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

This worked for me -

It's a known issue but easy to fix.

1. Login to the Web server using SSH

2. Verify that the apk mime doesn't exist in nginx mime.types by running:

cat /etc/nginx/mime.types

3. Add apk mime type application/vnd.android.package-archive apk; into mime.types file using nano tool or vi (make sure it is inside the 'types{}')

nano /etc/nginx/mime.types

4. Restart nginx service

/etc/init.d/nginx restart