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Re:Total Commander forced to stop letting you install APKs by TillE on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @12:18PM (#31424589)
Your browser is also an app. A general-purpose file manager is pretty clearly not trying to become an app store.
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Re:Total Commander forced to stop letting you install APKs by Sohcahtoa82 on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @12:38PM (#31424822)
The difference is that the browser can't install the app, AFAIK. You have to open it in a file manager to do that.
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Re:Total Commander forced to stop letting you install APKs by hvdijk on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @12:55PM (#31425009)
You don't, you can trigger the installation directly from mainstream Android browsers. When the download finishes, there's typically a notification that it finished, and that notification allows you to open the downloaded file directly without having to go through a file manager.
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