> never understood why that didn't work on the past AIUI, Android simply didn't support it. The original way for apps to install other apps was via ACTION_INST

> never understood why that didn't work on the past AIUI, Android simply didn't support it. The original way for apps to install other apps was via ACTION_INSTALL_PACKAGE, which is a user-visible action. The InstallPackage API did not support silent updates until sdk version 31: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageInstaller.SessionParams#USER_ACTION_NOT_REQUIRED https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/P...