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[Android Apps and Games] gusfryk01:
Thanks a million times! Thanks also to developers, I´ve been looking for an extension like this since I don´t know when. It would be helpful to include the info in paulwilko´s post in the instructions on the download page.

Finally, is there any chance of this extension becoming an app itself? If google won´t allow it on play, maybe it could downloadable from Handango.
[Android Apps and Games] jeffrey159:
can anyone help me download neptunia collections? a japanese apk game. i can't seem to use the apk downloader
[Android Apps and Games] KWOKSFUNG:
Seems not working for me :(

Could some1 help me to get this ??

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...NvbS5zb255LndhbGttYW4ubWVkaWFwbGF5ZXJzLndtIl0.

really need it!! thx!!
[Android Apps and Games] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/cvp9luk0knhzraa/Neptunia_Collection.zip

The problem here is whether anyone has a Sony Walkman that's compatible with the app. It appears Sony has locked down the app so only specific devices can download it. If no one has a compatible Walkman, getting the app will not be possible. Even if you do get it, getting it to work may be a different matter entirely.
[Android Apps and Games] KWOKSFUNG:
Hmm, I failed to get it with the extension method

Yeah i know it may not work well, i actually just want the Throw function (play on device) that support flac files

the walkman app in my Xperia S currently do not support flac but seems this app does, so i want it :(

Hope if some1 got the Walkman device could help me

THX

(Dont tell me to convert all my music files to mp3, I WONT DO IT!!)
[Android Apps and Games] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
I know we're going off topic here, but apparently the FLAC support is pretty bad and the Ogg Vorbis support non-existent. Regardless, my comment about getting it to work wasn't about getting it to work well, but getting it to work at all. Sony locked down the app for a reason, and I suspect it has to do with hardware support, or lack thereof. I don't have one of these devices so I am only speculating here, but I'm honestly hoping I'm wrong and you end up with a similar situation to Google Car Home. The Car Home app can only be downloaded by two devices (should be three since the Dell Streak 5 included Google Car Home in the stock ROMs), yet works on pretty much every device available.
[Android Apps and Games] KWOKSFUNG:
Well I'm pretty noobish and I dont know so much about Ogg Vorbis :silly: I wikipedia it when i read your post

And I think it is not really impossible for me to use flac files...

Is it becoz the flac files are too large and a very high speed of internet connection is required here??

Well, the older version of "Media players for WALKMAN" app did not support flac files too but it does after an update becoz people asked for it.

I think this app will work on other sony phones too since they are supposed to be more powerful than those Walkmans. Sony do not give it to us becoz we already have the "throw" function in our phone (works on mp3 but not flac), that's why we are not supposed to have it.

Or sony dont want to offer so much for the phones and want us to buy the walkman??

I believe sony just think with their clear audio+, every crapy mp3 files will be still able to be good enough for us and I think it is not the case, the difference between flac files and mp3 files are still noticible even with the stock ear phone...

ok back to topic

could u tell me y I cant download this app even with the extension??

isn't it supposed to work on all free apps??

Anything to do to have it working??

thx
[Android Apps and Games] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
I never said you couldn't use FLAC, but this software is intended for their Android Walkmans and not their phones and tablets. For phones and tablets you would need to use a media player app that supported FLAC: there should be more than a few in the Play Store.

As to downloading the app, as you know you need to pass the extension your Google account information and the device ID of one of the devices attached to your account. The extension can download any app direct from the Play Store, subject to the following restrictions.

