFuZHJvaWQiXQ..

I've been trying modified build.prop as well as many, many versions of apkdownloader (4.1.2 included) for the past 3 hours and Im giving it up now. So frustrating...
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just buy an electronic cigarette...

de.nichtraucherin30tagen.android.apk (2.8 MB)
https://mega.co.nz/#!b1Q22QLb!e4Fw2ziUJZw6-SbWEi78LUoWX98j81EwdaqWUlTlSAg
 
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b00ze

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Derzis said:
just buy an electronic cigarette...
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No long-term studies about those things and everything I read about them is so diverse... I dont trust them.
But keeping track of how the body regenerates might actually work for me. Not that you care anyway, haha... ;)
Thanks a bunch for that apk, dude.
 
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logikv9

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The downloader isn't working for me, hope a fix shows up soon.

In the meantime, can someone get the Phewtick app for me? I don't have enough posts to actually post the outside link, sorry.

thanks!
 
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logikv9 said:
The downloader isn't working for me, hope a fix shows up soon.

In the meantime, can someone get the Phewtick app for me? I don't have enough posts to actually post the outside link, sorry.

thanks!
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So I tried getting this from Google Play but it said 403 forbidden when I tried to download it. However if you go to 1Mobile you can easy find it and download the apk to your computer. This what I do when the downloader won't let me get my apps from the Play Store. Hope that helps!
 
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    What is it?

    This is an updated (and slightly modified) version of redphx's awesome Google Chrome extension APK Downloader.
    It allows you to download APKs from the Play Store webpage via your desktop browser directly onto your computer.

    The original version stopped working as of Google Chrome version 20+ because starting with this Chrome version, all Google Chrome extension require to use the manifest version 2. When I noticed, I checked the author's page for any updates. But there were no updates on that.

    Update: Earlier, I said that the original APK Downloader extension stopped working because it uses Manifest version 1 and that Google Chrome dropped support for all extensions that use Manifest version 1.

    However, gt573 noted that he can still use the original extension (v1.2.1) with Chrome 21.

    So, I checked again the Manifest version 1 support schedule and I found that I was wrong there. Manifest version 1 was announced deprecated with the release of Chrome 18, but will be partitially supported until "early 2013".

    Nethertheless, the original APK Downloader (v1.2.1) does not work for me since my Chrome was update to 21.0.1180.60 m. The extension constantly throws content security policy exceptions when trying to download any App, which prevents the extension from working at all. Additionally, this is the error message I get on the extension page:

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    And according to the recent comments on the author's webpage, there's a bunch of other users who have/had the same problem with v1.2.1 within the last days. (For a detailed explanation of manifest version changes in Chrome and what that means for the original APK Downloader, click here to read the full story.)

    So: If APK Downloader v1.2.1 stopped working for you, feel free to use this updated version.
    ​

    What was changed?

    So.. Basically, this is the original APK Downloader v1.2.1 extension for the Google Chrome browser, downloaded from the author's - redphx - webpage. However, these are the changes that I made:

    As of version 1.3.0
    • Updated the extension manifest version from 1 to 2
    • Replaced deprecated functions in JavaScript and references in manifest.json
    • Changed JavaScript formatting from compressed to "Pretty Print" (so that the source code is readable for everybody)
    • Removed Google Analytics Code (Sorry redphx, all credits to you! But using GA for this, without even anonymizing the User IPs, is a No-Go as I think).
    • Changed the download redirect Url (when clicking the icon in the Url bar) from the author's webpage to a local domain "http://localhost/[..]".
    • Removed all other "extra" code, that was not used for the actual functionality.
    • Replaced extension icons.

    As of version 1.3.1
    • Changed the download redirect Url (when clicking the icon in the Url bar) from"http://localhost/[..]" to this thread's URL, because v1.3.0 required a local web server to be running for the extension in order to function.

    As of version 1.3.2
    • Changed the download redirect Url (when clicking the icon in the Url bar). Instead of open a new tab, as of version 1.3.2 it will simply reload the current Play Store URL and start the download!

    As of version 1.3.3
    • Fixed redirect bug, introduced in version 1.3.2
    • Major code clean up (reduced number of files from 16 to 12).

    As of version 1.3.4
    • Improved new reload function to support Play Store URLs that contain a hash key already.


    Get Started - Download
    To install the extension the steps are as follows: download and extract the following zip archive to your computer.

