[Q] How to download apk file on PC from market?

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I can't download apps from market on my Android device(maybe due to a network issue), so I'm wondering how could I download the apk file of an app on my PC from market.android.com ?

Nope, it just pushes the app directly to your phone. What error is your phone giving you?

you can't download the apk file straight from market
just straight download and install

Originally Posted by wonderfuly

I can't download apps from market on my Android device(maybe due to a network issue), so I'm wondering how could I download the apk file of an app on my PC from market.android.com ?

I believe that Google have been experiencing intermittent market issues their end over the last few days as many others in my local forum have reported issues......just give it some time and try again.

so has any one found a way to download apk files directly from the web via windows / linux with out using android phone / emulator

my phone has not been able to download new files for like a year now .. the downloads just never start ....

surly their must be a firefox plugin by now ?

unless you download it from some site like mediafire, 4shared which is not highly recommended.

there is a method to get .apk from the android market. But just a disclaimer, this doesn't apply to every app on the market.

Just click the app author's name and it will show you the list of other apps the author has on the market. On that page, there is a link saying "visit website for <author>", follow that link. If the author has his website tied directly to sites.google.com, at the bottom of that page there are options to download the .apk of his apps directly to your PC. Of course this mostly happens to apps which are free to begin with.

But just in case, you can also try going to the author's main website and check if they offer their apps as direct .apk download. HTH