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Today's #AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid brings you 8 updated & 2 added apps, the latter enlarging your "green suite":

* Fossify Contacts
* Fossify Phone

Replacing your orange, now ad-ridden Simple Tools apps.

On the security front, the new APK checks are now fully in place. 2 more apps with debug keys have been removed (no longer maintained), and Dotterel switched to a proper release key.

Enjos your #free #Android #apps with #FDroid and the #IzzySoftRepo :awesome:

This entry was edited (11 months ago)
in reply to IzzyOnDroid ✅

For those wondering what APK checks are meant here: gitlab.com/IzzyOnDroid/repo/-/… (and linked issues) have the background. A blog article with explanations (also for the less tech-savvy) will follow soon™. But now I first have to address today's findings… 🙈
in reply to IzzyOnDroid ✅

Does one have to delete 'simple' before installing 'fossify'? It said 'cannot install...'
in reply to liberloebi 📖

@liberloebi No, they have distinct packageNames. Is any explanation given? If not, can you download the APK to your computer and try `adb install <APK-file-name>` to see what it says? If that fails, it at least should give some more details for the reason.

Which one did you try, by the way?

in reply to IzzyOnDroid ✅

No, there wasn't and explanation given. I tried the Galerie. Will try again with more time later.
in reply to liberloebi 📖

@liberloebi Without any details it's hard to say, hence the question what `adb install` would say. Well, we'll see. Sometimes a "try again" helps as well, maybe the download was incomplete or something.
in reply to liberloebi 📖

@liberloebi 👀 That of course explains. I hope it's not "full of trackers and bloat" 🙊 💨

PS: That's one of the reasons for the size limit in my repo. Succeeded in shrinking the size of apps more than once, to get them listed 😉