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title: "How Android app runs on Android mobile?"  
description: "How Android app runs on Android mobile?"  
author: "Yakshit Agarwal"  
published: 2018-01-21  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33360/how-android-app-runs-on-android-mobile  
category: "technology"  
tags: ["android"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How Android app runs on Android mobile?

How [Android](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/84568/iphone-vs-android-how-to-choose-the-best-smartphone) app [runs](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48615/when-was-the-runs-in-ruins-written) on Android [mobile](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/84860/why-website-load-time-on-mobile-matters)?

## Answers

### Answer by Prateek sharma

to run an android application on your android device you need to install the .**apk** file. .apk file is the Android application package file which contains the **classes**, **layouts**, etc in a compressed format which is installed directly on your mobile devices.

**Play store** contains all the apk file of the application which can be installed directly.


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