How to get/extract APK file of installed application on Android

Follow below steps to extract the .APK file of installed application on Andoid phone. By doing this you can backup installed application and also you can share these APK files with friends so that they don't have to download the application again from playstore.

1. Download APK extractor 
2. Install APK extractor on your phone (no root required)
3. Open APK extractor app
4. Select the app for which you want to extract the APK
5. Click share and save the APK file

       

APK extractor is just 550k in size. I tried it for couple of applications and it worked fine for me. By default extracted apk will be stored in internals storage/ExtractedApks directory. Use any file manager to open this directory. Path to store the Apk file is configurable. Give it a try and let me know how it is.