1. It cannot be a paid app.

2. It must be compatible with the device whose device ID you gave when setting up the extension.

3. The app cannot be restricted to certain devices. EXCEPTION: the device used is one the app supports. See below.

In the case of the Sony app, they've restricted the app to their two Walkmans running Android. The only way to download that app is to have one of those two devices in your account, with the device ID set in the extension to that device.
[Android Apps and Games] KWOKSFUNG:
I can PLAY flac music already i just cant THROW it

I considering to find the forum for the walkman so guys there may be able to take the apk for me

but seems there isn't :(

could u tell me how i can modify build prop to be like the walkman so i can troll the system??

thx
[Android Apps and Games] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
The general method can be found using the search engine. However, you have to have the Walkman's fingerprint, and to do that you need to find a copy of the Walkman's build.prop.
[Android Apps and Games] Bexton:
You need to change two files. The "match"-url for the content script in manifest.json, needs to match the url for the chrome.tabs.create call in main.js:

1.) manifest.json

"content_scripts": [
{
"matches": ["http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1809458&download=apk*"],
"js": ["download.js"]
},

2.) main.js

executeRawHttpsQuery:function(c) {
chrome.tabs.create({url:"http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1809458&download=apk#" + c})
}};
[Android Apps and Games] XlAfbk:
doh. I greped *.js only ...

hm, i see, a page needs to be opened because chrome extensions can only inject scripts into existing pages so to be able to call the function it needs a tab. will have to learn about chrome extensions to try to change that i guess.
[Android Apps and Games] Bexton:
more exactly, the page doesn't need to exist. but you need any URL as a "trigger" to call the content script (eg download script). however, I just had an idea. It may be possible to reload the actual play store url and append the hash key to that URL. Let me check on that..
[Android Apps and Games] Bexton:
Okay, it works! I will upload an updated version. Instead of open a new tab with this thread it will just reload the Play Store Url and start the download. :)
[Android Apps and Games] Bexton:
APK Downloader 1.3.2

Changelog

This version will no longer open a new tab.

Instead, it will reload the Play Store Url within the same tab in which you clicked on the extension icon and start the download.
[Android Apps and Games] Felimenta97:
Well, it doesn't work at all here. It quickly gives a sign the page is reloading but nothing changes, and there is only a small white box below the APK downloader icon...
[Android Apps and Games] Bexton:
Okay, sorry for the mess. But that's when you working with somebody else's code. :p I re-wrote the extension a clean way and reduced the number of files from 16 to 12. Everything should work now as expected with the 1.3.2 release.

Means: By clicking on the page action icon (the market case), the current page in your browser will reload the same URL (+ &download=apk#SOMEHASHKEY) and start the download.

I've tested it with about 20 apks and it worked out without any issues. But please leave some feedback to ensure it is working for "all" chrome versions.
[Android Apps and Games] Bexton:
APK Downloader 1.3.3

Changelog

* Fixed redirect bug (introduced in 1.3.2)

* Major code clean up
[Android Apps and Games] Felimenta97:
I will try tomorrow night (it's night now, so a little less than 24 hours from now)

Sent from my LT26i with Tapatalk 2
[Android Apps and Games] ytain:
Still doesn't work for me, it doesn't download anything even for those I can get via market in Android on my tablet.
[Android Apps and Games] XlAfbk:
I'd guess you missed the last step of the instructions: "However, you need to follow 1 more step to actually use it; you need to disable SSL warnings. Therefore please read on at the original APK Downloader page at: http://codekiem.com/2012/02/24/apk-downloader/"

@Bexton: imho it should be possible to eliminate the need for some page to be opened completly:

put requestAsset() in background.js

replace chrome.tabs.update() with requestAssets() call

send all the stuff that's currently handled with cookies directly in that call

I tried doing it but I just can't figure out Chromes dev tools. Didn't even find where to view the extensions scripts in the dev tools. And using alerts for that kind of stuff is pretty annoying ;)

Oh, and main.js can be removed from the package as well, it's not called anywhere.
[Android Apps and Games] Bexton:
With the last two version (released yesterday), tried to remove the thing that you get a new tab opened with every download. After rewriting a lot of the code, that worked quite well for me. However, I noticed that if a Play Store URL

already contains a hash key

, the regex can not get the request key properly and therefor the download does not start. Now, here's the next version with a fix for this issue:

APK Downloader 1.3.4

Changelog

* Improved new reload function to support Play Store URLs that contain a hash key already.
[Android Apps and Games] Bexton:
should be possible.. will try that

Good catch! I just forgot to remove it when I merged that code with background.js. The original code was really a mess. ^^
[Android Apps and Games] ytain:
The APK Downloader worked for me before so I already knew about the disabling the SSL warnings.

