Universal Installer

APK/XAPK installer with silent installs via Shizuku, Root or Dhizuku.

Repo:	F-Droid.Org
AppID:	app.pwhs.universalinstaller
Author:	Nguyen Quang Minh (NQM)
License:	GPL-3.0-only
Donation:	Webpage
InRepoSince:	2026-04-20
LastRepoUpdate:	2026-11-04
LastAppUpdate:	Unknown
LastVersion:	1.21.0
Categories:	App Manager, System
APK source:	Github
Google Play:	Check if it's there

Universal Installer is a modern Android package manager and Split APK Installer built to sideload split APKs, bundled archives with OBB data, and install silently with Material 3 UI.

Expressive & Customizable
- Fluid animations: Living dialogs with bouncy spring physics.
- Theme: High-contrast Orange theme by default with dynamic color support.
- Installer Profiles: Save and reuse install flags, spoofed installers, and target users.

Supported Formats
- APK, APK+, APKS, XAPK, and APKM split bundles.
- Zip archives containing Android packages.

Install From Anywhere
- Local file picker: Auto-scan storage, browse packages, or full filesystem browser.
- Remote download: Paste a direct URL to download and install packages.
- App integration: Open APKs from browsers, file managers, and messaging apps.

Preview Before Installing
- Inspect app name, icon, version, package ID, file size, target SDK, CPU architectures, permissions, and split/OBB details before installing.

OBB Support
- Automatic extraction and copying of bundled OBB files in XAPK/APKM.
- Manual Attachment: Attach standalone .obb files via the preview sheet.
- Background worker with persistent copy notifications.

Silent Installs: Shizuku, Root & Dhizuku
- Shizuku: Silent installs via wireless debugging without root.
- Root: Silent installs with advanced flags on rooted devices.
- Dhizuku: Device Owner installation without root or ADB.
- Targeted User Installs: Install to Work profile, cloned spaces, or all users.
- Custom installer spoofing and downgrade flags.

App Manager & Extractor
- Detailed list with APK size, install date, and usage stats.
- APK Backup: Extract and export installed apps to local storage.
- Batch operations: Multi-select for batch uninstall.

Sync & Share (LAN File Server)
- Built-in HTTP server: Share packages across local Wi-Fi.
- Web Dashboard: Transfer APKs between PC and phone without cables.
- PIN protection for local file transfer sessions.

Security & Privacy
- VirusTotal integration: Hash lookup and scan reports with your free API key.
- Offline-first: No internet required for core operations.
- 100% open source: No ads, no account requirement, and privacy respecting.

Device Utilities
- Storage overview and comprehensive install history logs.
- Multi-language support for 15+ languages.

WhatsNew:

• Added user stats & milestone achievements
• Integrated Android 16 AppFunctions support
• Added VirusTotal story setup flow and scan bottom sheet
• Added persistent install progress service during installations
• Improved installation error handling and guidance for HyperOS
• Fixed sync foreground service crash on Android 14+
• Enhanced diagnostics report sharing

Hint: This app is available in both, F-Droid Main and IzzyOnDroid repos.

Download Website Source Issues ChangeLog

While you can download the APKs here directly, you should preferably use an F-Droid client so the app stays up-to-date on your device.

Packages

Version 1.21.0 (2026-11-04)

Android Versions:

Target: 16.0
MinVer: 7.0
ABIs: arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64

App Configuration & Special Access

Permissions:

Malware-Check:Passed

25 Libraries detected:

Libraries:

