Downloading and installing an application on the Google Project Ara is completely necessary. Indeed, apps are little softwares that can greatly facilitate our life on a smart phone. There are apps for everything, whether it is for fun, to check mailbox or bank accounts, there is automatically an application for what you desire to do. We will see in this content, how you can install an application on your Google Project Ara. At first, we will look at what is the basic approach for installing an app. In a secondary step, we will see what an APK application is and how you can install it. At last, for all those who need to save memory on their Google Project Ara, we will see how you can install and store applications on the SD card of the cellphone.
Tips on how to install an application
The Google Play Store
Whether it is an application to root the Google Project Ara, an application to make a backup of the Google Project Ara, or any other kind of application, the technique is always the same. To download and install an app or a game, you’ll need to go through the platform Google PLAY. The PlayStore is a platform produced by Google where you may get countless apps and video games. Some apps pay off, but there is a huge amount of free apps. You can get and install apps such as: Facebook, Viber, Netflix, Waze, but also video games such as Clash of clans or Candy crush. Therefore, if you need to download and install an app on your Google Project Ara, you need to go through this program. The Google Play Store comes in the form of an app that’s currently on your Google Project Ara.
Install an application on the Google Project Ara through the Play Store
You will discover the Play Store app in the application menu of your cellphone. Once you’ve located the Play Store app, you can click on it to start it. Once you have done that, you merely need to type in the name of the application you desire to download and install in the search bar at the top of the screen. Then choose the application that is in the search results. Now, you will see the description of the app. There is a description, but likewise the opinions of the users. Once on the application file, you merely click on the Install button. By executing this action, the application will automatically begin to download and install on your Google Project Ara.
Where you can locate the installed application on your Google Project Ara
When the installation process is complete, you will be capable to get your application on the home page of your cellphone or in the application menu.
How you can install an APK application on the Google Project Ara
What is called APK Application is actually the installation file of the app. Its extension is therefore in .apk. Thus, if you need to install an application that is not on your Google Project Ara’s Play Store, you will be required to download and use an APK file. If you are in search of sites to download your APK file, you can go to the side of APKMirror, you should find there your happiness.
- Step 1: Enable authorization for application installation from unknown sources. If perhaps you desire to install an APK application on your Google Project Ara, the first step is to enable installation of applications from unknown sources on your Google Project Ara. To get this done, go to Settings / Security / Unknown sources and switch on the option.
- Step 2: Download the application. The second step is to download the APK file with your Google Project Ara web browser. Once you have downloaded the file, you can get it in the Download file of your Google Project Ara.
- Step 3: Installing the APK file. As for the installation, it is highly straightforward, you merely have to click on the APK file and confirm the installation and click on Install. If perhaps this step does not work on your Google Project Ara, take note that there are apps that install APK files.
Install an application on the SD card of your Google Project Ara
If perhaps you need to go a little further now that you understand how to install an application on the Google Project Ara, we will see how you can install it on the SD card of the cellphone. The advantage of this process is that it will be the memory of your SD card that will be used to store the app and its data file. This enables you to free up storage space on the Google Project Ara. To enable the storage of your Google Project Ara applications on the SD card, go to: Settings / Advanced Settings / Memory and Storage / Default Location and enable SD Card. Thus, all new apps you install will be automatically stored on the SD card.
