Update app with apk

[EverlastingSuffering]

Hello. I have an app installed on rooted device without gapps installed. I have an app on it and now I need to update it with apk without losing data. When I am trying to just regularly install updated apk it fails. I know that google play somehow do it and I want to know how. Or maybe is there some other approach that would help me to install an update without losing all user data?
Thank you in advance.

 

[ze7zez]

Is the new file for the same hardware platform as the previous one, for example armeabi-v7a?

 

[xXx yYy]

That's what ChatGPT answered:

 

[ze7zez]

That's what ChatGPT answered:

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I see that a colleague has been fooled by the propaganda of AI infallibility. This answer is vague and off topic. Please don't defile the xda forum with such quotes, regardless of your intentions.

 

[James_Watson]

What was the error message when you failed to install that apk? Are you sure that the apk edition is correct for your android device?