BlueStacks App Player - How to Install apk files from url.

BlueStacks App Player - How to Install apk files from url.

Test on: Mac OS X Mavericks

1. if you don't have it, download BlueStacks App Player, install and follow their instruction.

mac osx: http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/43696/bluestacks-app-player

*for mac version currently when i wrote this post, it's just beta version 

2. run BlueStacks App Player and wait until main menu appear.

3. click on "App Search"

4. search by type "ES" and click "find" then the list of app will show as list as below image,

choose "install" from first app "ES File Explorer File Manager", you can use other file manager that you want but in this tutorial use "ES".

*if you have this app installed on BlueStacks or have experiences of using "ES" you can skip to step "11."

5. click on first "ES" icon on green tab under google play store icon.

6. click "accept"

7. now the ES app detail prompt wait for install, click "install" on top right of screen.

8. choose "Accept & download", the progress downloading should be appear.

9. when download was done, choose "open".

10. click on screen until tutorial was gone.

11. click on left tab "Favorite" then click on "Google" after that find on bottom right click on "More" and then the sub-menu was show, click on "Open in browser".

12. now the browser was change to full screen, just type easier with your keyboard to find any url you want to download.

*for this sample i search "cocos2d-x", if you have other apk link try with that and end with your experience. not need continue to next step. 

13. click on showreel icon find their sample link of zip file that contain apk file, take a look as below image, then click on it. It's show prompt for select app to download that link, choose "ES Downloader".

*if it's hard to find out, this is direct link you can use for go through this step: 

http://www.cocos2d-x.org/filedown/FantasyWarrior3D-debug.apk.zip

14. the download progress was begin, wait until it's done.

15. when the download was done, choose "Open file".

16. the apk file was extract from zip file. 

17. OK! let's click on apk file and choose "Package installer".

18. choose "Install" and wait until the installation was done.

19. choose "Open" to test your app or game.

20. It's work.