3 How to Install Android Application on the Nokia X

Nokia X has been officially introduced. This device is the first smartphone from Nokia that runs the Android operating system, version 4.1.2 precisely 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 Google Play app store. Then how the owner of the Nokia X acquire Android apps 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 Nokia X. Here is the translation of brevity.

1. Through the Nokia Store

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

2. Through third-party application store

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

Later, a link to the app stores would be available in the Nokia Store to facilitate the users in finding the desired application.


3. With sideloading apps

Android devices can install apps from APK files derived 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. Please note that apk file must be obtained from reliable sources to avoid the possibility of malware infection.

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