Andy Burns <
use...@andyburns.uk> wrote
Since I care that everyone benefits, there's another approach which is to
run a program that lists all the apps that are on the phone to a text file.
That text file will contain the URL to the app so all you need, using that
method, is to copy that text file from phone 1 to phone 1 and click links.
Bear in mind there is no one app that tells you all the apps on the phone.
Well, there is, but most people aren't using that one FOSS app I know of.
So it's a practical statement that the OP doesn't even _know_ what apps are
on the phone (and if anyone thinks the Google Play Store apps knows, it
doesn't either - since it only will update the apps it wants to update).
However, we covered in depth many times the apps that DO list all apps
(particularly in terms of updating them outside of the Google Play Store
update mechanism which, as I said, is so flawed as to be unreliable).
As discussed on this newsgroup many times (particularly since the iPhone
can't even list all the apps to an editable file - something that easy!),
the OP can run one of the apps that lists all the apps to a text file.
Normally that text file has _all_ the correct links to _where_ they came
from (which, for the OP, is likely only the Google Play Store) but for
others it may include F-Droid locations also.
In my case, since I don't use the Google Play Store, the links are all
wrong but they're useful to most people who do use the Google Play Store.
Since I'm always trying to be helpful, even for the idiots like micky,
here is one app that will list (most of) your apps in a useable format.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.onyxbits.listmyapps
With List My Apps, the task becomes as easy as checking the app(s) you want
to recommend and sharing them as:
Plain text
HTML list (e.g. for blog comments)
BBCode list (used by many forums)
Markdown list (e.g. for Reddit)
Market URL (e.g. for direct sharing via barcode scanner app
or importing in Raccoon:
http://www.onyxbits.de/raccoon)
Any custom format, defined through the build-in template editor.
This one says it will share the apps from phone 1 to phone 2 over BT.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jenos.shareapkfile
Almost never will any app I suggest contain ads or cost money BTW.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=sk.styk.martin.apkanalyzer
Apk Analyzer is the most downloaded apk analysis app on Google Play. It
provides detailed report of installed apps and also about not installed
.apk files from your device storage.
It's open source and completely ad free.
App report contains:
App naming and version data
Target and minimal Android versions
Install and update dates
Certificate and app sign data
Used permissions with description
Activities with launch option
Services, Broadcast Receivers and Content Providers
Required and optional hardware features
Full version of AndroidManifest.xml with save option
Installed apps can be saved to device storage and shared. App icon can be
saved as well! App decodes the main metadata file AndroidManifest and saves
it as a readable xml to an external storage.
Apk Analyzer shows you an app report even before installing from APK file.