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Holtdroid

First steps

Upload your own APK

Put a build from your computer into Holtdroid, decide who sees it and how long it stays, and launch it right away.

Why: not every build comes from CI or Slack. A debug build from your laptop or an APK someone sent you can be tested the same way, without installing it on your phone.

What happens

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  1. Press Upload on the Apps page.
  2. Drop the .apk or click to choose it. Dropping it straight onto the list of apps works too.
  3. Decide who can see it: everyone, or only you (admins see private builds as well).
  4. Leave Temporary on for a throwaway build, or untick it to keep the build.
  5. Write a note and, if you like, a changelog, so others know what to test.
  6. Press Upload. The build shows up in its app’s card, and the launch dialog opens right away.

Good to know

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  • Holtdroid reads the app’s name, package, version and icon from the APK itself, so a new build of a known app lands in that app’s card.
  • Temporary builds are deleted once nobody has launched them for a while: 7 days by default, your server may use another value. Each launch restarts that clock.
  • You can change the visibility, make a build permanent or delete it later from its menu in the app’s list of builds.
  • The APK is installed exactly as uploaded; Holtdroid never changes it.

If it doesn’t work

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  • There is no Upload button: uploads are turned off on your server. Ask whoever runs it.
  • “The file is larger than the upload limit”: the server caps the size (1 GiB by default). Ask for a higher limit or use a smaller build.
  • The card says “Reading package info…”: the APK is being parsed. If it stays like that, the file may be broken or not an APK.

More details: APK sources: uploads.