Arm Arm64 x86 APK Selection Guide for Android Device

After introducing different architectures and instruction sets in Android App and environment development, finding the proper APK is challenging. Moreover, it’s hard to figure out your phone’s CPU architecture. So, to help you and clear the confusion, I have made an ARM ARM64 x86 APK selection guide for Android phones.

These keywords represent architecture models of your smartphone’s CPU, like 32-bit and 64-bit. It is just like Windows. You might have to consider the right architecture for your phone before downloading an APK or flashing a custom ROM or firmware or Xposed. With technological advancement, new architecture and instruction sets are being followed in developing processors. Each new processor is better than the previous one, and each new operating system is better in performance and time/space efficiency than the previous one.

• ARM refers to devices that run a 32-bit operating system/processor.
• ARM64 refers to devices that run a 64-bit operating system/processor.
• x86 architecture is specifically for Intel ships. On the other hand, x86_64 points to a 64-bit Intel processor.

Arm Arm64 x86 APK Selection Guide for Android Devices

If you are confused about which APK belongs to your phone and is appropriate for your phone. We will cover some significant phones and the APK architecture they support. Since the Huawei phone does not support the Google Play Store anymore. This guide allows you to identify the correct APK for Huawei phones running on EMUI.

Following are a few famous Android smartphones along with their processor’s architecture information:

Below is further information regarding the compatibility of ARM ARM64 x86 architecture while installing custom ROMs and APKs. Suppose you have any confusion in your mind regarding your phone’s processor and its architecture. The following details will help you to clear up all the chaos.

Note: Some people get confused with x86. There isn’t anything like ARM86. x86 stands for the processors made by Intel, which offers 84-bit processing. 

The instruction set of an Android device determines the type of processor it uses and, in turn, the type of apps that can be run on it. Here’s how you can determine the correct instruction set for your Android phone:

The ARM64, or x64, architecture is backward compatible, so installing ARM, or 32-bit apps, is OK.

• ARM on ARM device: OK.
• ARM64 on arm device: Not compatible.
• ARM on ARM64 device: OK.
• ARM64 on ARM64 device: OK.

armeabi-v7a is another name for the ARM architecture.

If your device is not in the table above, use the Droid Hardware info app to figure out the correct architecture for your Android phone. Just download the app from here.

After installing, open it up and tap on the device information tab. It will display all the details regarding your phone, including the correct architecture of your phone from ARM ARM64 or x86. It will also show your phone’s Android OS and SDK version. You can use it to determine your phone’s suitable DPI (Dots per inch). The Droid hardware info app is beneficial; it is recommended to keep a check on what’s going on under the hood of your phone. There are other tools like it, but it seemed to be the best tool for figuring out the proper architecture of Android phones.

If you have any queries regarding the Arm Arm64 x86 APK selection guide for Android devices, let me know in the comments. You can also help us improve this guide. Your feedback will be appreciated. If you are still confused, you can contact us; we will be happy to help you figure out your phone’s architecture and the suitable APK or custom ROMs for it.