Tested again the version 1.3.4. It works only for the stuff that I can download thru the market app on the tablet, but not for the other free ones that don't show up on the market app on the tablet.

I guess Google smartened up on this one, or it's detecting the ip address you are connecting from. I guess I have to try a proxy so I'm reluctant.

Ytain
[Android Apps and Games] XlAfbk:
or just use a non-restricted (dpi patched) market on your device
[Android Apps and Games] Bexton:
Well, that is how the extension is meant to work. It is meant as an alternative way to download those apps, that you can download through the play store anyway. It will not bypass any restrictions - and it never did.

Maybe they tightened the restrictions (as for which apps can be downloaded by which device)?!

IPs doesn't matter here at all - Google knows you anyway. :p
[Android Apps and Games] Bexton:
This would be a way to get hands on some downloads, that would be restricted the official way. However, some would stay inaccessible. Anyway, this is another intention and was never the intention of this extension.
[Android Apps and Games] ytain:
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Well I was able to download the free ones that don't show in the market on the tablet with the old version before your updated extension. Does that mean something changed in the Chrome or just the way the Play Store API processed the requests?

That does not work as well. Same result.

Ytain
[Android Apps and Games] Bexton:
If it was possible and is no longer, I guess that the most likely reason is a change in the way the Play Store API processes the requests (that's btw what I meant with "tightened restrictions"). But this is neither due to my changes on the extension, nor due to changes in Chrome.
[Android Apps and Games] XlAfbk:
I've yet to find an incompatible app that couldn't be made "compatible" using the market+gsf mod (aside from the ones with country restrictions, but there's other ways to work around that).
[Android Apps and Games] darkon11:
Not working anymore on new google play
[Android Apps and Games] darkon11:
I've heard 2.0 will be ready for the weekend.

http://codekiem.com/2012/02/24/apk-downloader/
[Android Apps and Games] Hummer951:
I`ve updated from version 1.4.2 to version 1.4.3 and its working again now :D
[Android Apps and Games] hadi_rena:
Where we can get 1.4.3 ? I just download from https://lekensteyn.nl/apk-downloader/ and it's still 1.4.2
[Android Apps and Games] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
http://codekiem.com/2012/02/24/apk-downloader/

To make a long story short, the original was thought to be abandoned and the page you linked to set up to continue development. Suddenly development resumed on the original.
[Android Apps and Games] Lekensteyn:
APK Downloader Chrome Extension 1.5.0

I've released version 1.5.0 with some fixes:

Compatibility with new Play store (reported by existeam, Gaganpreet).

Detect when login has expired before downloading and open options page if necessary (requires new permission: access to tabs)

Insert email and device ID when trying to re-login (saves you from retyping this combination when session has expired).

You can get it from https://lekensteyn.nl/apk-downloader/ as usual, source code at https://github.com/Lekensteyn/apk-downloader. This extension contains NO TRACKING CODE unlike Evozi's fork.

Evozi's fork is based on opensource 1.4.x, with tracking code and removes validation for undownloadable APKs as a fix for new play store. Besides this, it also removes the copyright header of background.js, adds more tracking and some textual changes (adding links to his own apps and social accounts).

Codekiems 1.4.3 is a modification of the open-source APK Downloader 1.4.2 plus fix for the English Google Play only (i.e. it does not work for other languages). Besides this, it also changes the home page and update URL to his domain.
[Android Apps and Games] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
I actually have yours and Codekiems' version installed side by side as I needed to download an app yesterday for a ROM update and yours wasn't ready yet. Thanks for the update and for reminding us of the differences.
[Android Apps and Games] jalajsaxena:
apk downloader 1.5.0 not working

:confused: i want to download some free apps , but apk downloader shows " cant download! paid one or something ? "

lekensteyn(dot)nl/apk-downloader/

last update was #Version 1.5.0 - 2013-07-27.

