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title: "Describe the APK format."  
description: "Describe the APK format."  
author: "Hemant Patel"  
published: 2018-01-10  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32809/describe-the-apk-format  
category: "technology"  
tags: ["android"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Describe the APK format.

[Describe](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/158512/how-does-a-decision-tree-algorithm-work-describe-the-process-of-building-a-decision-tree) the [APK format](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/22876/what-is-apk-format-in-android).

## Answers

### Answer by Prateek sharma

**[APK](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94425/why-is-apk-which-was-shared-through-shareit-not-installing)** stands for **Application Package Kit** is an android file format. this contains all the application files bounded within a file. All Android applications have the extension **.apk** which is used for installation of android application or middleware on the Android powered device.

an **apk** file contains all the codes, **.dex** files, manifest file, certificates, resources, and assets. these files are types of archives based on **jar** file format.

whether a user downloads an android application from an unofficial site or from a google play store, they are downloading an apk file.


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