Starting March 6, 2024, Amazon Appstore will no longer be available for download from the Microsoft Store on Windows 11 devices.
For additional details, please read Amazon FAQs section: www.amazon.com/appstoreonwindowsFAQ
In this guide, I’ll walk you through the steps to sideload Android apps on Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) using Android Debug Bridge (ADB)
Android Debug Bridge
- A versatile command-line tool that lets you communicate with a device.
- adb is included in the Android SDK Platform Tools package.
- Download this package with the SDK Manager, which installs it at android_sdk/platform-tools/.
- If you want the standalone Android SDK Platform Tools package download it here.
- Click the link Download SDK Platform-Tools for Windows
- Extract the file into
C:\platform-tools
Set Environment Variable for adb
- Press Start & Search for Edit the System Environment Variables and open it.
- Click on the Environment Variables button in the System Properties window under Advanced tab.
- Select the Path Variable under System Variable & click the Edit
- Now Browse to adb location in our case:
C:\platform-tools& click Ok - Done. Now you can able to run adb in any path you want!
Windows Subsystem for Android
- Open the Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA)
- Turn on Developer mode
adb connect
- Now you can connect by adb connect with the following command:
adb connect 127.0.0.1:58526
- Dialog box will popup saying Allow debugging? & click Allow
- You can verify that your device is connected by executing adb devices command
adb devices
apk install
- Make sure you have an .apk file to install
- Install the APK using the adb install command:
adb install app-name.apk
adb install app-name.apk
- Once app installed successfully you will get this result
Performing Streamed Install
Success