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As in the title above, I come with the intention of helping people run both apps at the same time on the same Android phone.
Q: Why only on Android phones?
R: Because Apple iOS is a closed ecosystem at the moment which doesn't allow sideloading apps outside their store.
Q: Why do I need to sideload both apps on my Android phone?
R: To avoid logging in and logging out each time for playing on beta and multiple live servers worlds. Also to get the latest updates and events on mobile for BETA Forge of Empires.
To be able to sideload You need 3 applications, the main Forge of Empires app from Google Store, APK Editor app, and the Forge of Empires beta app from microsoft link posted by InnoGames on the forum.
Step 1: Download and Install the main Forge of Empires app from Google Store.
If You already did this, avoid this step.
Step 2: Download and install APK Editor on Android phone.
CLICK on this link to download the APK Editor App.
Or from this link.
Step 3: Download the Beta App from Forge of Empires beta forum BUT DO NOT INSTALL THE APP YET.
Step 4: Open APK Editor and change the apk path name in order to sideload the beta app.
For future updates You will have to redo the last 2(3 and 4) steps in order to update the beta app, otherwise You will overwrite the main store app with the beta app and You will end with 2 beta apps on Your phone.
Hope this tutorial will be helpfull for those who want to use multiple Forge of Empires apps on their phone without struggling to login-logout multiple times to play on beta and live servers.
This also works for multiple apps at a time, You can add 3, 4, 5, etc at the end of package name and You will have as many FoE apps as You need for more servers or worlds if it happens to play on multiple servers and not only a main one and beta, the only downside will be the space taken on Your phone, each installed app will have around 1-2GB.
Good luck!
Q: Why only on Android phones?
R: Because Apple iOS is a closed ecosystem at the moment which doesn't allow sideloading apps outside their store.
In the near future it might be possible to sideload apps on iOS aswell due to European Regulations, the 17.2 iOS update, which is still on beta phase, allows already for a bunch of people to sideload apps, but aren't many apps into the wild at the moment for that system.
Q: Why do I need to sideload both apps on my Android phone?
R: To avoid logging in and logging out each time for playing on beta and multiple live servers worlds. Also to get the latest updates and events on mobile for BETA Forge of Empires.
To be able to sideload You need 3 applications, the main Forge of Empires app from Google Store, APK Editor app, and the Forge of Empires beta app from microsoft link posted by InnoGames on the forum.
Step 1: Download and Install the main Forge of Empires app from Google Store.
If You already did this, avoid this step.
Step 2: Download and install APK Editor on Android phone.
CLICK on this link to download the APK Editor App.
Or from this link.
Open the link and tap on "Download APK"
Scroll down a bit and tap again on "Download APK"
You will be prompted by Your phone browser to accept or decline the file Download, tap on "Accept/Download anyway"
After the download is complete, tap on the downloaded file then tap on "Install".
SideNote: Some phones might ask You to give permission to install from external browsers, so You will be promted to Your phone settings to allow you install apps from browser like Google Chrome/Brave/Opera, etc, do so in order to install both Apk Editor and FoE beta app.
After the installation was succesfully the app will appear on Your phone screen or in the app drawer.
You succesfully installed the APK Editor.
Scroll down a bit and tap again on "Download APK"
You will be prompted by Your phone browser to accept or decline the file Download, tap on "Accept/Download anyway"
After the download is complete, tap on the downloaded file then tap on "Install".
SideNote: Some phones might ask You to give permission to install from external browsers, so You will be promted to Your phone settings to allow you install apps from browser like Google Chrome/Brave/Opera, etc, do so in order to install both Apk Editor and FoE beta app.
After the installation was succesfully the app will appear on Your phone screen or in the app drawer.
You succesfully installed the APK Editor.
Step 3: Download the Beta App from Forge of Empires beta forum BUT DO NOT INSTALL THE APP YET.
Follow the instructions from the screens below. 
As You can see the file is downloading but You don't have to open it yet.
As You can see the file is downloading but You don't have to open it yet.
Step 4: Open APK Editor and change the apk path name in order to sideload the beta app.
Tap on "APK file"
On the search bar type "foe_beta" and click on search button.
Locate your foe_beta file with the latest update desired to be modified and installed.
Tap on the app and then on "Common edit".
On the package name string ADD the number "2" and tap on "save".
You will pe promted to another Page where You will be asked to install the fresh modified beta app.
You will be asked to "install/update" the beta app. Tap on that button and You are free to use both beta and main app.
You completed the steps.
On the search bar type "foe_beta" and click on search button.
Locate your foe_beta file with the latest update desired to be modified and installed.
Tap on the app and then on "Common edit".
On the package name string ADD the number "2" and tap on "save".
You will pe promted to another Page where You will be asked to install the fresh modified beta app.
You will be asked to "install/update" the beta app. Tap on that button and You are free to use both beta and main app.You completed the steps.
For future updates You will have to redo the last 2(3 and 4) steps in order to update the beta app, otherwise You will overwrite the main store app with the beta app and You will end with 2 beta apps on Your phone.
Hope this tutorial will be helpfull for those who want to use multiple Forge of Empires apps on their phone without struggling to login-logout multiple times to play on beta and live servers.
This also works for multiple apps at a time, You can add 3, 4, 5, etc at the end of package name and You will have as many FoE apps as You need for more servers or worlds if it happens to play on multiple servers and not only a main one and beta, the only downside will be the space taken on Your phone, each installed app will have around 1-2GB.
Good luck!
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