How to download “.apk” as “.apk”? (not as “.zip”)

Question

I have a small problem. Some browsers are not downloading the \".apk\" files correctly. How to download \".apk\" as \".apk\"? (not as \".zip\") Some browsers are convert the

Answer 1

Commit an answer for Nginx:

Add this line in mime.types,

application/vnd.android.package-archive     apk;

If this won't work, try to return an explicit header for *.apk in your site conf,

location ~* \.(apk)$ {
    add_header Content-Type application/vnd.android.package-archive;
    ...
}