Android Support v4 (Development Framework)
The Android Support Library is not actually a single library, but rather a collection of libraries that can roughly be divided into two groups: compatibility and component libraries. For details, please see Understanding the Android Support Library.
AppCompat (Utility)
support newer Android features on older Android versions.
Jetpack Compose (Development Framework)
a framework to define UIs programmatically with composable functions that describe its shape and data dependencies.
Androidx Core (Utility)
a static library that you can add to your Android application in order to use APIs that are either not available for older platform versions or utility APIs that aren't a part of the framework APIs.
Android Emoji2 Compat (UI Component)
core library to enable emoji compatibility in Kitkat and newer devices to avoid the empty emoji characters.
Androidx Graphics (Utility)
leverages graphics facilities across multiple Android platform releases.
Lifecycle (Utility)
perform actions in response to a change in the lifecycle status of another component, such as activities and fragments.
ProfileInstaller (Utility)
AndroidX library that enables libraries to prepopulate ahead of time compilation traces to be read by ART.
Room (Utility)
a persistence library that provides an abstraction layer over SQLite to allow for more robust database access while harnessing the full power of SQLite.
Recyclerview (Utility)
display large sets of data in your UI while minimizing memory usage.
Startup (Utility)
AndroidX library to implement a straightforward, performant way to initialize components at app startup.
Android Jetpack VersionedParcelable (Utility)
Provides a stable but relatively compact binary serialization format that can be passed across processes or persisted safely.
Jetpack WindowManager Library (Utility)
enables application developers to support new device form factors and multi-window environments. The library provides a common API surface for API versions 14 and later. Especially provides additional functionality on foldable devices.
WorkManager (Utility)
an API that makes it easy to schedule deferrable, asynchronous tasks that must be run reliably .
coil (Utility)
Coroutine Image Loader. An image loading library for Android backed by Kotlin Coroutines.
Google Material Design (Utility)
library to help with material design guidelines.
ZXing Android Embedded (Utility)
Barcode scanning library for Android, using ZXing for decoding.
Dhizuku API (Utility)
share device owner from Dhizuku.
OkHttp (Utility)
OkHttp is an HTTP+HTTP/2 client for Android and Java applications.
libsu (Utility)
library that provides APIs to a Unix (root) shell.
Porter (Utility)
requires 12 permissions: android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED, android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE, android.permission.INTERNET, android.permission.USE_LOOPBACK_INTERFACE, android.permission.ACCESS_LOCAL_NETWORK, android.permission.NEARBY_WIFI_DEVICES, android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATE, android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS, android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE, android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS, android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE, android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS
Ktor (Development Framework)
framework for quickly creating connected applications in Kotlin with minimal effort.
Shizuku (Utility)
help normal apps using system APIs directly with adb/root privileges through a Java process started with app_process.
Shizuku API (Utility)
using system APIs directly with adb/root privileges from normal apps through a Java process started with app_process.
Ackpine (Utility)
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Version 1.20.0 (2026-10-29)

Android Versions:

Target: 16.0
MinVer: 7.0
ABIs: arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64

App Configuration & Special Access

Permissions:

Malware-Check:Passed

24 Libraries detected:

Libraries:

Android Support v4 (Development Framework)
The Android Support Library is not actually a single library, but rather a collection of libraries that can roughly be divided into two groups: compatibility and component libraries. For details, please see Understanding the Android Support Library.
AppCompat (Utility)
support newer Android features on older Android versions.
Jetpack Compose (Development Framework)
a framework to define UIs programmatically with composable functions that describe its shape and data dependencies.
Androidx Core (Utility)
a static library that you can add to your Android application in order to use APIs that are either not available for older platform versions or utility APIs that aren't a part of the framework APIs.
Android Emoji2 Compat (UI Component)
core library to enable emoji compatibility in Kitkat and newer devices to avoid the empty emoji characters.
Androidx Graphics (Utility)
leverages graphics facilities across multiple Android platform releases.
Lifecycle (Utility)
perform actions in response to a change in the lifecycle status of another component, such as activities and fragments.
ProfileInstaller (Utility)
AndroidX library that enables libraries to prepopulate ahead of time compilation traces to be read by ART.
Room (Utility)
a persistence library that provides an abstraction layer over SQLite to allow for more robust database access while harnessing the full power of SQLite.
Recyclerview (Utility)
display large sets of data in your UI while minimizing memory usage.
Startup (Utility)
AndroidX library to implement a straightforward, performant way to initialize components at app startup.
Android Jetpack VersionedParcelable (Utility)
Provides a stable but relatively compact binary serialization format that can be passed across processes or persisted safely.
Jetpack WindowManager Library (Utility)
enables application developers to support new device form factors and multi-window environments. The library provides a common API surface for API versions 14 and later. Especially provides additional functionality on foldable devices.
WorkManager (Utility)
an API that makes it easy to schedule deferrable, asynchronous tasks that must be run reliably .
coil (Utility)
Coroutine Image Loader. An image loading library for Android backed by Kotlin Coroutines.
Google Material Design (Utility)
library to help with material design guidelines.
ZXing Android Embedded (Utility)
Barcode scanning library for Android, using ZXing for decoding.
OkHttp (Utility)
OkHttp is an HTTP+HTTP/2 client for Android and Java applications.
libsu (Utility)
library that provides APIs to a Unix (root) shell.
Porter (Utility)
requires 12 permissions: android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED, android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE, android.permission.INTERNET, android.permission.USE_LOOPBACK_INTERFACE, android.permission.ACCESS_LOCAL_NETWORK, android.permission.NEARBY_WIFI_DEVICES, android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATE, android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS, android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE, android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS, android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE, android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS
Ktor (Development Framework)
framework for quickly creating connected applications in Kotlin with minimal effort.
Shizuku (Utility)
help normal apps using system APIs directly with adb/root privileges through a Java process started with app_process.
Shizuku API (Utility)
using system APIs directly with adb/root privileges from normal apps through a Java process started with app_process.
Ackpine (Utility)
Android Coroutines-friendly Kotlin-first Package Installer extensions is a library providing consistent APIs for installing and uninstalling apps on an Android device.

