Bluestacks not downloading apps

Reinstall the app: After performing the steps above, if the issue still persists, please try re-installing the app by first uninstalling it and then, installing it again. Update: got it to work by downloading the apk directly.

Wasn't ever able to get the google play store to work. I fixed it by doing the Disk Cleanup from within Bluestacks, and changing Engine to Advanced Mode, not sure which one of.

Apps with available updates are labeled "Update". Tap on the Update button to update the app. Force stop the app: Open the "System apps". The download will however, start but will keep going forever. Some games or applications are designed for some specific country and region. This may sound heartbreaking and to come over the pain of not to able to download certain app or games on Bluestacks at your location, here is the solution.

To download the game banned in your region you can use some other marketplaces like play store to download the apk file and install it on Bluestacks. Similar to the example above, you might also encounter a download pending error on Bluestacks if a certain app is blocked in your country. An attempt to download an app banned in your location on Bluestacks might return the download pending error. Unfortunately, there is not a certain way to fix the error.

Still, you can try using a free VPN service to change your IP location to some other country and where the app is not banned. Some Android apps are designed to run on certain devices or OS versions of Android. So, if you have set a device profile of Android versions like Lolipop or earlier chances are the app designed for Android Nougat will not install on Bluestacks Lollipop device profile.

In such you are required to change the device profiles on Bluestacks to the latest version of Android phone or version to successfully download the app on Bluestacks. If it is a bundle then you need to install it using a Split Installer. Google introduced a new way to distribute Android apps called app bundles. While app bundles help save storage space and data usage, they are not one-size-fits APK files. You need to use a split APK installer to install app bundles. You can make some changes in the version code or SDK to do so.

This method also works on Firestick and Fire TV. Step 1. Download the APK Editor app. Step 2.