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series of steps to get the apk from the phone in usb debugging mode.
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Get APK of playstore app through abd
The sequence of steps lets me download an APK of any app I have downloaded from the playstore.
1. install the app from playstore in the app or emulator. example instagram
2. get the name of the package of the app I am interested in, this can also be taken from the playstore URL,
``adb shell pm list packages | grep instagram``
3. get the location of the apk in the phone
``adb shell pm path com.instagram.android``
4. download the app to the local system
``adb pull /data/app/com.instagram.android-XJc0EbhiBn-d0G4UmdnmgQ==/base.apk``
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