I have created a private apk file for an android application that I want to keep private for certain users only. I do not want to make it available on Play store.
I uploaded the apk file onto a remote Apache web server running on a Linux machine. There is a web page with a link to the apk file so that when a user clicks on the link, the apk file can be downloaded.
The user then simply installs the application onto their Android devices.
When I tested it on localhost, the download works fine. But when I try to download it from the hosted server (using chrome web browser) I get Failed - Forbidden.
I did some research I understood that Google chrome denies the download of apk file for security reasons. I even turned off the security settings in the browser, but to no avail.
Any help would be most welcome!