Settings > Apps > App List > ‘x’ (the app you want to use to download APKs) > Advanced > Install Unknown AppsĪs is often the case with Samsung, it has its own way of doing things within the Android OS, so while the method is pretty much the same, the settings aren’t always in the same place. The ‘x’ in the process above represents the app you want to allow to install unknown APKs.Īlternatively, you can open the app details page first and enable installation of unknown sources that way instead.
Settings > Apps > Special Access > Install Unknown Apps > ‘x’ If you’re using an Android Oreo-based handset, you want to go to: In short, now any app that you want to use to download an APK (a file manager if you’re sideloading, Chrome if you’re downloading directly, third-party app store etc.) needs to be authorized to allow the installation of unknown apps.
With that, however, comes a pretty large change in how you enable that installation in the first place.
