Google to require developer verification to install and sideload Android apps

Link: 9to5google.com/2025/08/25/andr…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…

#android #google

Google will require developer verification to install Android apps, including sideloading 

Google has announced that only apps from developers that have undergone verification can be installed on certified Android devices in 2026...

^{Abner Li (9to5Google)}

#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 11 updated and 2 added apps:

* Flicky: an FDroid client with a TV friendly UI 🛡️
* Reef: your ultimate productivity companion, designed to help you stay focused, manage app usage, and minimize distractions 🛡️

And this cleanup run is over, so no more apps removed.

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo

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I’m going to be at the Datenspuren (@datenspuren) conference in Dresden talking about #UnifiedPush. 🇩🇪

UnifiedPush is a topic I’m really passionate about. Every #Android user needs to know about this.

talks.datenspuren.de/ds25/talk…

UnifiedPush Datenspuren 2025

Push-Benachrichtigungen auf Android-Handys ohne Google. Dezentralisiert und Open Source.

^{talks.datenspuren.de}

#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 9 updated apps and 1 new – AntiFeature (oops?)

Well, y'all know the NoSourceSince, when an app's repo has disappeared entirely and you no longer can expect any updates. There's a precursor to that: when an app's repo gets archived, there won't be any updates either – but chances are it gets unarchived again.

So we introduced SourceArchived, to let you easily filter them out.

Enjoy the #IzzyOnDroid repo & its #Android #apps

IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 17 updated and 1 added apps:

* Cerberus Tiles: adds essential Quick Settings tiles and app shortcuts to Google Pixel phones 🛡️

RB status: 692 apps (53.3%)

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo

Cleanup continued as well (more on that later). So once more, 5 outdated & unmaintained apps have been removed…

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IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 20 updated and 1 added apps:

* ImapLocate: Track GPS position in an IMAP account 🛡️

RB status: 690 apps (53%)

7 #Magisk modules have been updated at apt.izzysoft.de/magisk

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 16 updated and 1 added apps:

* ExifEdit: a simple Android EXIF Editor (change the modification date, edit the coordinates, delete all EXIF data) 🛡️

RB status: 688 apps (52.8%)

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo

Cleanup progressed, tool, 5 apps have been removed today:

* SpaceXFollower: was added before we knew that Elo 🙊 💨 I mean, unmaintained since 2021, author gone 2023, almost no downloads

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 12 updated and 1 added apps:

* PlayOnDlna: lets you play YouTube videos ad-free on DLNA players in your local network 🛡️

RB status: 688 apps (52.6%)

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo

PS: our repo overhaul goes on. Next to sending hundreds of PRs with Fastlane trees upstream (a task long overdue), some other dead bones got buried:

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Check out an Applevis forum post and an associated podcast that I put together about a cool guitar gadget called Tonewood Amp. If you are an acoustic guitar player,, you may really love it! :)

applevis.com/forum/ios-ipados/…
#guitar #accessibility #iOS #Android

#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 9 updated, 2 added, and 2 removed apps:

+ DrawAnywhere: lets you sketch, annotate, and highlight directly on top of any screen 🛡️
+ Volume Manager: lets you control each app's volume independently 🛡️
+ added on Friday: NeoDB You, a Material 3 client for NeoDB 🛡️
- BlenderRemote: unmaintained since 2021, lots of nonfree stuff
- RiMusic: on request by author

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo

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A big announcement:

#MapComplete is now available as #Android app on the #Google #Playstore

Grab your copy here: play.google.com/store/apps/det…

(If you don't like google, the Android version is alson available on #FDroid: f-droid.org/en/packages/org.ma…

Or you can use the web version on mapcomplete.org)

MapComplete | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

Thematic, editable maps based on OpenStreetMap

^f-droid.org

Since we published our blog post on the future of Accrescent, donations have increased dramatically.

According to the rates in that post, we should now be able to fund full-time development through at least May 2026!

Thank you to our community for your monumental support!

Because of you, we can dedicate ourselves fully to our mission of building a modern Android app store focused on security, privacy, and usability.

If you want to read the original blog post: blog.accrescent.app/posts/the-…

Or if you want to see our plans: blog.accrescent.app/posts/prog…

#accrescent #security #privacy #android #appstore

The Future of Accrescent

Accrescent is a novel Android app store focused on security, privacy, and usability. We’ve been building Accrescent since 2021 to improve the security and freedom of everyday Android users by providing an alternative to Google Play which doesn’t comp…

^{Logan Magee (Accrescent Blog)}

#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 18 updated and 3 added apps:

* Piggsy: piggy bank designed to help you save money and reach your financial goals 🛡️
* OpenSEPTAmap: all SEPTA rail and trolley lines in an Android app (Philadelphia area) 🛡️
* Driftly: lets you save your daily attendance and analyze them 🛡️

