How to install several apps (for iOS, Android and UWP platforms) to one folder? (like office does)

Daphna Porath 1

Hi, We're developing a suite of xamarin forms applications for iOS, Android and UWP platforms.
We would like to be able to install them (from the different stores) into one folder on the target device, like office does.
Any idea how to achieve that?

Leon Lu (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 75,351 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2021-07-22T06:59:38.46+00:00

Do you want to put the iOS android and UWP install packages to one file? If so, it cannot be achieved. Due to different platforms, they have rules for install packages. And if we upload our package to the application store, we have to update them separately. iOS App Store Package is ipa, Android play store package is apk or adb.

if you have several apps for different platforms. you can upload these apps to the app store, then write a conclusion application, this application provides several selections, when users click the selection, then they will navigate to appstore pages to install other applicaions.

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/xamarin-forms-open-app-store-or-play-store-in-xamarinapp/
Daphna Porath 1 Reputation point

2021-07-22T07:53:22.173+00:00

Hi and thanks for the prompt reply.

I know each platform has a different packaging system in their stores. I'm not aiming to have one package for all.

I'll try to explain it a bit differently:
I have a few xamarin apps - let's call them a,b and c. They are part of an application suite, let's call it "letters".
What I would like to achieve is : during installation create a folder named "letters" and when installing each app or installing a few of my apps I would like them to be installed into that folder (or have shortcuts there) so that the user can find all my apps in one location on its device.
Regardless of the device type and platform.

Office does something similar - it installs all its applications and shows them in an office folder.
Leon Lu (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 75,351 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2021-07-22T09:38:33.17+00:00

For the android, all the application should be installed at the /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/ this path, this operation is executed by android system, we cannot change the application's install path.

Why not contains these "letters" in one applications. If others do not need it, we can hide these functions.

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