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F-Droid just learned a vital trick from the Play Store
(www.androidpolice.com)
Version 1.19 of F-Droid finally introduces support for the API introduced in Android 12, as spotted by Mishaal Rahman on X. This makes it possible to install updates fully in the background, without any user interaction required. Naturally, this only works for apps originally installed via F-Droid. With this change in place, F-Droid can be an even more viable alternative to the Play Store and other pre-installed apps for people who want to rely on the best open source Android apps.
In the past, F-Droid had to rely on a helper app with root access to install updates in the background without disturbing the user, the F-Droid Privileged Extension. With the app now using the unattended updates API, this is no longer necessary.
On my phone, F-Droid occasionally pops up saying it has downloaded an update for itself. But when I tap it to install it, I get told the APK is corrupt. Will this finally fix that, I wonder? :P
I've had an app failing to update properly for about a month and after upgrading to this f-droid version it installed no problem.