Questions tagged [google-play-store]
For questions related to Google's official content store. Please note that questions related to publishing, registering, or otherwise interacting with the Play Store in a development capacity are off-topic.
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How do I change the Google Play country?
Can someone tell me how to change the country preference for Google Play? I have searched high and low but in most of the forums people ask you to go to Gmail settings -> edit profile and change the ...
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How can I download an APK file from the Play Store?
I can't download apps from the Play Store on my Android device (maybe due to a network issue), so I'm wondering how could I download the APK file of an app on my PC from http://play.google.com/store?
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Change Gmail account to make in-app purchase?
What is the procedure to change email account which you want to use to make in-app purchase?
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I am using 2 Gmail accounts and only 1 has a ...
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Is apkmirror.com safe?
Is it safe to download and install Google Play from apkmirror.com? How can I check this is a safe download?
Backstory:
I had to factory reset my original Samsung Galaxy Tab as it refused to start up....
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How to search the Play Store by permissions?
How do I specify that I do not wish to see apps that require for example internet access? Or to only show apps that use a specific permission?
A specific repository with search on its webpage? An app ...
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Getting "Authentication is required" when trying to access the Play Store
Over the past week, whenever I try to open the Play Store/Market app on my phone, the app thinks for a while and then displays this error message:
Authentication is required. You need to sign into ...
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How to search for Android apps without ads?
Is it possible to limit searches within the Google Play Store to apps (gratis or paid) that do not contain ads?
If it's not possible within the Google Play store, is there another effective way to ...
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Is Android showing app ads in share menu now?
Android is showing an Adobe app in the sharing menu and "Open with" dialog as if it's installed but will install it when I click on it.
Is this a new perk of advertising with Google Play? Is ...
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How to change my device location on the Play Store
I'm trying to download an App on the Play Store, specifically the Vue Cinema app, but this app is only (presumably) available in the UK.
I have just relocated to the UK, so how do I set my location ...
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How can I circumvent regional restrictions in Google's Play Store?
I'm travelling to country X. I want to install an application which isn't available in my country, but is available in country X; but I prefer to download and install it in advance, while the data ...
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How can I install the Google Apps Package (Play Store, ...) on my Android device?
I have recently installed a custom ROM and cannot find the Play Store. It seems like all apps that belong to Google are missing.
How can I install the Google Apps Package (Play Store, ...) on my ...
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Is there a way to turn off translation in Google Play
I have HTC Desire with Norwegian language set up. In Google play, all program descriptions are translated to Norwegian. I find this quite annoying because most of the translations are bad, and looks ...
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How to keep two versions of an app installed?
Android Market has just updated an app in my device. I liked the update, but its fully different from last version which was also my favorite. So, I want to keep last version too. I have last version'...
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Can I use multiple Android devices with a single Google account?
Surprisingly I haven't found a satisfactory answer for this in a FAQ somewhere or anything.
I have a Motorola Droid (with froyo, if it matters)
I am thinking about getting a Samsung Galaxy Tab.
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How to get rid of update notifications for a given app in Google Play Store?
General question
I have an app X installed on my device in version Y. I don't want to update it to any newer version (Y+z) for some reason. Still, the Google Play Store app always lists updates for X, ...
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Can I configure Google Play to see App Reviews in several languages?
By default Google Play is configured to display reviews only in my native language (not english). But there are a lot of reviews in other languages, especially in english and I want to see them also. ...
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Is there any app for Stack Exchange?
Is there any app available in the Android Market for Stack Exchange sites?
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Advanced searching in Play app store?
It is not easy to find good apps. Is it possible with some other app website to only search within apps (list apps) that have at least 500k downloads and at least 10k reviews?
Something like make the ...
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What is Google up to? Google Play Store updating apps even though auto-update is disabled
Recently, I've noticed Google Play Store automatically "updating" apps, even when auto-updates are explicitly disabled.
I put "updating" in quotes, because all the apps in question ...
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How Do I Know Which Google Account is Used for the Market?
So far I've never purchased anything from the Market but just installed free apps. Now, I'd like to purchase an app and I want to make sure the Market is using the correct Google account, since I have ...
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Can I re-install a purchased app from Google's Play Store?
I've successfully purchased an app from the Market via my Android phone. It's currently too large for my internal memory (still running 2.1), so can I uninstall it and then re-install it at a later ...
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How to change the account for Android Market?
I use two Google accounts and add them to . Let's say acc1 and acc2. When I try to buy an app in the Market, it chooses acc1's Checkout account, and I don't see an option to change to acc2. Can I use ...
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How to check an application's checksum or hash on Google Play? [duplicate]
Some free applications on Google Play are limited to the United States so the rest of the world has to use dodgy sites to get them. However the security of such sites are questionable as the apps ...
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Install button greyed out on play.google.com
I tried installing an app on my phone from the Play Store website, but the install button is greyed out. What could be the problem?
The phone is a Samsung Epic 4G running 4.0
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Can there be malicious apps on Google Play?
Do I need to worry about malicious apps on Google Play, or can I trust everything I install, so long as I install it from Google Play?
And if I need to worry, what red flags should I look for - ...
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Is there any way to sign into Google Play without also signing into Gmail?
I have an android tablet. I would like to sign in into the play store in order to get other apps, but I do not want to sign in gmail/contacts/calenders/g+ etc. This device will be shared among ...
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Can I set the schedule for automatic Market updates, e.g. every night?
Is there a way to schedule when the Market updates my installed apps? Ideally I would like to run it late every night, that way I won't have to be bothered with them when I'm actually using the phone.
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Trichromelibrary was suddenly downloading from Google Play Store
From nowhere, my friend got a notification that com.google.android.trichromelibrary was downloading together with a progress bar.
Why?
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Google Play services for Instant Apps downloads/installs itself without authorization, downloads/updates other components, how to disable?
Background
"Google Play services for Instant Apps" has installed itself onto my device without my permission. It broke functionality of my firewall (AFWall and couple of other apps). And it ...
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Where can I find out when I installed an app?
Is there a Play Store log file?
Or should I be looking where apps are installed on the phone for time/date stamps?