Now what is to do?:eek:

---------- Post added at 10:36 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:16 AM ----------

codekiem(dot)com/2012/02/24/apk-downloader/
[Android Apps and Games] Lekensteyn:
What app do you have problems with? Try whatsapp as a reference point.
[Android Apps and Games] wait_close:
i got "error cannot download this app"....how to solve it..after login,i can only download two apps only..
[Android Apps and Games] ARDV:
not working

error cannot download this app
[Android Apps and Games] wait_close:
for the first login i can download two apps..after that i got error..is it same to you
[Android Apps and Games] drgkt:
It stopped working....
[Android Apps and Games] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
Just tried downloading Whatsapp from the Play Store. No problems here. Check your device ID and all that fun stuff.
[Android Apps and Games] drgkt:
It used to work, now it does not. (see attached)

I tried both signed in to account (in which case the icon for download is not even there) and signed off.

Maybe because I have more than one account in gmail?
[Android Apps and Games] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
More than likely it's the APK downloader you're using. The latest version is 1.5.0 by Lekensteyn, available for download from his page. The version you're using is by Codekiems. Lekensteyn explains the differences between the two, but in short the Codekiems version is a hack compared to his version.
[Android Apps and Games] jophilo:
Hi all :) !!

I can't make it work :(.

Can someone help me out and dl this for me https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.square_enix.android_googleplay.guardiancrossE ?

It's Guardian Cross v1.0.3.

A good game but incompatible with the nexus 4 for the play store !!???

Thx a lot.
[Android Apps and Games] bombadier:
Heres a thread where people can request apps that are blocked because of device/country restrictions

will upload a link on that thread
[Android Apps and Games] jophilo:
Thx very much bombadier :) .
[Android Apps and Games] todonormal:
APK DOwnloader

http://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/

Working in Windows 8x64 with --ignore-certificate-errors in upgrade :laugh: chrome
[Android Apps and Games] pursuitforce:
delete,please.
[Android Apps and Games] m_jani:
Download of 'Google Search' app doesn't work?!

Google Play link:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox

Problem:

Error : Cannot download this app!

Can anyone help?
[Android Apps and Games] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
Is the device you're using in the extension running Gingerbread? The current version of Google Search isn't compatible with anything earlier than ICS.
[Android Apps and Games] S3sharky:
I have the same problem.

Error : Cannot download this app! 400 Bad request.

can anybody help ?
[Android Apps and Games] m_jani:
Yes you are right for certain apps but incompatibility or parsing errors occur while installing.

My device is using Jellybean 4.2.1.

The app doesn't download itself, so version is not a problem.
[Android Apps and Games] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
A parsing error usually means the signatures of the old and new apps do not match. Check Google Services and make sure you're not using its app scanner, then try installing. If that doesnt work, try removing the one currently on your device, if possible, and then install the one from the Play Store.
[Android Apps and Games] m_jani:
My problem is not related to installing the Google search app, but of 'downloading' the app using this extension in Google Chrome on my PC!

I said before 'Error : Cannot download this app!' is the error I get while downloading this app, nothing else related with installation!
[Android Apps and Games] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
I misunderstood you then. Sorry.

For the record, I'm getting the same error. So I checked my device list. Oddly enough, all the ICS or later devices I have are listed as incompatible. My lone Gingerbread device is the one that is compatible. Therefore I cannot download the app using the extension as the extension has an ICS device plugged in. Thus, if you have a Gingerbread device, plug that into the downloader instead of your Jellybean device and see if you can download the quick search app.
[Android Apps and Games] m_jani:
Its alright no need to say sorry bro!

I have tried your advice but unfortunately came out with same results!

Guessing some problem; it isn't even showing in 'My Apps' section of the Google Play website on PC. I had to search manually on the site for that app. No problem, maybe I can live with it or download the app on my phone using Google Play Store!

