Play Store could soon handle updates for sideloaded apps (Update: Rolling out)
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Google is working on a change that may let users install updates for sideloaded apps right from the Play Store.

Google is working on a change that may let users install updates for sideloaded apps right from the Play Store.

  • AeroLemming@lemm.eeEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Is your phone rooted? I have Aurora as well and it still has to harass me to give permission for every update. I’m on Android 14.

    • Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      3 months ago

      It’s not. I am on GrapheneOS though, also Android 14, but I don’t think that should make a difference here.

      Maybe the flavour of Android you’re running decided to do things a bit differently? I honestly don’t know

      • Virkkunen@fedia.io
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        3 months ago

        I think it depends on the app though. I use obtainium and it can download and update Firefox Nightly without any input from me, but for Mastodon I need to manually download and install it

        • AeroLemming@lemm.eeEnglish
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          3 months ago

          I tried specifically with discord because they mentioned discord and it didn’t work.

          • Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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            3 months ago

            hmm that’s weird.

            i was wondering what’s up with that, so i took a look at the source code of aurora, and it seems they don’t even call the requireUserAction thing that’s supposed to disable the prompt. As far as I can tell it should just always require the prompt the way the app is built now. Wonder why it doesn’t do it for me then.

            • AeroLemming@lemm.eeEnglish
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              3 months ago

              Wow, nice digging. That is so bizarre. If I were you, I’d check to make sure that you do get thT prompt normally with other apps, since that might be a security hazard.