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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.

1. https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/163181/how-to-download-old-app
2. https://apkmirror.com/uploads?appcategory=youtube