RB Status: 684 apps (51.9%)

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo

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Today is the day! Read all about our development progress, view our roadmap for the future, and check out the new projects we're releasing as open source in our new blog post!

blog.accrescent.app/posts/prog…

Check out our new repositories:

github.com/accrescent/android-…
github.com/accrescent/director…
github.com/accrescent/director…
github.com/accrescent/ina

#android #security #privacy #accrescent #appstore

Progress Update and Roadmap

In our recent post about Accrescent’s financial future and sustainability, we announced that to build trust and transparency with our community, we’d be publishing a follow-up blog post about what we’ve been working on lately and where we’ve been set…

^{Logan Magee (Accrescent Blog)}

Keep an eye out for tomorrow's blog post! We'll be posting a development progress update for the past months and a roadmap for the next few.

#accrescent #security #privacy #appstore #android

#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 14 updated and 1 added apps:

* Paperless NGX Uploader: uploads a single document to Paperless‑NGX directly from the system Share menu 🛡️

RB status: 681 apps (51.4%)

2 #Magisk modules have been updated at apt.izzysoft.de/magisk

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo

IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 12 updated and 2 added apps:

* QuickSE: helps you manage SELinux mode with ease (root needed) 🛡️
* Sobuu: track books reading and organise your readings (account needed currently; guest access planned) 🛡️

RB status: 680 apps (51.3%)

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo

IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 11 updated and 2 added apps:

* Compete: a place where people can improve themselves in a positive way while having a lot of fun 🛡️
* Stario: a minimalist, decluttered launcher 🛡️

RB status: 678 apps (51.2%)

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo

IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

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We recently discovered a large Monero donation was received in the short time after we updated our article's reported income but before it was posted. We've now updated it to reflect this.

We'll post an update soon on what this means for the project. Thank you for your support!

#accrescent #appstore #security #privacy #android

#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 13 updated and 2 added apps:

* Energize: lets you track your meals including calories, macro- and micronutrients 🛡️
* Hidroly: a hydration tracker designed to help you meet your daily water goals without distractions 🛡️

RB status: 676 apps (51.1%)

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo

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#Catima 2.36.0 is out!

In this release we added a card list widget, one of the most requested features since the project was started!

We hope to extend the widget in the future to allow you to choose which cards you want to show and how you want them sorted.

Coming soon to an app store near you!

github.com/CatimaLoyalty/Andro…

#IzzyOnDroid #FDroid #GitHub #GooglePlay #OpenSource #Android

Release 2.36.0 · CatimaLoyalty/Android

Add a widget showing all non-archived cards Prevent the keyboard from overlapping the save button in edit and group screens

^GitHub

#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 11 updated and 2 added apps:

* Permissions Summary: gives you a clear, organized overview of which apps have access to sensitive permissions on your device 🛡️
* SOS Flashlight: transforms your phone into a Morse code device, sending text through multiple channels simultaneously 🛡️

RB status: 674 apps (51%)

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo

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Accrescent depends completely on donations to run. Today we share a significant update in our new blog post on the future of Accrescent: blog.accrescent.app/posts/the-….

New releases of Accrescent and our developer console are also out, with Android 16 updates and Material 3 changes. Check them out!

github.com/accrescent/accresce…
github.com/accrescent/parcelo/…
github.com/accrescent/console/…

#security #privacy #accrescent #android #appstre

The Future of Accrescent

Accrescent is a novel Android app store focused on security, privacy, and usability. We’ve been building Accrescent since 2021 to improve the security and freedom of everyday Android users by providing an alternative to Google Play which doesn’t comp…

^{Logan Magee (Accrescent Blog)}

#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 9 updated and 1 added apps:

* LockLock: a lightweight, privacy-first app locking solution 🛡️

RB status: 671 apps (50.9%)

4 #Magisk modules have been updated at apt.izzysoft.de/magisk

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo

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#CalyxOS stellt die Entwicklung vorübergehend ein: calyxos.org/news/2025/08/01/a-…

Puh, das ist echt übel. 😔

#Android #CustomROM #AOSP #Fairphone

#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 16 updated and 1 added apps:

* Bruce: lets you interact with Bruce Firmware on your ESP32 device 🛡️
* Aucards (added yesterday): create short messages for quick access when non-verbal communication is needed 🛡️

RB status (now also visible for each app in "Neo Store"): 670 apps (50.8%)

Battery Tile rebranded due to Google trouble, pls switch to the new app for updates.

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today comes with 14 updated and 1 added apps:

* Quick Timer: lets you set and manage timer directly from your Quick Settings 🛡️

And we've left the "beast" behind, thanks to this one 😊 RB status now: 667 apps (50.6%)

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo

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Please boost for reach, for any OnePlus users or staff:

I wrote a review of my OnePlus 13 on OnePlus' community site. If you're a member there, please like it to show support for the accessibility issues I brought up. I'd really like to get these fixed, since this is a powerful phone that's got Google's TalkBack, not Samsung's moldy fork, and is great overall, besides the accessibility issues. I'd love to be able to recommend this phone as an all-around great phone for blind people.

