Originally Posted by
jwnpgh RunningWarrior
I am not a developer but managed to get preview 3 loaded. i realized many apps didn't work or won't loaded.
is there an easy way or a site that explains to novices how to sideload apps? and how to get app APKs to sideload?
thanks
john
Originally Posted by
miroul I would be interested in this as well
Thx
It's not that bad to do. If you are on the DEV preview already I am going to assume that you already have ADB and fastboot installed on your system. If not install this and do it system wide, to make things easier
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You now need to download an APK. This can be done from various different sites including apk downloaders that you type in or paste the market link. With those I have noticed I do not always receive the wear companion app, at least on hangouts. So I went into the market and saw hangouts newest version number and googled that with hangouts apk after the version. Downloaded from a more well known site.
Once you have the APK you need something to open it... 7ZIP works well, is light, and fast. I highly recommend it :
7-Zip 


From there you now can open 7zip and browse to the apk, the wearable apk could be in different places I am using hangouts as an example. The wearable APK is in the assets folder(see attached pics) Extract it to a folder or desktop.
From here wherever you extracted it to hold RIGHT SHIFT key and right click on the empty space of the folder or desktop depending on where you put it. Click on "open command window here"(This only works if you have ADB system wide, if you do not you must put the apk in the same folder as ADB is and right click with shift there.)
Now you are ready for some adb.
Make sure your device is attached and debugging mode is enabled.
In the command window type
Make sure your device is there, if it says "unauthorized", authorize it on the watch.
Now type
Code:
ADB INSTALL HANGOUTSWEARABLE.APK
It should now install and be done. repeat as desired. and where we have HANGOUTSWEARABLE.APK.. It will always be "nameOfApk.APK"
I hope this helps, if you need more info let me know. I dont have my cable with me to put adb screens up but it is pretty straight forward.