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XAPK (APK Expansion Files) is an ancillary file to the [http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/APK APK] file format. Where Google Play requires the compressed APK file to be under 100MB<ref>[https://developer.android.com/google/play/expansion-files Google Play Expansion Files]</ref>.
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XAPK (APK Expansion Files) is an ancillary file to the [[APK]] file format. Where Google Play requires the compressed APK file to be under 100MB<ref>[https://developer.android.com/google/play/expansion-files Google Play Expansion Files]</ref>.
  
According to the Android Developer documents an XAPX file can be used for:
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According to the Android Developer documents an XAPK file can be used for:
  
 
* high-fidelity graphics,  
 
* high-fidelity graphics,  
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* or other large assets.  
 
* or other large assets.  
  
An XAPX file is a [http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/ZIP ZIP archive] like APK and may have a similar layout, as well as the additional assets, which may also be zipped and optionally encrypted, see [http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/OBB OBB].
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An XAPK file is a [[ZIP|ZIP archive]] like APK and may have a similar layout, as well as the additional assets, which may also be zipped and optionally encrypted, see [[OBB]].
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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==Further reading==
 
==Further reading==
  
* [Information about XAPK on FileInfo.com https://fileinfo.com/extension/xapk]
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* [https://fileinfo.com/extension/xapk Information about XAPK on FileInfo.com ]
* [Information about XAPK on FileFormat.com https://docs.fileformat.com/compression/xapk/]
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* [https://docs.fileformat.com/compression/xapk/ Information about XAPK on FileFormat.com]
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[[Category:Android]]

Latest revision as of 14:15, 9 August 2022

File Format
Name XAPK
Ontology
Extension(s) .xapk

XAPK (APK Expansion Files) is an ancillary file to the APK file format. Where Google Play requires the compressed APK file to be under 100MB[1].

According to the Android Developer documents an XAPK file can be used for:

  • high-fidelity graphics,
  • media files,
  • or other large assets.

An XAPK file is a ZIP archive like APK and may have a similar layout, as well as the additional assets, which may also be zipped and optionally encrypted, see OBB.

[edit] References

  1. Google Play Expansion Files

[edit] Further reading

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