How do I get the APK file for an Android app?

How do they crack android or iphone/ipad apps?

• most windows software use "license key" and "trial version" make people buy their software, for example, you can download the trial for 30 days, if you want to continue use it, you have to have the license key, enter that license key and you will have the full version. crackers download the programs and find the license key. but for android or iphone/ipad apps, their is nothing like "enter license key to get full version", example: quickoffice has a pro TRIAL version, they allows you to use in 7 days, and after 7 days, you won't enter a license key to get the full version, you can only buy the full version. basically i mean: in windows, there's only 1 "app", the app requires license key, and crackers can find this license key. but for android, iphone/ipad apps, the trial version and the full version are 2 SEPARATE APPS (2 SEPARATE APK/IPA FILES) so to get the full version they must have the apk/ipa file of that full version, and to get this apk file, you have to pay for google/apple first, and they will download it to your device. so DO CRACKERS ACTUALLY BUY THESE PROGRAMS FROM GOOGLE, APPLE, AND THEN COPY THE APK/IPA FILES, UPLOAD AND SHARE? do they really spend money to do this?

• Answer:

  In order to crack the app yes the original FULL version is bought, this may be by the cracker themselves even though that is very unlikely. Usually a genuine user buys the app and then uploads it to the Jailbreak community for it to be cracked and then reuploaded so that many thousands of jailbroken devices may run the app free of charge.