Share flutter app as APK which works on real devices

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I want to build APK from the flutter project and share it to someone to review. I followed the docs, but the problem is when he tries to open the APK he gets

"there was a problem parsing the package"

I tried it on another device and gets

"App not installed"

I think the problem is in the APK file, So how I can build a correct APK that works on real devices?

I keep the name of the file "app.apk" does that matter?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1492401/parse-error-there-is-a-problem-parsing-the-package-while-installing-android Hope this helps! — Vinayaka S Yattinahalli, Jun 09 '21 at 04:13

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 08 '21 at 13:42

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from the Flutter docs, to build an APK from the command line:

Run flutter build apk

(The flutter build command defaults to --release.)

This command results in an APK file:

[project]/build/app/outputs/flutter-apk/app-release.apk

take note of the path and ask name(app-release.apk)

edited Jun 08 '21 at 13:42

Dharman

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answered Jun 08 '21 at 13:37

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 08 '21 at 15:38

if you would like to debug why the apk not running on physical device, install this app https://fbflipper.com/ on your system, and connect your mobile device though a usb cable, now when you run the apk, on the flipper app you will receive crash report that will help you understand why your app is crashing!

Share flutter app as APK which works on real devices

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