Apps Playstore not available - use .apk to install?

[ac4android]

In this geography, Google is not allowed.

If I want to distribute an app, is my only option to create an .apk of my app for download and install?

I did this for my English version of Firefox, Yahoo Mail and, yes, even Google Playstore on my local phone.

I read many screen full of texts and still not able to generate an unsigned .apk for testing.

There is also this: the phones are all blocked and have only apps allowed by manufacturers.

Any thoughts and help suggestions?

 

[mikedt]

In this geography, Google is not allowed.

Are you in China or North Korea or something?

There is also this: the phones are all blocked and have only apps allowed by manufacturers.

Any thoughts and help suggestions?

Well If sideloading of apps is blocked by the whatever it is manufacturer, quite frankly I don't know what you're gonna do. Can you root them?

 

[ac4android]

Okay, thx, I managed to get that bit done, both key master and gate keeper let me in.
Now I need to buy a few more phones from different manufacturers and do same. They are cheap as chip here and Apple has fallen behind to number-2 in market share. They are still all on Android 5.1, which is recent enough for me, I placed my bet on the right horse, all hail to Google. Apple is more like an upmarket phone-cum-accessory image thing