Outside of technology, Joe is an avid DIYer, runner, and food enthusiast.
After several years of jailbreaking and heavily modifying an iPod Touch, he moved on to his first smartphone, the HTC DROID Eris. He got his start in the industry covering Windows Phone on a small blog, and later moved to Phandroid where he covered Android news, reviewed devices, wrote tutorials, created YouTube videos, and hosted a podcast.įrom smartphones to Bluetooth earbuds to Z-Wave switches, Joe is interested in all kinds of technology.
He has written thousands of articles, hundreds of tutorials, and dozens of reviews.īefore joining How-To Geek, Joe worked at XDA-Developers as Managing Editor and covered news from the Google ecosystem. Joe loves all things technology and is also an avid DIYer at heart. He has been covering Android and the rest of the Google ecosystem for years, reviewing devices, hosting podcasts, filming videos, and writing tutorials. Joe Fedewa has been writing about technology for over a decade. Go to in a web browser and use the search feature to find the app or game, then copy the URL from the address bar. The files are the same you would get from the Play Store, and you can choose different versions to download.įirst, we need a URL to an app or game from the Google Play Store. You can use a web tool to download APK files by pasting Google Play Store URLs. We'll show you how to do it on desktop and Android. While it's not possible to get an APK file directly from the Google Play storefront, there are a few methods we can use to get "official" APK files without resorting to piracy. There are a couple of ways to get APK files from Google Play. When you download an app from the Play Store, you're installing an APK file to your Android device, but you can't download the file directly. Then try to download the app.You can download APKs that are available in the Google Play Store by using a web tool to generate download links or an APK extractor app on an Android device. Restart your device and add your account again. Tap the Menu icon on the top right corner of the screen. If you're using a Google account, tap Google and then the account. Under Accounts, tap the name of the account that you want to remove. If clearing the cache and data doesn't resolve the issue, remove your Google account, restart your device, and then add your Google account again. Remove your Google account and then add it again When the cache and data are cleared, the Google Play Store error should be resolved. If cleaning the cache of the Google Play Store and Google Play Services doesn't resolve the issue, try clearing the Google Play Store data: Repeat the steps above, but replace Google Play Store in step 3 with Google Play services. Open the app details and tap the Force stop button. Scroll to All apps and then scroll down to the Google Play Store app.
(This option might differ depending on your device.) Try the following workarounds to fix the Google Play Store errors. The following are some of the most common Google Play Store errors: These errors might be due to Google Play Store updates, Google cache issues, Google Play Store stored data issues, or Google account issues. Google Play Store Errors typically contain random numbers and are generated when you try to download apps from the Google Play Store. In the meantime, please see below for more information and try the workarounds suggested. The Google Play team is aware of this problem and is working to resolve the issues. You might receive an error that contains random numbers when you download Office apps from the Google Play store.