{"id":67087,"date":"2018-07-26T07:15:10","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T23:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/?p=67087"},"modified":"2018-07-26T07:15:10","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T23:15:10","slug":"cannot-get-vlc-app-huawei-phones-but-how-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/26\/cannot-get-vlc-app-huawei-phones-but-how-do-it\/","title":{"rendered":"You Cannot Get VLC App on Huawei Phones but Here is How You Can Do It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is another blow to Huawei, although not a big one. VideoLAN, the popular VLC media player app company, has officially announced that they have blacklisted Huawei&#8217;s latest phones on Google Play Store.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"67089\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/26\/cannot-get-vlc-app-huawei-phones-but-how-do-it\/cof-60\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-android-huawei.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;BLA-L29&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;cof&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1532584813&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.95&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;cof&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cof\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;cof&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-android-huawei.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-android-huawei.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-67089\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-android-huawei.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-android-huawei.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-android-huawei.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-android-huawei.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-android-huawei.jpg?resize=73%2C55&amp;ssl=1 73w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In one of their Tweets, they mentioned that Huawei has a &#8220;ridiculous&#8221; policy of killing background apps that breaks VLC audio background playback.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">PSA: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HuaweiMobile?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HuaweiMobile<\/a> phones are now blacklisted and cannot get VLC on the Play Store.<br \/>\nTheir ridiculous policy of killing all background apps (except their own) breaks VLC audio background playback (of course).<br \/>\nSee <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QzDW7KbV4I\">https:\/\/t.co\/QzDW7KbV4I<\/a> and many other reports&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HuaweiFr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HuaweiFr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 VideoLAN (@videolan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/videolan\/status\/1022033608670961665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And shortly after, in another tweet, they clarify that only the recent phones from Huawei are affected.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NB: Please note that this is not for all Huawei phones but just the recent ones.<br \/>\nNB2: You can always download the apk from our website.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 VideoLAN (@videolan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/videolan\/status\/1022085029843951616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As mentioned earlier, this is &#8220;another&#8221; blow for Huawei because Huawei phones are not allowed to be sold in the US due to concern about spying through their products. Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/why-some-of-the-flashiest-huawei-android-p20-p20-pro-mate-10-pro-phones-arent-in-the-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this article by CNET<\/a> to understand more.<\/p>\n<p>And more recently, Huawei also got into the spotlight as Australia expresses &#8220;concerns that Beijing could force the Chinese telco to hand over sensitive data&#8221; on their 5G project, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-australia-china-huawei-tech\/australia-prepares-to-ban-huawei-from-5g-project-over-security-fears-idUSKBN1K111O\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this report from Reuters<\/a>. And Australia is said to be &#8220;preparing to ban Huawei from 5G Project over security fears&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>However, not to worry. Fans of VLC can still download the app.<\/p>\n<h2>How to Download VLC app on Huawei Phones<\/h2>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videolan.org\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VLC website<\/a> on your computer. Note that if you are on a blacklisted Huawei phone, it will show a &#8220;not compatible device&#8221; on Google Play Store.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> Select <strong>&#8220;Others Systems&#8221;<\/strong> from the drop-down list.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"67090\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/26\/cannot-get-vlc-app-huawei-phones-but-how-do-it\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-01\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-01.jpg?fit=800%2C521&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,521\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-01\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-01.jpg?fit=300%2C195&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-01.jpg?fit=800%2C521&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67090\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-01.jpg?resize=800%2C521&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-01.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-01.jpg?resize=300%2C195&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-01.jpg?resize=768%2C500&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-01.jpg?resize=84%2C55&amp;ssl=1 84w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> Select <strong>&#8220;Get VLC for Android&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"67091\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/26\/cannot-get-vlc-app-huawei-phones-but-how-do-it\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-02\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-02.jpg?fit=800%2C269&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,269\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-02\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-02.jpg?fit=300%2C101&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-02.jpg?fit=800%2C269&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67091\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-02.jpg?resize=800%2C269&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-02.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-02.jpg?resize=300%2C101&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-02.jpg?resize=768%2C258&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-02.jpg?resize=164%2C55&amp;ssl=1 164w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> Click on the &#8220;APK Package&#8221; on this page<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"67092\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/26\/cannot-get-vlc-app-huawei-phones-but-how-do-it\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-03\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-03.jpg?fit=800%2C492&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,492\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-03\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-03.jpg?fit=300%2C185&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-03.jpg?fit=800%2C492&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67092\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-03.jpg?resize=800%2C492&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-03.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-03.jpg?resize=300%2C185&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-03.jpg?resize=768%2C472&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-03.jpg?resize=89%2C55&amp;ssl=1 89w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-03.jpg?resize=372%2C230&amp;ssl=1 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong> Choose the correct APK for your phone<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"67093\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/26\/cannot-get-vlc-app-huawei-phones-but-how-do-it\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-04\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-04.jpg?fit=800%2C432&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,432\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-04\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-04.jpg?fit=300%2C162&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-04.jpg?fit=800%2C432&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67093\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-04.jpg?resize=800%2C432&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-04.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-04.jpg?resize=300%2C162&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-04.jpg?resize=768%2C415&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-huawei-phone-how-to-04.jpg?resize=102%2C55&amp;ssl=1 102w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>6.<\/strong> Save the APK to your computer and transfer to your Huawei phone<\/p>\n<p><strong>7.<\/strong> Install the APK on your Huawei phone. Ensure that you allow app installation on from external sources (go to settings).<\/p>\n<p>I think that is it! Not so difficult. However, performance-wise, you have to be the judge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is another blow to Huawei. VideoLAN, the VLC media player app company, has blacklisted Huawei&#8217;s phones on Google Play Store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4,287,5,6,14],"tags":[37,8158,2051,16638,39,3978,232,7795,16637,16636],"class_list":["post-67087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-information","category-mediaplayer","category-mobile","category-pda","category-techie","tag-android","tag-apk","tag-app","tag-blacklist","tag-google","tag-how-to","tag-huawei","tag-play-store","tag-videolan","tag-vlc"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/vlc-app-android-huawei.jpg?fit=800%2C600&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8YKZ-hs3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67087"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67094,"href":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67087\/revisions\/67094"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}