How To Download Fortnite On Samsung Galaxy Note 9

Fortnite Mobile for Android APK corroborates Samsung Galaxy Note 9 exclusivity

While the Android enthusiast community is waiting for the upcoming launch of the Samsung Milky way Note 9 on Baronial 9th, gamers are wondering when Epic Games volition launch their massively popular gratuitous-to-play boxing royale game 'Fortnite' on Android. The game is supposed to launch this summer, according to the developers, just a source has told XDA-Developers and9to5Google that the mobile game will launch with the release of the Samsung Galaxy Notation 9. Thus far, the only evidence that the Fortnite Mobile on Android release volition be announced during Samsung Unpacked 2018 is the information provided toXDA and9to5 from a trusted source. Now,XDA-Developers has obtained access to the Fortnite Mobile on Android installer APK which corroborates the Samsung Galaxy Note ix exclusivity.

The APK with the parcel name "com.epicgames.fortnite" was first discovered by XDA Junior Member thesbros, our resident expert at data-mining. Decompilation and assay of the APK were done in collaboration with XDA Recognized Developer Quinny899, too known as Kieron Quinn of Mighty Quinn Apps. The APK file we obtained is the installer for Fortnite version 5.20 which is set to go live on other platforms this calendar week. The APK and all the required Fortnite battle royale data can be downloaded and installed, simply the game will not run on whatsoever accounts that haven't been whitelisted past Epic Games. Regardless, the APK file itself provides some useful information alee of the game's launch on Android.

Fortnite Mobile on Android – A Samsung Galaxy Note ix Exclusive

The game has several checks in place to make up one's mind whether the device is able to run the game. At that place are checks for the mobile GPU, manufacturer, model, and more. Nosotros attempted to run the app on devices such equally the Essential Phone and Google Pixel ii XL but failed to get past the splash screen in both cases on the latest internal release because these devices neglect the check for manufacturer and model. Samsung Galaxy devices such as the Samsung Galaxy S7, Samsung Galaxy S8, Samsung Galaxy S9, and Samsung Galaxy Notation 8 are able to laissez passer the splash screen because of an internal whitelist (which I'll detail in a separate article), merely these devices won't be able to really play the game just yet. The reason is that of a method that checks the device's brand, code-proper name, and feature-ready and determines if information technology matches the Samsung Galaxy Note 9. If not, the game'due south chief action is airtight. (Additional code related to this method is omitted for brevity.)

As seen in the screenshot of the decompiled code above, the method checks the Android device'due south organisation properties. The following properties are checked:

ro.vendor.product.device = starts with "crown"
ro.vendor.production.brand = "samsung"
SEC_FLOATING_FEATURE_COMMON_SUPPORT_BLE_SPEN, a Samsung-specific feature for the Bluetooth-enabled S Pen found only on the Samsung Galaxy Note 9

Hence, it'southward clear that the method checks for whether the device is a "Samsung" device with a code-proper noun that starts with "crown." Nosotros've known that "crown" is the code-name for the Samsung Galaxy Note ix for quite a while at present. The method checks for the existence of a Samsung Experience feature that doesn't exist on any other Samsung device—the BLE S Pen. Thanks to an FCC filing and analysis of the latest AirCommand app from the Android 8.1 Oreo release on the Samsung Galaxy Tab S4, the being of a Bluetooth-enabled South Pen isn't a surprise hither. But the fact that the Fortnite Mobile on Android app checks for its existence is interesting. This suggests that the app either checks for its being to provide some boosted integrations, or is just checking for its existence as another confirmation pace that the app is running on the Galaxy Note 9.

Thank you to the leak of this APK, nosotros have a lot more Fortnite Mobile-related news coming up. Here'due south a summary of what we've uncovered so far:

Fortnite Mobile on Android may not be available on the Google Play Store (Confirmed by Epic Games)
Fortnite Mobile on Android might be a Samsung Galaxy sectional for 4 months
These smartphones will support Fortnite Mobile on Android (+Minimum Requirements listing here)
Samsung Milky way Annotation ix pre-orders will become 15000 Five-Bucks in Fortnite Mobile

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Mishaal Rahman

I am the former Editor-in-primary of XDA. In addition to breaking news on the Android Os and mobile devices, I used to manage all editorial and reviews content on the Portal.

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