If your device is not supported by the Google Play Store due to either developer setting incompatibility or maybe its because you have a custom ROM you can still get the apps you want. We run into bugs after updating apps all the time and would love to revert back to the previous version of the app. Now you can do this easily with Raccoon current version bing 2.3 by XDA Developer onyxbits.
Onyxbits has created a Google Play Desktop client that allows you to download the APK files that you want as well as cache them locally on your computer so that you can keep multiple versions of the same app. This could prove incredibly useful for many other reasons that those we mentioned already although these are the most known reasons.
How to Install Raccoon Google Play Desktop Client:
- Install Java if you don’t already have it installed
- Download and run raccoon.jar by double clicking it (Download page)
- Enter your username and password when prompted (use a junk account if you have one)
- type “Onyxbits” into the text field
- You will now see a list of all developers apps
- Here you can search for apps or download a prebuilt list of apps
- You can then download the APK file and transfer it to your device however you like (easiest by just transferring via USB)
- Enable “Unknown Sources” if you haven’t already to allow the APK to be installed
If you have any further questions feel free to ask as we will be playing with this in more detail to see its limits and additional features if an exist. We linked directly to the download page on Onyxbits site so you always get the most recent version as we assume this will grow over time.
We would love to hear your comments and concerns via comments below. This is relatively new so there isn’t currently a whole lot on the Raccoon Google Play Store Desktop Client and we love to hear feedback on projects like these from our followers.