Bermuda Breeze Boondoggle Games

Installing on Android

Bermuda Breeze comes straight from us, not from Google Play, so your phone double-checks with you a few times before installing it. That's normal. Here is every screen you'll see, in order, with the button to tap.

  • About a minute
  • 96 MB, best on Wi-Fi
  • Android 7.0 or newer
QR code that opens this page

Open this page on your Android phone.

Point your phone's camera at the code and tap the link. Keep this page open while you install.

  1. Download the app

    Tap the button below. Your browser will warn you that app files can be harmful and ask if you want to keep it. Tap "Download anyway".

    Download for Android 96 MB

    Downloading. Stay on this page and carry on with step 2 when it finishes.

    Browsers show this warning for every app file, whoever made it. It's not about Bermuda Breeze in particular.

    The exact words vary from phone to phone.

  2. Open the file

    The download takes a minute or two. When it's done, a message pops up at the bottom of your browser. Tap "Open".

    Missed the message? Open your phone's Files app, go to Downloads and tap bermuda-breeze-1.8.6.apk. Step 3 will then ask about the Files app instead of your browser.

  3. Let your browser install apps

    Android now says it isn't allowed to install apps from this source. Tap "Settings", turn on "Allow from this source", then tap Back (the arrow at the top left).

    This is a permission for your browser, not for Bermuda Breeze. It lets the browser hand the file to Android's installer. Bermuda Breeze doesn't get any extra access from it.

    You only do this once. Updates skip this step.

  4. Tap Install

    You're back at the installer, which asks if you want to install Bermuda Breeze. Tap "Install".

    No Install button? Tap Back once more, or open the file again from your notifications.

  5. Get past Play Protect

    Google Play Protect checks apps that don't come from Google Play. It may not recognise Bermuda Breeze yet, so it can show a warning. Tap "More details", then "Install anyway".

    If it asks to scan the app instead, tap "Scan app". It takes a few seconds, then lets you install.

    Play Protect is wary of any app it hasn't seen before. Every copy of Bermuda Breeze is signed by Boondoggle Games, and you can check the signature if you'd like to be sure the file came from us.

    "Install anyway" appears after you tap "More details".

  6. Open it and allow location

    Open Bermuda Breeze. It asks for your location so MinuteCast can forecast rain for the spot you're standing on. Pick "Precise", then "While using the app".

    Bermuda Breeze only uses your location while the app is open on screen, never in the background. "Approximate" works too, but the forecast is for a wider area.

    If your phone then asks to turn on location accuracy, either answer is fine.

You're done.

Bermuda Breeze is on your home screen. You can delete the downloaded file from your Downloads folder if you want the space back.

Updating

Come back to this page and do steps 1, 2 and 4 again. Your phone remembers step 3, and the new version installs over the old one. Your settings and layout stay.

Want to switch "Allow from this source" back off afterwards? That's fine. Go to Settings, search for "Install unknown apps", and turn it off for your browser. You'll need to switch it on again to update.

If something goes wrong

"App not installed" or "conflicts with an existing package"

An older copy of Bermuda Breeze from somewhere else is in the way. Uninstall it (press and hold its icon, then Uninstall), then open the downloaded file again.

"There was a problem parsing the package"

The download didn't finish. Delete the file from Downloads and download it again, ideally on Wi-Fi.

I can't find the downloaded file

Open the Files app (on Samsung phones it's My Files) and look in Downloads. In your browser, the menu also has a Downloads list.

My phone has no "Allow from this source" switch

Older phones (Android 7) have a single switch for all apps. Go to Settings, then Security, and turn on Unknown sources.

If the switch is missing or greyed out, the phone may be managed by your work or school, which can block installs. Ask whoever looks after the phone.

Play Protect only offers "Got it" or "Don't install"

Tap the small More details arrow first. "Install anyway" is hidden underneath it.

Still stuck?

Email info@boondogglegames.com with the make of your phone and what the screen says. A photo of the screen helps.