APK Downloads for Android Projects
For all you Android developers out there, we now will automatically detect when you upload an Android package (.apk) file and will give you a QR code page link on…
For all you Android developers out there, we now will automatically detect when you upload an Android package (.apk) file and will give you a QR code page link on your download page list, like this:

Unfortunately, only uploads since this weekend will work, but going forward any .apk file you upload will automatically have it’s own QR code page. Clicking on that icon gives you a page like this:

Now you can scan that with your Android phone to automatically download and install that package. You can check it out with the Japanese localization of the K-9 email client, which is on GitHub.
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