Download APK files are application packages that have been created for Google’s Android mobile operating system. The data that contain the APK file extension store the data that are needed to run a single Android application on the Android mobile device. The APK file extension stores the files that are required to run an only Android app on an Android mobile device. The download APK file itself is a compressed file archive that contains the code files for the use, the AndroidManifest.xml file, and the application resource files.



Download apk files can be installed on Android-powered devices just like installing software on a computer. When the user downloads and installs an Android application, from either an official source such as the Google Play Store or from an unofficial site, they are introducing an APK file on to their device. Though a file conversion program or service usually is necessary to convert one file type to another, they are not very useful when dealing with download APK files. It is because an APK file is an application that is meant to run on specific devices only, unlike other file types like MP4 or PDF that work on a variety of platforms.

Like already mentioned above, you cannot convert download APK file to IPA for use on IOS, nor can you convert APK to EXE to use the Android app in Windows. However, you can generally find an IOS alternative that works in place of the Android app that you want to be installed on your iPhone or Ipad. Most developers have the same app available on both platforms.



As for download APK to EXE converter, install a Windows APK opener from above and then use it to open the Android app on your computer, it does not need to exist in the EXE file format for that to work. You can convert your download APK file to BAR for use with a Blackberry device by just uploading the APK file to the Good e-reader online APK to BAR converter.