APK sideloads install, but never run


silverfang77

silverfang77

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OK, so I installed the Android Subsystem, Amazon Appstore, logged in with my Amazon account, etc. because I wanted to install Facebook for Android, which I know Amazon has because it shows up in the Amazon Appstore on my Android devices. However, in the Windows one, it doesn't show.

OK. I figured WTH I'll just sideload it. So I installed ADB, got the virtual Android IP from the subsystem settings, downloaded the APK from APKPure, then opened the command prompt and did adb connect IP number, which worked. Then did adb push C:\appfolder\facebook.apk. It did the streamline installation and said "success".

When I look in the Start Menu, the sideloaded Facebook app icon does indeed show up as an installed program. Wonderful! When I click on it, however... nothing, nada, zero, zip, zilch! No matter how many times I click the blessed thing, it's always the same.

Just for a control, I ran the same thing on my laptop (also newly upgraded to 11 as of today). Sideload app installed successfully, shows up, etc. When I click it, the big fat zero is what happens.

Apps downloaded from Amazon Appstore work just fine when I doubleclick them. Why do ones from the Appstore work, while the sideloads just sit and rot?

Thank you so much!
 
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Windows 11 Pro, version 21H2 (OS Build 22000.556)

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Omen 30L
    CPU
    Intel Core i9 10850K
    Motherboard
    HP 8703
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    Kingston Fury Beast 32 GB DDR4
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    RealTek Audio
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    HP Omen 25
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    1920x1080
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    Coolermaster
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    HP Omen
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    HP Omen
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    Logitech Wireless trackball
    Internet Speed
    4G/5G hotspot
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    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Bitdefender Free
Could be any number of reasons, but I suspect the primary reason is going to be the (emulated) architecture that WSA brings to Windows. Most Android devices run on ARM-based processors, whereas most WIndows devices do not. I haven't played much with WSA, but I suspect that either 1) it is emulating ARM, or 2) the apps in the Amazon App Store for WSA have been re-tooled for x86 architecture.

If you grabbed the .APK from APKMirror, see if there is an x86 targeted release that you can try.
 

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    HomeBrew
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    AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
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    MSI MEG X570 GODLIKE
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    Logitech MX Master 3S | MX Master 3 for Business
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    Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6300U CPU @ 2.40GHz, 2501 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
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    Dell
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    16 GB
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    Dell
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    AT&T LightSpeed Gigabit Duplex Ftth
Thanks for the reply. I ended up installing the version of Android with the Google Play Store. Literally every Android app runs in it, except Facebook. Since it refuses to run on two different Android installations, I've concluded that it's the app itself rather than the subsystem.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Omen 30L
    CPU
    Intel Core i9 10850K
    Motherboard
    HP 8703
    Memory
    Kingston Fury Beast 32 GB DDR4
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GeForce RTX 3080
    Sound Card
    RealTek Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP Omen 25
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    SSD 952 GB, HDD 1.8 TB
    PSU
    Coolermaster
    Case
    HP Omen
    Keyboard
    HP Omen
    Mouse
    Logitech Wireless trackball
    Internet Speed
    4G/5G hotspot
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Bitdefender Free
silverfang77 said:
Thanks for the reply. I ended up installing the version of Android with the Google Play Store. Literally every Android app runs in it, except Facebook. Since it refuses to run on two different Android installations, I've concluded that it's the app itself rather than the subsystem.
Click to expand...
So added bonus if it cannot run facebook LOL
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro + Win11 Canary VM.
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    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS Zenbook 14
    CPU
    I9 13th gen i9-13900H 2.60 GHZ
    Motherboard
    Yep, Laptop has one.
    Memory
    16 GB soldered
    Graphics Card(s)
    Integrated Intel Iris XE
    Sound Card
    Realtek built in
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    laptop OLED screen
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    2880x1800 touchscreen
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    1 TB NVME SSD (only weakness is only one slot)
    PSU
    Internal + 65W thunderbolt USB4 charger
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    Yep, got one
    Cooling
    Stella Artois (UK pint cans - 568 ml) - extra cost.
    Keyboard
    Built in UK keybd
    Mouse
    Bluetooth , wireless dongled, wired
    Internet Speed
    900 mbs (ethernet), wifi 6 typical 350-450 mb/s both up and down
    Browser
    Edge
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    TPM 2.0, 2xUSB4 thunderbolt, 1xUsb3 (usb a), 1xUsb-c, hdmi out, 3.5 mm audio out/in combo, ASUS backlit trackpad (inc. switchable number pad)

    Macrium Reflect Home V8
    Office 365 Family (6 users each 1TB onedrive space)
    Hyper-V (a vm runs almost as fast as my older laptop)
I go this way:
  1. I have installed Facebook app on my smartphone
  2. I installed on my smartphone from Google Play Store the app: "Apk extractor" (author: meher)
  3. With "Apk extractor" I extract Facebook app to an apk file
  4. I transfer Facebook apk file to Windows 11 PC
  5. I sideload Facebook apk file into WSA
Result: All OK and Facebook runs in WSA
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11
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