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That's not even true. If you install an app through adb, the command is
adb install <path/to/app.apk>adb sideload is for installing OTA packages
Source: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/modules/adb/+/refs/heads/master/docs/user/adb.1.md
bs, i did install apks before using
adb sideloadit worksI don't know if adb sideload will fallback to a regular install, maybe it does as a convenience for people who don't read the docs? In any case, you said:
And I demonstrated that you're wrong by linking to the official man page (aka the docs) directly from the master branch of the public git repo. Here's the relevant part which describes the sideload command:
idc what those stupid docs say. i know i installed apps with that command before