This is the Android Package Installer(ver 3.0) created by SAI PRASAD
A simple lightweight GUI tool to install Android apks from your Windows, Mac or Linux Computers directly to your Android phone or Tablet.

________About the software__________

This software is totally written in Java uses swing package and requires a user to Install a latest version of JDK and minimum jdk version required is JDK 8.

_Pre-requisites_

1 - Minimum version JDK 1.8(if you don't have JDK then get the latest version from the Oracle site)
2 - 128 MB RAM
3 - Pentium IV CPU (Now-a-days its an old age processor you don't need to worry about it.)

____Features____

1 - Works on Mac, Windows and Linux.(Tested and ran successfully)
2 - Simplistic GUI and lightweight
3 - Cross Platform software(as shown in above)
4 - Shows the process output in the console area.
5 - Its a free software (I'm releasing it under .Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

_____________GUIDE______________________

__For Windows Users__
Directly start the Android_Package_Installer.jar file by double clicking it or through the cmd by typing "java -jar Android_Package_Installer.jar" without the quotes. Or you can download the installer for the latest version and launch the app by double clicking the ApkInstaller.exe file.

If you have already set the adb in Linux and Mac you can skip the following steps.

________Setting up the adb in Linux and Mac OS X (Read Carefully)__________

__For Linux Users__
For Linux users first you need to first run the Android ADB script present in the zip file provided in the package.
Run the "ADB-Install-Linux.sh" in the terminal and provide the account password needed for continuing the installation process.
Once installation is completed type "chmod a+x /usr/bin/adb" in the terminal for fixing permissions. 
That's it you are done just run the "Android_Package_Installer.jar" file in the package.
In case if you want to run the app in terminal just cd to folder and type "java -jar Android_Package_Installer.jar" without quotes.

__For Mac OS X Users__
For Mac OS X users first you need to first run the Android ADB script present in the zip file provided in the package.
Run the "ADB-Install-Mac.sh" in the terminal and provide the account password needed for continuing the installation process.
That's it you are done just run the "Android_Package_Installer.jar" file in the package.
In case if you want to run the app in terminal just cd to folder and type "java -jar Android_Package_Installer.jar" without quotes.


________________________How to use it_______________________

Now this is a mini guide to how to use this software. As I have said earlier that it is having a simplistic gui so every element does the same what it's meant for.
First of all you need to install JDK 8 or JRE 8 to run the jar file.
To install the app from the computer you need to connect your Android device first to the computer with Android Debugging turned on, on your phone.
If required install the necessary drivers for the device(generally it is automatically Installed).

Now after getting into the App GUI click on show connected devices button to verify that your connected device is detected.
Once the device id is shown just copy the apk file to the current Android Package Installer folder and type in the file name followed by the ".apk" extension in the Text box and click on the Install Button.
		OR
You can click on Choose apk File button to browse for the file in your computer and click on install button

That's it if everything goes well the apk file will be installed in the phone.


The above How to use it procedure is applicable in Windows, Linux and Mac OS X

Tested and verified on all the platforms.

__________Summary__________

Software Name 		: Android Package Installer
Version       		: v3.0
Supported Platform		: Windows, Linux and Mac OS X
Software Written in   	 	: Java using JavaFX
Software Developer		: SAI PRASAD

Contact Me at saiprasad1996@hotmail.com
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in Github at http://www.github.com/saiprasad1996
For more softwares visit my website  http://www.saiprasadm.tk
Use my softwares to support me, it builds up confidence in me.

_____Credits_____
This software is created and developed by SAI PRASAD.
I'm thankful to kalaker a XDA-DEVELOPERS member for his ADB Installer script.

_______License________
I'm releasing this software under Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/


--Thanks for downloading and using my software
-SAI PRASAD