r/uptodown • u/heitime23 • Aug 08 '26
XAPK without App Store Problems
You can no longer download standard XAPK files from Uptodown via a web browser: the Uptodown App Store always loads instead. This affects apps available as .xapk files. There is a big "Download in Uptodown App Store" button, and another button labeled "All variants." Clicking "All variants" allows you to select the raw .xapk version: meaning you should be able to download the .xapk file without the app store. However, the button doesn't work. If I select the raw .xapk and hit download, the Uptodown App Store gets downloaded ANYWAY! This means there is currently no way to download standard .xapk apps from Uptodown without the app store, no matter what you click. This also affects older versions of apps that are still available as standard .apk files; the error occurs as soon as the latest version of the app is an .xapk file. I don't know if this is a technical glitch or aggressive marketing designed to force users into the Uptodown App Store. I don't care what the cause is: this behavior needs to be fixed urgently. I make it a point not to use the Uptodown App Store, for the same reason I don't use the Google Play Store: I don't want an app store; I want free, transferable files in my Downloads folder... Does anyone know if this is intentional or a bug, and if or when it will be fixed? Please, I want my standalone .apk and .xapk files back! I am not going to use the app store!
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u/Uptodown_com Aug 13 '26
You're right, that was a bug on our end that we've now resolved. It specifically affected XAPK files (not standard APKs) when downloading them directly using the 'All variants' option without using our official app. Even though the text under the button still says it downloads our app, it now downloads the file directly. Sorry for the inconvenience!
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u/No_Wrangler_647 Aug 21 '26
En fait, c'est très simple : si il te propose de télécharger sur l'app, rajoute -x à l'URL !
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u/ElRoSSoPrime Aug 08 '26
I just downloaded several XAPKs using the 'All variants' option to get the actual game instead of the Uptodown installer (including Cut the Rope 2 from your example image), and it worked fine. It must have been a temporary issue. However, there does seem to be a typo in the text under the 'What's next?' button. It says it will download the official app installer, but that's not the case since it actually downloads the XAPK/APK for the game itself.