This simply doesn’t work anymore for all apps on my Pixel 8.
Many I installed manually just redirect to the Play store with the message it could harm your device and you should download from Play.
Comment on Google's plan to restrict sideloading on Android has a potential escape hatch for users
viking@infosec.pub 2 months agoHuh? Downloading an apk and clicking open with -> package installer is nothing but straightforward.
Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Pixel 8a on graphene here so I’m not getting this. Maybe on stock
faerbit@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Pixel 8a on stock here. I have no idea what @hawk is talking about. I just install any app, that I want. I might had to alter some settings, to do it, but I don’t remember doing that.
KingRandomGuy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
GrapheneOS patches this behavior if apps match their Google play signature IIRC. This is a behavior that apps on the play store can opt into (basically they block operation if they aren’t installed via Play).
It was rather annoying until recently, since some apps require you to be on a certified Android install to find them in the Play store, but don’t actually check play integrity in the app. These apps when installed via Aurora wouldn’t work for me until Graphene patched this.
napkin2020@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
It nags me a lot, sometimes downright blocks me from installing without adb shit. Samsung.
pycorax@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
What kind of apps are you installing? I’ve never ever had any issue with installing APKs on Samsung, you just have to allow the app that triggered it to install APKs one time and every subsequent time, it just works.
napkin2020@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
In some regions, afaik, you just CANNOT install certain apps without adb, this in my experience includes: KDEConnect, Fdroid, Newpipe…etc. The list changes time to time.
pycorax@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
What region are you in if you don’t mind me asking? It works perfectly fine in Singapore.