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    **DISCLAIMER: Follow these instructions entirely at your own risk. I, nor my company (Digital Ashes PTY LTD) take any responsibility whatsoever for any damage done to any device/property that occurs as a result of following these instructions.**

    The following steps describe how to install Action Launcher 3 on a rooted device as a system app, so that you will be able to enable Action Launcher 3's Google Now integration.

    **Prerequisites**

    1. A rooted device (Google if you need help here).
    2. A computer with [ADB][0] installed, and a working knowledge of ADB.
    3. A copy of an Action Launcher 3 APK on your computer. [APKMirror.com][1] is a good place to grab a copy from. All you're doing here is setting Action 3 as a system app, so any version of the app will work. From there, the Action 3 will update via the Play Store like a typical pre-installed app (such as Gmail or YouTube).

    Note: To follow the instructions below exactly, rename the APK to `action3.apk`. If you opt not to do this, just substitute `action3.apk` to `your_filename.apk` as appropriate in the instructions below.


    **Instructions**

    First, put the APK on the device:

    adb push action3.apk /sdcard/

    Now move the APK to the system partion. NOTE: The `# blah blah` items following the commands below are just comments for you to understand what's happening. Don't enter them in the shell.

    adb shell
    su
    mount -o rw,remount /system # Remount to read-write so we can write to /system.
    mv /sdcard/action3.apk /system/priv-app # Move to the /system partion.
    chmod 644 /system/priv-app/action3.apk # All System-Apps need to have the permissions rw-r--r--.
    mount -o ro,remount /system # Remount to read-only again.
    exit
    exit

    Finally, reboot the device:

    adb reboot


    [0]: https://developer.android.com/studio/command-line/adb.html
    [1]: http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/chris-lacy/action-3/