One of the main blessings (and curses) of Android is how open and free the operating system is. People are free to do just about anything with the code, and this includes extracting the APK files for ...

For many years, the ease of extracting and sharing APK files (used to install apps) has been a benefit to the Android ecosystem. For example, if a recent app update is causing serious problems, you ...

Xiaomi, one of the biggest phone manufacturers in China, wants to prevent APKs from being extracted from Android devices, but thankfully Google disagrees with the idea. Over the years, the ease of ...