@accessibleandroid

community.oneplus.com/thread/1… [A review of the OnePlus 13, from a blind person's perspective]

#android #OnePlus #OnePlus13 #blind #accessibility #Braille

OnePlus Community

Introducing our new OnePlus Community experience, with a completely revamped structure, built from the ground-up.

^{community.oneplus.com}

#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 12 updated and 2 added apps:

* Nothing K: a digital vault for storing your passwords using symmetric cryptography 🛡️
* App Manager: an app manager combining
the features of App_packages Info, ClassyShark3xodus, Activity Launcher, Watt, and more 🛡️

apt.izzysoft.de/magisk got a new #Magisk module:

* Nohello: a Zygisk module to hide root

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo

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As you might know, we have an #Android app version of #MapComplete in the works, which makes it even easier to see and edit #OpenStreetMap

After a bit of initial testing, we are opening up the test program to our followers here on Mastodon.

If you want to join the beta testers, send an email to info@mapcomplete.org

Any issues? Head over to mapcomplete.org/issues

#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid this time brought you 11 updated and 1 added apps:

* SpeakThat!: turn your notifications into speech 🛡️

This toot was delayed as 5 apps had their RBs fail, requiring ~3h of fixing work. Devs: please take a little care with your releases, like having the APK built from the tagged commit, and do not always rename the APKs, for example 🙈

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 13 updated and 1 added apps:

* Toki Pona Dictionary: provides the definitions for each word and their part of speach, entirely offline 🛡️

2 #Magisk modules were updated at apt.izzysoft.de/magisk

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo

T -7

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 20 updated and 2 added apps:

* FixupXer - URL Enhancer: removes tracking parameters from URLs to protect your privacy and make links cleaner 🛡️
* Simplest Notes: a clean, minimalistic app for quickly taking and organizing notes 🛡️

Current RB status: 663 apps (50.5%)

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo

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***Attention! If you miss MSN/Windows Live Messenger, AIM, and/or ICQ, this is for you! If you use a screen reader and want a 100% accessible messenger client, this is also for you.*
This works with Windows XPthrough 11, and I'm logged into it as I write! It's called Escargot, and it revives Windows Live/MSN Messenger. This is the original software, but it has been patched so that it connects to the escargot.chat server and not the Microsoft one. It is 100% free and accessible with NVDA and I'm sure JAWS as well. They also have projects for AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) and ICQ, including for Android and IOS, and are working on a web client for MSN. (I don't know if AIM or ICQ are accessible with screen readers, as I have never tried them). Anyway, if you're over twenty-one (my personal request), have read my profile here, and wish to add me, I am dandylover1@escargot.chat. You can find everything here.

escargot.chat

Note: If you already have Windows Live/MSN Messenger on your system, you will still need to download their version and create an account. Your Microsoft, MSN, or Hotmail one won't work for signing in. Also, remember to click on RUN_AFTER_INSTALL.exe, in order to patch the program to the Escargot server.

#accessibility #AIM #Android #AOL #blind #chat #Escargot #EscargotChat #ICQ #IOS #Messenger #MSN #MsnMessenger #Microsoft #NVDA #Talkback #technology #Voiceover #Windows #WindowsLiveMessenger

I'm looking for a TTS reader for PDF and docx on Android? I'm hoping to listen to some of the reading material for my course.

#TTS #AndroidApps #Android #Student

Hey #fedihelp,

I'm struggling with an #Android #widget issue, and I was wondering if anyone had any clue.

Basically: I have a widget with a grid of items. I want the items in the grid to stick to a certain aspect ratio, regardless of the widget width. The height should dynamically adjust so it always stays that aspect ratio. Normally I would use a ConstraintLayout, but that doesn't seem supported on widgets and I cannot find any good alternative.

Code here: github.com/CatimaLoyalty/Andro…

Thank you!

Hey fedi,

I'm struggling with an #Android #widget issue, and I was wondering if anyone had any clue.

Basically: I have a widget with a grid of items. I want the items in the grid to stick to a certain aspect ratio, regardless of the widget width. The height should dynamically adjust so it always stays that aspect ratio. Normally I would use a ConstraintLayout, but that doesn't seem supported on widgets and I cannot find any good alternative.

Code here: github.com/CatimaLoyalty/Andro…

Thank you!

#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 11 updated and 1 added apps:

* LoveLaceAV: a fork of the Hypatia malware scanner 🛡️

5 #Magisk modules were updated at apt.izzysoft.de/magisk

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo

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