apkeep downloads somethings which seem to be related to Android App Bundles (AAB) aka app "splits" and calls them .apk. It should use a different file extension, so that automated things can know how to handle them.
$ apksigner verify repo/at.wienerlinien.wienmobillab@4.1.2.apk
Exception in thread "main" com.android.apksig.apk.ApkFormatException: Missing AndroidManifest.xml
at com.android.apksig.ApkSigner.getAndroidManifestFromApk(ApkSigner.java:898)
at com.android.apksig.ApkVerifier.getAndroidManifestFromApk(ApkVerifier.java:981)
at com.android.apksig.ApkVerifier.verifyAndGetMinSdkVersion(ApkVerifier.java:587)
at com.android.apksig.ApkVerifier.verify(ApkVerifier.java:181)
at com.android.apksig.ApkVerifier.verify(ApkVerifier.java:149)
at com.android.apksigner.ApkSignerTool.verify(ApkSignerTool.java:516)
at com.android.apksigner.ApkSignerTool.main(ApkSignerTool.java:88)
$ unzip -l repo/at.wienerlinien.wienmobillab@4.1.2.apk
Archive: repo/at.wienerlinien.wienmobillab@4.1.2.apk
Length Date Time Name
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12147636 1980-00-00 00:00 at.wienerlinien.wienmobillab.apk
ApkPure.com
23383 1980-00-00 00:00 icon.png
ApkPure.com
1513423 1980-00-00 00:00 config.xxhdpi.apk
ApkPure.com
221843 1980-00-00 00:00 config.de.apk
ApkPure.com
33177 1980-00-00 00:00 config.en.apk
ApkPure.com
7070415 1980-00-00 00:00 config.arm64_v8a.apk
ApkPure.com
939 1980-00-00 00:00 manifest.json
ApkPure.com
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21010816 7 files
An APK has a pretty clear definition, including:
apkeep downloads somethings which seem to be related to Android App Bundles (AAB) aka app "splits" and calls them .apk. It should use a different file extension, so that automated things can know how to handle them.