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Recommend using SkyDroid to download Fdroid apps, much better search and UI.

by aero-glide2 5y ago

smallerfish 5y ago
Does it auto update? That's my main peeve with fdroid.
- jasonjayr 5y ago
  I don't think anything other than Google Play can auto update unless you've rooted your phone. F-droid has a package you can install to the system partition to allow auto-updating.
  - boring_twenties 5y ago
    You don't need root AFAIK, you do need an unlocked bootloader so you can flash the system partition though.
    - lucgommans 5y ago
      Exactly, this is only tangentially related to rooting. Google doesn't need root on your device for their closed Play Services to install software, but the component that you want to have this installation capability does need some system-level permission. Many people grant it that by rooting the device, but installing something like /e/OS (=Android with microG and a few other improvements) is also a way to do this.
    - BizarroLand 5y ago
      On my Moto FDroid does a decent job of keeping my apps updated. I still have to intervene about half of the time though.
  - rhamzeh 5y ago
    Android 12 has a mechanism to allow an app that installed an application to update it in the background, but the client needs to be updated to support it. F-Droid hasn't yet, see issue here [1] - some of the other F-Droid clients, like Droid-ify have [2]. [1] https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/-/issues/1836 https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/-/issues/1836 [2] https://github.com/Iamlooker/Droid-ify/pull/159 https://github.com/Iamlooker/Droid-ify/pull/159
- redsolver 5y ago
  SkyDroid can update apps without user interaction (even on non-rooted devices) using a workaround which requires a one-time ADB setup. You however still need to open SkyDroid and click a button to start the mass-update process, but this is an intentional design decision - it makes sense to check which app updates are available before blindly updating everything.
daptaq 5y ago
Foxy Droid (https://github.com/kitsunyan/foxy-droid https://github.com/kitsunyan/foxy-droid) is also a nice re-implementation of the old UI.
- piaste 5y ago
  I use Aurora Droid, mostly because the same org also provides an anonymous Play Store frontend with similar UX.
- TuringTest 5y ago
  And there's also Droid-ify, which uses a Material design style (I haven't used it, I've just found it looking for Foxy-droid)
simlevesque 5y ago
Thank you for this. I love F-droid but I hate the app.
lkxijlewlf 5y ago
https://www.skydroid.net/ https://www.skydroid.net/ ??? Oh!!! https://skydroid.app/ https://skydroid.app/

Recommend using SkyDroid to download Fdroid apps, much better search and UI.

smallerfish 5y ago

Does it auto update? That's my main peeve with fdroid.

jasonjayr 5y ago
I don't think anything other than Google Play can auto update unless you've rooted your phone. F-droid has a package you can install to the system partition to allow auto-updating.
- boring_twenties 5y ago
  You don't need root AFAIK, you do need an unlocked bootloader so you can flash the system partition though.
  - lucgommans 5y ago
    Exactly, this is only tangentially related to rooting. Google doesn't need root on your device for their closed Play Services to install software, but the component that you want to have this installation capability does need some system-level permission. Many people grant it that by rooting the device, but installing something like /e/OS (=Android with microG and a few other improvements) is also a way to do this.
  - BizarroLand 5y ago
    On my Moto FDroid does a decent job of keeping my apps updated. I still have to intervene about half of the time though.
- rhamzeh 5y ago
  Android 12 has a mechanism to allow an app that installed an application to update it in the background, but the client needs to be updated to support it. F-Droid hasn't yet, see issue here [1] - some of the other F-Droid clients, like Droid-ify have [2]. [1] https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/-/issues/1836 https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/-/issues/1836 [2] https://github.com/Iamlooker/Droid-ify/pull/159 https://github.com/Iamlooker/Droid-ify/pull/159
redsolver 5y ago
SkyDroid can update apps without user interaction (even on non-rooted devices) using a workaround which requires a one-time ADB setup. You however still need to open SkyDroid and click a button to start the mass-update process, but this is an intentional design decision - it makes sense to check which app updates are available before blindly updating everything.

daptaq 5y ago

Foxy Droid (https://github.com/kitsunyan/foxy-droid https://github.com/kitsunyan/foxy-droid) is also a nice re-implementation of the old UI.

piaste 5y ago
I use Aurora Droid, mostly because the same org also provides an anonymous Play Store frontend with similar UX.
TuringTest 5y ago
And there's also Droid-ify, which uses a Material design style (I haven't used it, I've just found it looking for Foxy-droid)

simlevesque 5y ago

Thank you for this. I love F-droid but I hate the app.

lkxijlewlf 5y ago

https://www.skydroid.net/ https://www.skydroid.net/ ??? Oh!!! https://skydroid.app/ https://skydroid.app/