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Subject: Re: How to definitely identify your CPU architecture (whether
armeabi-v7a, arm64-v8a, x86, or X86_64) for sideloading the correct APKs
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by: Malik Hammad - Thu, 18 Jan 2024 05:38 UTC

On Sunday 22 December 2019 at 10:50:23 UTC+5, Arlen Holder wrote:
> How to definitely identify your exact CPU architecture
> (whether armeabi-v7a, arm64-v8a, x86, or X86_64)
> for sideloading the correct Android APKs.
>
> Since I don't have Google on my new Moto G7, I was scraping from the Aurora
> Store, but that was too slow for some reason (perhaps Google slowing things
> down, I don't know).
>
> When I sideloaded, there were different APKs based on the CPU architecture.
> <https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/swiftkey/swiftkey-keyboard/swiftkey-keyboard-7-2-3-24-release/>
> o lib/armeabi-v7a is the older target, for 32 bit arm cpus
> o lib/arm64-v8a is the more recent 64 bit target
> o arm64-v8a devices can run code compiled against armeabi-v7a
> o some lib/x86 & lib/x86_64 devices can run code compiled for arm devices
> etc.
>
> Most likely any new phone is going to be arm64-v8a.
>
> And, all Google Play apps since August 1, 2019 must support 64-bit:
> <https://developer.android.com/distribute/best-practices/develop/64-bit>
>
> But to be sure for any given device, this tutorial tells us how to
> determine the architecture for any Android phone:
> <https://android.gadgethacks.com/how-to/android-basics-see-what-kind-processor-you-have-arm-arm64-x86-0168051/>
>
> Basically "droidinfo" tells you, for sure, your CPU architecture:
> <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.inkwired.droidinfo>
>
> Which reports, for example, for my brand new Moto G7 (among other things):
> o CPU Architecture AArch64 Processor, rev 2 (aarch64), *arm64-v8a*
>
> --
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