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I think the bigger issue is 3rd party apps installed this way do not get any permissions to auto update (either itself or other apps). This makes it near impos
by ThatPlayer 6y ago
I think the bigger issue is 3rd party apps installed this way do not get any permissions to auto update (either itself or other apps).
This makes it near impossible to make an app store that competes with any system app store as you do not get 1 click installing or updating. Or for the app to even update itself. So a user who has 10 updates on a different app store would have to click through 10 install prompts just to update.
- morsch 6y agoThat is a big issue and I wish we could force Google (and Apple for that matter) to change it. For the longest time, I thought the Fdroid people didn't want this feature, turns out they can't do it on vanilla Android.
- ThatPlayer 6y agoYep. If you have a rooted Android phone, Fdroid does have a separate package you can install for that feature https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.fdroid.fdroid.privileged/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.fdroid.fdroid.privileged...