How do I check the server IP Address of an apk-based application?

How do I check from which IP address an apk file is being hosted?

To check the IP address from which an APK file is being hosted, you will need to use a network utility tool such as the ping command. Here’s how you can use the ping command to find the IP address of an APK file:

Open a command prompt or terminal window on your computer.

Type the following command, replacing APK_FILE_URL with the URL of the APK file you want to check:

ping APK_FILE_URL

Press Enter to run the command.

The ping command will send a request to the server hosting the APK file, and the server will respond with its IP address. The IP address will be displayed in the output of the ping command.

Note: Keep in mind that this method will only work if the APK file is hosted on a server that allows ping requests. Some servers may be configured to block ping requests for security reasons, in which case this method will not work.

Well, how do you find the APK_FILE_URL?

To find the URL of an APK file for an existing application on your local machine, you will need to use a file manager app or a command line tool.

Here’s how you can find the URL of an APK file using a file manager app:

Open the file manager app on your local machine.

Navigate to the location where the APK file is stored. On most Android devices, the APK files are stored in the /data/app or /data/app-private directory.

Find the APK file for the application you want to check, and select it.

Look for an option to view the file’s properties or details, and select it.

The URL of the APK file will be displayed in the properties or details window.

If you are comfortable using the command line, you can also use the adb tool to find the URL of an APK file. To do this, follow these steps:

Open a command prompt or terminal window on your local machine.

Connect your Android device to your computer using a USB cable.

Type the following command to view a list of all the installed apps on your Android device:

adb shell pm list packages

Find the package name of the app you want to check, and note it down. The package name is a unique identifier for the app, and it is typically in the format com.example.appname.

Type the following command, replacing PACKAGE_NAME with the package name of the app you want to check:

adb shell pm path PACKAGE_NAME

Press Enter to run the command. The output of the command will be the URL of the APK file for the app on your Android device.

Do you have a problem reading files from your Android device?

Try following:

Turn on Developer Mode on Android

Turn on Debug Mode

Turn on MTP mode in connection type

I had to:

upgrade my Mac OS,

toggle with Finder Preferences to display the External Media connections,

look in Device Manager for USB Device ID, on top of the above things.

I used adb tools to interact with my android device.

The result of package names running on my android looked like this:

I tried to ping with the APK_File_URL to get the server IP hosting the app.

Then, here comes the most interesting aspect of all of this:

How to find web url or server ip address of a hosted apk based application?

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To find the web URL or server IP address of a hosted APK-based application, you can use a network utility tool such as the ping command. Here’s how you can use the ping command to find the web URL or server IP address of a hosted APK-based application:

Open a command prompt or terminal window on your computer.

Type the following command, replacing APK_FILE_URL with the URL of the APK file for the application you want to check:

ping APK_FILE_URL Press Enter to run the command. The ping command will send a request to the server hosting the APK file, and the server will respond with its IP address. The IP address will be displayed in the output of the ping command. If you want to find the web URL of the server hosting the APK-based application, you can use the IP address that is returned by the ping command to look up the domain name of the server. To do this, you can use the nslookup command, which allows you to convert an IP address to a domain name. Here’s how you can use the nslookup command to find the web URL of a server hosting an APK-based application:

Open a command prompt or terminal window on your computer.

Type the following command, replacing SERVER_IP_ADDRESS with the IP address of the server that was returned by the ping command:

nslookup SERVER_IP_ADDRESS Press Enter to run the command. The nslookup command will return the domain name of the server, which is the web URL of the server hosting the APK-based application.

Interesting, isn’t it?

Keep in mind that this method will only work if the APK file is hosted on a server that allows ping and nslookup requests. Some servers may be configured to block these requests for security reasons, in which case this method will not work.

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