3 How to Install Android Apps on Nokia X

Blog Share-  3 How to Install Android Apps on Nokia X. Nokia X has been officially introduced. This device is the first smartphone from Nokia that run the Android operating system, specifically version 4.1.2 Jelly Bean or called Nokia as "Android Open Source Project" (AOSP).

Although based on Android, Nokia chose not to include Google services on Nokia X, including the Google Play app store. Then how owners of Nokia X obtain Android applications to run on a cell phone?

The answer is surprisingly simple and easy to do. Read Write Web summarizes three ways to obtain and run Android applications on the Nokia X. Here is the translation of brevity.

1. Through the Nokia Store

This is the official store of Nokia which provides a series of Android applications. Nokia explained that the developer can directly apply for the installer file (APK) of their application to the Nokia Store. Nokia X owners can download the application from this store.

2. Through third-party application store

In addition to the official stores such as Google Play and Nokia Store, Android applications for the Nokia X also can be obtained from a third-party app stores such as Yandex.

Later the link to stores this application will be available on the Nokia Store to simplify the user in finding the desired application.

3. With the application sideloading

Android devices can install apps from apk files obtained from any source. Similarly, the Nokia X.

All it takes is to enable the option "allow installation of apps from unknown sources" in the Settings menu and download the APK file to the phone memory. Keep in mind that the APK file must be obtained from reliable sources to avoid the possibility of malware infection.

Nokia itself menjanjukan that 75 percent of currently available Android applications can run on Nokia X without any modification. As many as 25 percent of the rest -especially that use Google services, such as Maps or payment mechanism in applications- need to be ported to first use the SDK Nokia X and is submitted to the Nokia Store application store.