Thanks for the support [MENTION=2807229]Strephon Alkhalikoi[/MENTION]!:)
[Android Apps and Games] Archon810:
https://lekensteyn.nl/apk-downloader/ says that evozi is spyware.
[Android Apps and Games] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
And is built off old code to boot.
[Android Apps and Games] MurasakiKiyoi:
Help me search a app

I cannot find a way to get this app for android which is called Neptunia Collection

ネプテューヌ コレクション

Version 1.3.0

Update on 27 jun 2013

size about 2.39Mb only

please if someone have the APK please share it to me i have been months searching to get this game. I hope that someone might have this game cause i have been searching for different ways to get this game. QAQ
[Android Apps and Games] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
I see using the search engine isn't your strong suit. Since it's your first post, I'll give you a break. Neptunia Collection was already posted earlier in the thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=43517760&postcount=375
[Android Apps and Games] peterp200:
apkdownloader 1.3.4 doesn't work

Latest version on the first page apkdownloader-1.3.4.zip doesn't work anymore (Error 400: Bad request). There is an updated version (Version 1.5.0 - 2013-07-27 (crx) on the page httpss://lekensteyn.nl/apk-downloader/ . That project was started because the 1.3.4 version became broken with Chromium 23 and because writer (Lekensteyn) prefer a public git repository to work on code instead of some obscure zip package from a random forum. Latest version has date 2013-07-27, but still doesn't work. Maybe the problem has connection with url, on google play VLC beta (example) has download url (in page source) "httpss://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id%3Dorg.videolan.vlc.betav7neon", but that link in fact doesn't work, url that work is "httpss://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.videolan.vlc.betav7neon". So, string "%3D" sould be replaced with character "=", then this link work. Also, "3D" is hex numer of character "=". The same problem (with character "=") seems to be with web page for APK download (httpp://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/beta.html), if the name "package name or Google Play URL" is "httpss://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id%3Dorg.videolan.vlc.betav7neon" it doesn't work, but if the package name is "httpss://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.videolan.vlc.betav7neon" it does work. Anyone has any idea what is the problem with APK downloader (version 1.3.4 or 1.5.0)? As new user can't use external links, so I dupicate last character within protocol (https -> httpss).
[Android Apps and Games] Lekensteyn:
Wow, please add some paragraphs, this is hardly readable.

You are doing something wrong, "%3D" is the URL-encoded variant of "=". If you found it in the page source, it was probably something like http://example.com/login?url=httpss...e/apps/details?id=org.videolan.vlc.betav7neon. In this case, the escaped = is necessary because it is part of the value. If you type the percent-encoded URL into the address bar, then obviously the server will complain.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent-encoding
[Android Apps and Games] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
[MENTION=5457691]peterp200[/MENTION]: In the future, use a word processor that can check grammar as well as spelling to draft your posts, as what you posted is very difficult to read.

In any case, if you're using Chrome, you received an update a couple of days ago to 29.0.1547.76. One of the side effects of the update is that some extensions may need to be uninstalled and reinstalled. For example, I had to reinstall Adblock Element Hiding Helper because its menu refused to pop up when I selected its icon. You may need to uninstall and reinstall APK Downloader, and add your information again before it will work.

This is something I myself have to do with APK Downloader because I just attempted to download YouTube and failed, so please excuse me while I try and resolve this on my system.

EDIT: As suspected, an uninstall and reinstall of APK Downloader resolved this problem. VLC Beta and YouTube now will download without issue.
[Android Apps and Games] JaanahDoe:
Can some one please download this apk

I tried downloading with 1.3.4 and now with 1.5 of apk downloader, but still cannot get this app. Really appreciate it

?id=com.citi.citimobile
[Android Apps and Games] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
No problems downloading it here. Did you enter your Device ID correctly?
[Android Apps and Games] lohtse:
tried 1.34 and the modded 1.50 all I get is a 400 error message!!

used device id of 3 phones and two tables!