Apk files comes up with question mark icon and i cant open it.

[laurynas samoska]

I download apk file and it comes up with question mark icon. When i click it, it ask me what file type it is which i dont know. Its a game, and the selection doesnt have game file type. Tried different apk's from different sources but they all have the same problem. I didnt have apk problems before hand.

 

[anon(10614692)]

You need a file manager to install apks

 

[laurynas samoska]

i have file manager

 

[Kizzy Catwoman]

What phone are you using please?

 

[anon(10614692)]

i have file manager

Which one?

 

[laurynas samoska]

the one that came with the phone, i now noticed that previous apk files that worked fine has also gotten the question mark icon and cant be opened

 

[laurynas samoska]

oppo r17

 

[Djnikkofb]

rename the file to .apk

 

[laurynas samoska]

doing that makes the apk damaged and ask me to re download it which has the same problem

 

[mustang7757]

Uninstall the previous apk then load the new one

 

[laurynas samoska]

i cant unistall the previous because i cant install it at all.

 

[mustang7757]

Ok let me see if I'm understanding you correctly , you are trying to download a Apk file for a game , and it's not on your phone at the moment?

 

[laurynas samoska]

it is in the phone, file manager, but icon is a question mark, when i click it it tells me to select a file type, comes up with photos, video, document or audio.

 

[mustang7757]

So you download it ? It's in the file manager can you uninstall it?

 

[anon(10614692)]

So you download it ? It's in the file manager can you uninstall it?

I think the issue is the OP has downloaded an apk file but can't install it.
@op Make sure "allow information from unknown sources" is allowed. Try again to install. If not working download another file manager from Play Store. X-plore and Astro are OK

 

[mustang7757]

I think the issue is the OP has downloaded an apk file but can't install it.
@op Make sure "allow information from unknown sources" is allowed. Try again to install. If not working download another file manager from Play Store. X-plore and Astro are OK

Gotcha, yeah trying get a understanding what's going on .

If they did download it and doesn't open might have the wrong one .

Best place to get those that I use often is
https://www.apkmirror.com/

 

[Rukbat]

doing that makes the apk damaged

That says that what you downloaded isn't an apk file. Rename it to .zip and open it in a zip file app. (An .apk file is just a .zip file with a different extension. All .apk files can be opened as .zip files, but not all .zip files can be installed, hence the change.) If it's a damaged .zip too, it's not an .apk file. Either you're downloading from a bad site, or you're not downloading correctly.

 

[B. Diddy]

Keep in mind that downloading random apk files from random sites is a great way to get malware. Hopefully you didn't unwittingly download and install a malicious app.

 

[Mike Dee]

doing that makes the apk damaged and ask me to re download it which has the same problem

Renaming a file doesn't damage it