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Version 1.19.0 (2026-10-25)

Android Versions:

Target: 16.0
MinVer: 7.0
ABIs: arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64

App Configuration & Special Access

Permissions:

Malware-Check:Passed

24 Libraries detected:

Libraries:

Android Support v4 (Development Framework)
The Android Support Library is not actually a single library, but rather a collection of libraries that can roughly be divided into two groups: compatibility and component libraries. For details, please see Understanding the Android Support Library.
AppCompat (Utility)
support newer Android features on older Android versions.
Jetpack Compose (Development Framework)
a framework to define UIs programmatically with composable functions that describe its shape and data dependencies.
Androidx Core (Utility)
a static library that you can add to your Android application in order to use APIs that are either not available for older platform versions or utility APIs that aren't a part of the framework APIs.
Android Emoji2 Compat (UI Component)
core library to enable emoji compatibility in Kitkat and newer devices to avoid the empty emoji characters.
Androidx Graphics (Utility)
leverages graphics facilities across multiple Android platform releases.
Lifecycle (Utility)
perform actions in response to a change in the lifecycle status of another component, such as activities and fragments.
ProfileInstaller (Utility)
AndroidX library that enables libraries to prepopulate ahead of time compilation traces to be read by ART.
Room (Utility)
a persistence library that provides an abstraction layer over SQLite to allow for more robust database access while harnessing the full power of SQLite.
Recyclerview (Utility)
display large sets of data in your UI while minimizing memory usage.
Startup (Utility)
AndroidX library to implement a straightforward, performant way to initialize components at app startup.
Android Jetpack VersionedParcelable (Utility)
Provides a stable but relatively compact binary serialization format that can be passed across processes or persisted safely.
Jetpack WindowManager Library (Utility)
enables application developers to support new device form factors and multi-window environments. The library provides a common API surface for API versions 14 and later. Especially provides additional functionality on foldable devices.
WorkManager (Utility)
an API that makes it easy to schedule deferrable, asynchronous tasks that must be run reliably .
coil (Utility)
Coroutine Image Loader. An image loading library for Android backed by Kotlin Coroutines.
Google Material Design (Utility)
library to help with material design guidelines.
ZXing Android Embedded (Utility)
Barcode scanning library for Android, using ZXing for decoding.
OkHttp (Utility)
OkHttp is an HTTP+HTTP/2 client for Android and Java applications.
libsu (Utility)
library that provides APIs to a Unix (root) shell.
Porter (Utility)
requires 12 permissions: android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED, android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE, android.permission.INTERNET, android.permission.USE_LOOPBACK_INTERFACE, android.permission.ACCESS_LOCAL_NETWORK, android.permission.NEARBY_WIFI_DEVICES, android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATE, android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS, android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE, android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS, android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE, android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS
Ktor (Development Framework)
framework for quickly creating connected applications in Kotlin with minimal effort.
Shizuku (Utility)
help normal apps using system APIs directly with adb/root privileges through a Java process started with app_process.
Shizuku API (Utility)
using system APIs directly with adb/root privileges from normal apps through a Java process started with app_process.
Ackpine (Utility)
Android Coroutines-friendly Kotlin-first Package Installer extensions is a library providing consistent APIs for installing and uninstalling apps on an Android device.

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