What is APK (file format)?
'''Android Package Kit''' ('''APK''') is the [[file format]] that [[software]] for [[Android (operating system)|Android]] is distributed in. It is an extension of the [[ZIP (file format)|ZIP]] file format. An APK file contains [[bitcode]] for Android's Dalvik [[Virtual machine]], resources used by the [[Computer program|program]] (such as [[images]] and [[Sound|sounds]]), and sometimes native executable [[Computer code|code]], usually for the [[ARM architecture|ARM]] [[processor]]. [[Category:Google]] [[Category:Computer file formats]] {{tech-stub}}