Parky Download

Install guide · about two minutes

Get Parky on your TV.

Parky isn't in an app store, so you install it once by hand. After that it updates itself. Pick your device below — every step names exactly what's on the screen.

Downloader code — — — — — Type it into the Downloader app's address bar. Same as entering parky.watch/parky.apk.
Or the address parky.watch/parky.apk
  • Fire TV Stick, Cube, Fire TV Edition sets
  • Android TV & Google TV boxes
  • Unbranded Android media boxes
  • Phones and tablets

Amazon

Fire TV Stick, Fire TV Cube, Fire TV sets

Uses the free Downloader app from Amazon's own store. Nothing else to buy or plug in.

  1. Allow apps from outside the store

    From the Fire TV home screen go to Settings → My Fire TV → Developer options.

    Don't see Developer options? Newer Fire OS hides it. Go to My Fire TV → About, highlight the first line (your device name) and press the select button 7 times until it says "You are now a developer". Go back one screen and Developer options is there.

    Inside it, open Install unknown apps (older sticks call it Apps from Unknown Sources). If it lists apps, leave it for now — you'll switch Downloader on in step 3. If it's a single toggle, turn it ON.

  2. Install Downloader

    Go back to the home screen, select the Find / magnifying-glass, and search Downloader. Install the orange one by AFTVnews, then open it. Allow the two permissions it asks for on first launch.

  3. Switch Downloader on in Install unknown apps

    If step 1 showed a list of apps: go back to Settings → My Fire TV → Developer options → Install unknown apps and turn Downloader to ON.

  4. Enter the code

    Open Downloader. Select the address bar at the top, type the code — — — — — and press Go. (You can type parky.watch/parky.apk instead — it's the same file.)

    The download takes 10–30 seconds. When it finishes, press Install.

  5. Open it, and let Downloader tidy up

    When it says App installed, press Open. If Downloader offers to Delete the file afterwards, say yes — Parky doesn't need it, and it keeps 18 MB free.

  6. Find it later

    Sideloaded apps don't get a tile on the home row automatically. Press and hold the Home button on the remote → Apps, find Parky, press the ☰ menu button and choose Move to front.

Google

Android TV & Google TV

Chromecast with Google TV, onn boxes, NVIDIA Shield, and Sony / TCL / Hisense / Philips sets running Google TV. Same Downloader app, from the Play Store.

  1. Install Downloader from the Play Store

    Open Google Play Store on the TV, search Downloader by AFTVnews, install it and open it. Allow the permissions it asks for.

  2. Enter the code

    In Downloader's address bar type — — — — — (or parky.watch/parky.apk) and press Go. Wait for the download, then press Install.

  3. Allow it, when the TV asks

    The first time, the TV will say installs from this source aren't allowed and offer Settings. Take it, turn Downloader on, press back, and press Install again.

    If it doesn't offer, the switch is at Settings → Apps → Security & restrictions → Unknown sources → Downloader ON. On some Google TV sets: Settings → Privacy → Security & restrictions.

  4. Play Protect may ask once

    If a Blocked by Play Protect box appears, choose More details → Install anyway. It's the normal warning for anything not from the Play Store; Parky's installer is signed and the file's checksum is printed on the home page.

  5. Open it

    Press Open, or find Parky under Your apps → See all. Long-press it to add it to your favourites row.

Everything else

Android media boxes

The unbranded boxes — X96, T95, H96, MXQ, "Android 11 TV Box" and friends. They run ordinary Android, so there are two easy ways in.

If the box has the Play Store

  1. Install Downloader

    Play Store → search Downloader by AFTVnews → install → open.

  2. Enter the code

    — — — — — or parky.watch/parky.apk, then Go → Install.

  3. Allow unknown sources when asked

    Usually Settings → Security → Unknown sources (or Install unknown apps → Downloader).

If it only has a browser

  1. Download the file

    Open the box's browser and go to parky.watch/parky.apk. It saves to Download.

  2. Open it

    Open the box's File Manager (or Downloads), find parky.apk, select it, press Install.

  3. Allow unknown sources when asked

    Same switch as on the left: Settings → Security → Unknown sources.

The file is only served to Android devices — a Windows or Mac browser gets a page pointing back here instead. To put it on a box by USB stick, download it on an Android phone first.

Android

Phones and tablets

  1. Download

    Open parky.mov/parky.apk in the phone's browser. Tap Download if it asks.

  2. Open the file

    Tap the finished download in the notification (or in the browser's Downloads).

  3. Allow it, once

    Android will say the browser isn't allowed to install apps and offer Settings. Turn Allow from this source on, go back, tap Install.

  4. Done

    Tap Open. Downloads and offline files work here too — they land in Movies/Parky/.

After the install

⇡

Updates are automatic

Parky checks for a new release when it starts and every couple of hours. When one lands it shows an Install button — one press, no Downloader, no code.

⌂

Nothing to sign up for

It opens on the home page and just works. The first-run screen explains what the app does; press Agree and go.

☰

Your library stays on the device

Favourites, watchlist and history live on the box. Settings → Account can save them to a file if you ever move to a new one.

If something doesn't go to plan

And if none of these is it: support@parky.mov — say which device and what the screen said.

Downloader says "Parsing package" or "There was a problem parsing the package"
The download didn't finish. Delete the file in Downloader's Files tab and download again. If it repeats, type the full address https://parky.mov/parky.apk instead of the code.
Downloader says "Webpage not available" or ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR
Something on your network is blocking parky.mov — usually a security or web filter built into the internet provider's router. Type parky.watch/parky.apk in Downloader instead; it's the same file. If that doesn't load either, turn off the router's web filter in its app, or set the TV's DNS to 1.1.1.1.
"App not installed"
Almost always one of two things. Space: a Fire TV Stick needs about 60 MB free — uninstall something under Settings → Applications → Manage installed applications. An older test build: if a Parky with a different signature is already on the box, uninstall it first, then install again.
Downloader won't install anything — "Install unknown apps" is off
Step 1 and 3 of the Fire TV guide. It has to be Downloader specifically that's switched on, not just the page you were on.
I can't find Developer options
Settings → My Fire TV → About, highlight the device name at the top and press select seven times. It's hidden on purpose by Amazon; this is the official way to reveal it.
Play Protect blocked it
More details → Install anyway. Parky isn't in the Play Store, so Play Protect can't vouch for it. Every release is signed with the same key and the file's SHA-256 is printed on the home page if you want to verify it.
It installed but the home page is empty
The box isn't online yet, or the first-run screen is still up. Press Agree and give it ten seconds. If the TV's Wi-Fi is fine and it stays empty, open Settings → Sources → Check for new providers.
The remote doesn't move around the app
It should — every screen is built for a d-pad. If a page seems stuck, press Back once and try again. If it's reproducible, note which screen it was and email support@parky.mov.

That's it.

Code — — — — — in Downloader, or parky.watch/parky.apk anywhere else.

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