APK sideloading is the process of installing Android applications on a device directly from a file (APK) instead of through the official Google Play Store
If your Android device does not support Google Play Store or Amazon Appstore, you still have the option to directly install the Lumicast player .apk on your device.
- First go to the downloads page on Lumicast and find the latest version of the Android player. This is for example 1.1.1-direct.apk.
- Then on your Android device, open a webbrowser app and go to https://cdn.lumicast.media/android/apk/<version .apk>. This will start a download of the APK file.
- Once the APK is downloaded, click to open it. It will ask you if you want to install the app. Proceed with the installation, then open the app.
- Press ‘M’ or the OK button of your TV remote, then navigate down to ‘Launch on boot’ and click it to turn it on. This will make sure Lumicast starts when your device turns on.
- It might ask for permission to “Draw over other apps”. This is necessary to launch Lumicast when your device gets turned on, so grant this permission to the Lumicast player app.
- Reboot your device. The Lumicast player should now start. If it did not start after a few seconds, you have to follow the extended steps here.
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