You built something in Google AI Studio. Deploy it to a public URL, paste that URL here, verify your email — and get a signed Android APK in about 60 seconds. Free to start, no account, no Android Studio.
Google AI Studio is Google's browser-based environment for building with Gemini. You describe what you want, iterate with the model, and end up with a working web app — a chat assistant, a generator, a tool, a game — without setting up a local development environment. Your project lives at an ai.studio/apps/... address inside your Google account.
That workspace is superb for building and iterating. But it is a workspace, not a website: the page carries the studio's own interface — the "Remix" button, the Gemini panel — and it sits behind your Google sign-in. It is where you make the app, not where the world uses it.
Getting your creation onto Android phones takes two short moves: publish the app to a public URL, then wrap that URL as a signed Android APK with Free App Maker. This page walks through both — including the one mistake that causes most AI Studio conversions to fail, and exactly how to avoid it.
Here is the #1 reason AI Studio conversions fail — and it is not a build error. An ai.studio/apps/... link is Google AI Studio's workspace page, not a standalone website. It sits behind a Google sign-in and carries the studio's own interface: the "Remix" button, the Gemini panel, the editing tools.
Wrap that link into an APK and you get an app that opens the studio's login screen — not your product. Users who install it see Google asking them to sign in, and even signed in they would land in your workspace, not a clean app. Nothing is wrong with your build. The address is simply not public.
The fix is to give your app a public address first: export the code from AI Studio (or use its "Deploy to Cloud Run" button), host it anywhere that serves the page publicly, and confirm the URL opens in a private/incognito window with no sign-in prompt. That URL — not the workspace link — is what you paste into Free App Maker.
Deploy first, verify it is public, then convert. The middle step — the incognito test — is the one that saves you from the sign-in-screen trap.
In Google AI Studio, download or export your app's code, or use the built-in Deploy to Cloud Run button. Host it on any service that serves the page publicly — Cloud Run, Vercel, Netlify, Cloudflare Pages, and GitHub Pages all work and all have free tiers. Do not use your ai.studio/apps/... workspace link — it sits behind a Google sign-in and is not your public app.
The single requirement: the URL opens without a Google sign-in. Open a private/incognito browser window and paste your deployed URL. If your app loads with no login prompt, you are ready. If you see a sign-in screen, the address is not public yet — fix the deployment before converting. One more trap: temporary preview URLs (addresses like ais-pre-....run.app) expire, so use your permanent deployment URL, not a preview link.
Head to freeappmaker.ai and paste the public URL. Set the app name that appears under the icon, enter your email, and optionally upload a 1024×1024 PNG icon — we generate the required Android icon sizes from it. Verify your email, and your signed APK is ready in about 60 seconds.
Deployed your AI Studio app to a public URL? You're one paste away.
Convert It Free — About 60 Seconds →AI Studio makes building fast. An installable Android app makes what you built feel real — to users, clients, students, and yourself.
You described an idea to AI Studio and it became a working app — a study helper, a recipe assistant, a niche tool. Sharing a URL is fine; handing someone an installable Android app is better. Once your app is deployed publicly, the APK takes about a minute, and the people you share it with tap an icon instead of hunting for a link.
You prototyped a client concept in AI Studio in an afternoon. Deploy it, wrap it as an APK, and the next meeting starts with the client tapping through the idea on their own phone. A signed APK on a real device lands very differently from a browser tab on a shared screen — and it costs you a public deployment plus one paste.
AI Studio lets you build the project fast; the APK is how you present it. Judges and interviewers can install your app and try it on their own devices instead of watching a demo. Just remember the deployment rule — a workspace link will show them a Google sign-in, while a deployed URL shows them your work.
An internal helper built in AI Studio — a form assistant, a knowledge lookup, a calculator for your workflow — is easier to roll out as an APK your colleagues install than as a URL they bookmark. Deploy it to a host your team can reach without a Google sign-in, convert it, and share the APK file directly.
Free App Maker wraps whatever your URL serves. The whole game is pasting the right kind of URL — here is the honest checklist from our support work.
ai.studio/apps/... workspace links — behind a Google sign-in, they open the studio's login screen instead of your appais-pre-....run.app — they expire, so the app works today and breaks laterNot sure about your URL? Run it through our free WebView Compatibility Checker first.
Any host that serves your app publicly works with Free App Maker. These are the common choices — each has a free tier.
| Consideration | Google Cloud Run ✓ | Vercel / Netlify | Cloudflare Pages | GitHub Pages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Path from AI Studio | Built-in "Deploy to Cloud Run" button | Export code, then import or push | Export code, then connect a repo | Export code, push to a repository |
| Free tier | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Server-side code | ✓ Yes | ✓ Serverless functions | ✓ Functions | ✗ Static files only |
| Custom domain | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Works with Free App Maker | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Before you convert | Whichever host you choose: open the URL in a private/incognito window and confirm your app loads with no Google sign-in — then paste it into Free App Maker. | |||
Once your app has a public URL, this is the shortest honest path from that URL to an installable Android app.
The APK loads your deployed URL at runtime. Keep iterating in AI Studio, redeploy to the same public URL, and the Android app shows the new version the next time users open it — no rebuild, no re-download, no update prompt. The APK you shipped keeps pointing at your latest work.
You do not have to leave the tool you built in. AI Studio stays your workshop; the public deployment is your storefront; the APK is the door on Android home screens. Free App Maker only needs the storefront's address — how you build behind it is entirely up to you.
Paste the URL, verify your email, download the signed APK — typically about 60 seconds of build time. No Android Studio install, no Gradle configuration, no Java or Kotlin. The slow part of your day was already done when you deployed the app; this part is the fast one.
The same check that makes your URL convertible — opening it in a private window with no sign-in — is exactly the experience every user gets. If the private window shows your app, the APK shows your app. There is no separate mystery layer to debug: what the URL serves is what the app is.
The APK is yours to distribute — your website, a GitHub release, a direct share. And you are not married to your first host: if you move from Cloud Run to Vercel or anywhere else later, rebuild the APK with the new URL in about a minute. Your app, your address, your call.
What you download is a signed Android APK — the file format Android devices install directly. Share the file or a download link, and recipients install it on their phones and tablets. If your goal is a Google Play listing instead, see the Play Store question in the FAQ below — Play has its own requirements.
Everything we get asked about converting a Google AI Studio app to an Android APK — including the sign-in-screen mystery, solved.
ai.studio/apps/... link is Google AI Studio's workspace page, not a standalone website. It sits behind a Google sign-in and carries the studio's own interface — the "Remix" button, the Gemini panel. Deploy your app to a public URL first (see the next question), then paste that URL instead.ais-pre-....run.app — expire, so the app works today and breaks later. It is a sneaky failure because everything tests fine on day one. Rebuild the APK with your permanent deployment URL, and the problem does not come back.Deploy it publicly, paste the URL, verify your email — signed APK in about 60 seconds.
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