
apk in the Terminal window to find out the correct file path.Ĭongrats, you just installed your APK on your Oculus Go! If you see a device ID show up with “ device” behind it, you are good to go and ready for the next stepĪttention: replace the “/path/to/your.apk” in the command above with the actual path to your.If see a device ID show up in the output with “ unauthorized” behind it, put your Oculus Go on and give permission.If you don’t see any devices listed in the output, turn off your Go, disconnect the USB, power your Go back on, reconnect the USB and then run the command again.Connect your Oculus Go to your computer using a USB cable.
* Alternatively you could also install Android Platform Tools from the Android website, but then you might have to use the full path to the adb executable in the command line insteadĪfter you successfully installed ADB, you are now ready to install your APKs.
Test if installation succeeded by typing the following in your Terminal:. Install Android Platform Tools, which contains ADB, using Homebrew * by typing the following command in your Terminal:. Install Homebrew by typing the following command into the Terminal window, press ENTER to execute the command:. Open Terminal (click the search icon in the top-right corner of your Mac, type “terminal”, and press ENTER). TIP: if you get a message along the lines of “adb is not a recognized command”, then cd to the installation folder of ADB (C:\Users\ YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools), after which you can use adb.exe instead of adb in your commands. Type the following to test if installation was successful. Go to Start Menu, search for CMD, right-click and open as Administrator. Download ADB drivers from Oculus website. Download and install Android Platform Tools. Next, install Android Debug Bridge (ADB) to allow you to run an APK install command. Click More Settings > Developer Mode and then toggle Developer Mode ON. Click your paired Oculus Go headset at the top. Sideload APK to Oculus Go using ADBįirst, you have to turn Developer Mode on for your Go. So don’t try to install Facebook or Whatsapp, it will not work.
The reason is that they install general Android apps, but you can only install apps made for Oculus Go. TIP: Almost daily I receive messages from users saying the app they installed does not show up in the Unknown Sources tab on their Oculus Go.