Installing the app offline

Akvo Flow app is only Android based and not available on Google Play store. When internet is not available, there is an alternative way to install the app by putting the app file (apk) directly on your device. To do so follow these steps:

1. Get the Flow app APK file on your PC or laptop. For this, you need to be connected to the internet. You can get the file by opening a web browser, and in the address bar type the address of your Flow online space, and add ‘/app2’. For example, if your organisation is called ‘care’, this would usually be ‘care.akvoflow.org/app2’. Save the APK file to your computer.
2. In the location without internet connection, connect the device to a computer using a usb cable, so you can see the contents of the SD card. On the SD card, create a temporary folder, for example called ‘temp’.
3. Copy the Flow app .apk file to this temporary folder.
4. Disconnect the device from the computer.
5. On the device, open the app called ‘My Files’, and locate the temporary folder that holds the APK on the device.
6. Click the APK to install it.

Note: If My Files app is not available in the device, you can use any other app capable of browsing the file system (i.e File Manager).