With the increasing number of users of Android devices, many developers are concerned about creating content for this platform, and to engage the end-user they try do spectacular projects and multifunctional. But to achieve this without increasing the overall size of the final product is simply unrealistic, that is why the modern games have extensive "weight", sometimes surpassing in volume of several hundred megabytes or even gigabytes. And what are you thinking? Console level graphics in a couple megabytes will not lay! It is for this reason that was of crucial importance to arrange the process of massive storage data on a mobile devayse. To do this in tandem with the APK file format Setup comes the so-called cache, is the file with special gaming resources (sounds, graphics, scripts and miscellaneous).
If the content is set exclusively from Google Play, "conjure" there is no need to cache, because this procedure is executed in the automatic format, without any user interaction. It is only necessary to select the appropriate project game, tapnut on the icon "Download", Yes, see list of permissions, required for the functioning of the downloaded software. Another thing, When the game is installed with a third-party resource – the end user must transfer the installation file and cache in the appropriate directory on the mobile device. All these steps can be completed or directly on your Android device (need a file manager with ability to unzipping, for example, ES File Explorer) or using a PC, that in our view is much easier. Offer to consider both options on the steps to install the application example Battle Bay from Studio Rovio.
Installation of additional game files on your mobile device:
- Find and download the APK file format and cache.
- Perform the installation process the APK file without a subsequent run.
- Using the ES File Explorer find cache, traditionally lies in the Download folder as a RAR or ZIP archive – com.rovio.battlebay.zip. In the package there is already a folder named com. battlebay rovio., where is our cache format OBB. We will transfer this permission in the directory Android → obb.
- Hold your finger on the archive some time, then Unzip tab appears in "→ select the folder/Android/obb (on some mobile devices, this directory is called/sdcard/Android/obb).
As a result of our actions to the cache folder is provided in/Android/obb. It only remains to run the game, tap on the icon on the desktop, and enjoy the exciting gameplay.
It is worth to warn, that products from some mobile developers should be sent to the folder with a nonstandard name, as, as a rule, caution the installation instructions:
Gameloft projects move to sdcard/gameloft/games/[cache].
Projects from Electronic Arts (EA) -sdcard/Android/data/[cache].
Projects from Glu-glu/sdcard/[cache].
Setting the cache from your computer:
- Connect with a USB cable, Mobile Android device to PC.
- Unpack the archive using any target software (WinRAR, 7-Zip, WinZip and other).
- Transfer the folder with the file in the appropriate directory, OBB – /Android/obb.
So, Now you know, How to install any mobile game of bypassing Google Play. At first glance all seems pretty confusing, but after a couple of such manipulations, executed in a practical way, all questions fall off by themselves.