    Direct download link:
    apkdownloader-1.3.1.zip
    apkdownloader-1.3.2.zip
    apkdownloader-1.3.3.zip
    apkdownloader-1.3.4.zip
    ​

    How to set up?

    After you extracted the downloaded zip file to your computer, open Google Chrome and go to the extension page; you can copy and paste into the Url bar: chrome://chrome/extensions/

    Load it

    Now, enable "Developer mode" and load the "APK Downloader"-extension from the directory where you extracted it to.
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    Set it up - Google-Account

    To be able to download from the Play Store, you need to authenticate all requests. Therefore you need to "log in to your Google Account" at the extension's option page.
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    On the extension's options page, log in with your Google-Account (email-address and password) - the same Account that you used with your device! Also, you will need your Android Device-Id (which is part of the algorithm to generate a valid request key).

    Note: Basically this is not a "login" in the common sense. Your credentials are stored safely in Chrome's local data storage - on your own computer!!!

    Set it up - Android Device-Id

    To get your Android Device-Id, type in the dialer of your phone...
    Code: 
    *#*#8255#*#*
*#*#TALK*#*#

    ... and you will get the "GTalk Service Monitor" screen like the following. Search for "DEVICE-ID:". Everything that comes after "android-", that is your Device-Id.

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    OR

    Use my App "Android Device-ID"

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    (Almost) Done

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    The extension is now available and ready set up. However, you need to follow 1 more step to actually use it; you need to disable SSL warnings. Therefore please read on at the original APK Downloader page at: http://codekiem.com/2012/02/24/apk-downloader/​


    Credits
    All credits for the extension goes to redphoenix89 (or redphx @xda)! It's his code - I did only cosmetics.
    ​

    Legal Note / Disclaimer
    Finally, please note that the use of this Chrome extension is violating Google's Play Store TOS! You've been warned.
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    As promised, the repo and a zip:

    Chrome extension directly available on https://lekensteyn.nl/apk-downloader/
    Project repo (zip at downloads): https://github.com/Lekensteyn/apk-downloader

    Changelog for 1.4.1 - 2013-01-13:
    • Packaging-only change, add update URL to manifest file and provided ready-to-install CRX file.

    Changelog for version 1.4 - 2012-12-09:

    • Rewrite Javascript core of extension, do not make it look too obfuscated.
    • Chromium 23 compatibility. Due to restrictions on changing headers for clients.google.com, a new approach on retrieving the download URL and actually downloading an APK is implemented.
    • Due to the rewrite, you should not need to disable SSL warnings anymore.
    • Add help to options page.
    • Hide SIM operator options by default as you usually do not need those.

    @OP: please update the first post. Contributions are always welcome, simply do a pull request.
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    Lekensteyn
    APK Downloader Chrome Extension 1.5.0

    I've released version 1.5.0 with some fixes:

    • Compatibility with new Play store (reported by existeam, Gaganpreet).
    • Detect when login has expired before downloading and open options page if necessary (requires new permission: access to tabs)
    • Insert email and device ID when trying to re-login (saves you from retyping this combination when session has expired).

    You can get it from https://lekensteyn.nl/apk-downloader/ as usual, source code at https://github.com/Lekensteyn/apk-downloader. This extension contains NO TRACKING CODE unlike Evozi's fork.

    Evozi's fork is based on opensource 1.4.x, with tracking code and removes validation for undownloadable APKs as a fix for new play store. Besides this, it also removes the copyright header of background.js, adds more tracking and some textual changes (adding links to his own apps and social accounts).

    Codekiems 1.4.3 is a modification of the open-source APK Downloader 1.4.2 plus fix for the English Google Play only (i.e. it does not work for other languages). Besides this, it also changes the home page and update URL to his domain.
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    Also DL purchased

    I changed line 7 in background.js, so the extension would also download purchased apps and not just free apps from this:
    Code: 
        b && b.html && -1 < b.html.indexOf('data-isfree="true"') && chrome.pageAction.show(a)
    to this:
    Code: 
        b && b.html && (-1 < b.html.indexOf('data-isfree="true"') || -1 < b.html.indexOf('data-ispurchased="true"')) && chrome.pageAction.show(a)
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    I got it fixed for Chromium 23. It required a rewrite because of policy changes that cause captures/modifications of the *clients.google.com domain being blocked.

    I'll polish it a further more with my brother and then get it published in a public git repository. Stay tuned, it should be ready tomorrow or the day thereafter.
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