* [I already have the application on my phone](#i-already-have-the-application-on-my-phone)
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## Requirements
The Github release will contain an Android App Bundle (with `aab` extension) file, and not APKs like on the Element Android project. So there is some steps to perform to generate and signed the APKs from the App Bundle. The generated APKs will then be selected depending on your phone configuration to be installed on a device (emulator or real device).
The easiest way to do that is to use the debug signature that is shared between the developers and stored in the project. So we recommend to checkout the project first. Android Studio is not required, you can use the command line.
You will also need to install [bundletool](https://developer.android.com/studio/command-line/bundletool). On MacOS, you can run the following command:
```bash
brew install bundletool
```
## Steps
1. Open the GitHub release that you want to install from https://github.com/vector-im/element-x-android/releases;
2. Download the asset `app-release-signed.aab`
3. Navigate to the folder where you cloned the project and run the following command: