You should download a file manager to browse the SDCard and install the APK or (since it's on VMWare) install an Apache server on your host machine and use it to install any APK through Android's Internet Browser.
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 8:13 AM, sridevi <sridevi....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey all, > > I am not trying to install a 3rd party app. I want to install > a .apk(developed my me) file mounted on the sdcard onto the android > x-86. > I am not able to locate the sdk folder also once I boot up in the > android OS. > > to be more specific,this is want I did: > I have used vmware to install the android x-86. It detects the sdcard > and I have the .apk file on it. But i am not able to installl this to / > system/app..How do I go about this? > > Thanks a lot for the replies.. > > On Apr 26, 7:27 pm, Chih-Wei <cwhu...@linux.org.tw> wrote: > > Please send your question of Android-x86 to > > android-x86 discussion group. > > > > You can't modify /system of android-x86, > > since it's absolutely read-only. > > But you can install apk to android-x86 > > like an android phone. > > See AppHowto in android-x86 website. > > > > For the adb issue, it's in the Android SDK. > > > > On 4月26日, 上午11時09分, sridevi <sridevi....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I have installed Android x86 on my PC from LiveCD. I have also mounted > > > the sdcard. But I am not able to copy the .apk file from SDCARD into / > > > system/app folder in Android. Kindly help. > > > I also tried doing this using the adb command - adb install file.apk > > > But this didn work. In Android-developer forum, it was mentioned that > > > the above command needs to be run from /tools directory which I couldn > > > find. > > > > > Also I face the problem of the Andriod file-system being a Read-only > > > FileSystem. Could someone help me with making it a read-write file > > > system? > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Beginners" group. > > > > NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow athttp:// > stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-beginners%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Beginners" group. > > NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-beginners%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en
