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Geo-blocking
Some apps are specific to region. For example, air.ITVMobilePlayer is specifc
to GB. If you try it from US, details will work, but delivery will fail:
> googleplay -a air.ITVMobilePlayer
Title: ITV Hub: Your TV Player - Watch Live & On Demand
UploadDate: Dec 9, 2021
VersionString: 9.19.0
VersionCode: 901900000
NumDownloads: 17.429 M
Size: 35.625 MB
Offer: 0.00 USD
> googleplay -a air.ITVMobilePlayer -v 901900000
panic: Geo-blocking
It seems headers are ignored as well:
Accept-Language: es
Accept-Language: es-AR
Accept-Language: es-ES
You can change the country [1], and then you get expected result:
> googleplay -a air.ITVMobilePlayer
Title: ITV Hub: Your TV Player - Watch Live & On Demand
UploadDate: Dec 9, 2021
VersionString: 9.19.0
VersionCode: 901900000
NumDownloads: 17.429 M
Size: 35.625 MB
Offer: 0.00 GBP
> googleplay -a air.ITVMobilePlayer -v 901900000
GET https://play.googleapis.com/download/by-token/download?token=AOTCm0TiBZQdp...
How to determine required features?
Use a command like this:
aapt dump badging file.apk
or check the cmd/badging folder.
How to get device info?
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.andr7e.deviceinfohw
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=flar2.devcheck
How to get Protocol Buffer fields?
Check Google Play Store (com.android.vending) with JADX, with the last
working version (2016):
versionCode='80441400' versionName='6.1.14'
- https://apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-play-store
- https://github.com/MCMrARM/Google-Play-API/blob/master/proto/gsf.proto
How to install Android App Bundle?
Bash:
adb install-multiple *.apk
PowerShell:
adb install-multiple (Get-ChildItem *.apk)
https://developer.android.com/guide/app-bundle/app-bundle-format
How to install expansion file?
adb shell mkdir -p /sdcard/Android/obb/com.PirateBayGames.ZombieDefense2
adb push main.41.com.PirateBayGames.ZombieDefense2.obb `
/sdcard/Android/obb/com.PirateBayGames.ZombieDefense2/
https://developer.android.com/google/play/expansion-files
INSTALL_FAILED_NO_MATCHING_ABIS
This can happen when trying to install ARM app on x86. If the APK is
armeabi-v7a, then Android 9 (API 28) will work. Also the emulator should be
x86. If the APK is arm64-v8a, then Android 11 (API 30) will work. Also the
emulator should be x86_64.
- https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/222094/install-failed
- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36414219/install-failed-no-matching-abis
However note that this will still fail in some cases:
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/253778985
System Image
| API Level | Target |
|---|---|
| 33 | Android Tiramisu |
| 32 | Android 12L |
| 31 | Android 12 |
| 30 | Android 11 |
| 29 | Android 10 |
| 28 | Android 9 |
| 27 | Android 8.1 |
| 26 | Android 8 |
| 25 | Android 7.1 |
| 24 | Android 7 |
| 23 | Android 6 |
| 22 | Android 5.1 |
Version history
If you know the versionCode, you can get older APK [1]. Here is one from 2014:
googleplay -a com.google.android.youtube -v 5110
but I dont know how to get the old version codes, other than looking at websites [2] that host the APKs.