Google is Killing Open Source Android Apps

#privacy #fdroid #android

youtube.com/watch?v=wRvqdLsnsK…

Google is Killing Open Source Android Apps (Here's Why)

Google's new developer verification requirements starting September 2026 will force ALL Android app developers to register with Google - even those avoiding ...

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/?radd=1… today brings you 16 updated, 3 added, & 3 removed apps:

+ Melotune: a music streaming app 🛡️
+ DSub2000: client for Subsonic & Funkwhale 🛡️
+ ArchiveTune: a Material 3 YouTube Music client 🛡️
- DSub: no longer maintained, replaced by its fork DSub2000
- Tsumugi: no longer working
- NextPass: archived 2024, development stopped ~2021

RB Status: 723 apps (55.8%)

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I'm seeing a number of posts about folk thinking of leaving #AndroidDev due to Googles policy changes.

For clarity I left the #Android world this year, and largely for those reasons.

I bought a T-Mobile G1 on the first day. I've built SDKs and firmware for Android, I have commits in the AOSP. I built (and sold) an app store in the early days. I also worked on the Android team at Google for a while.

Android, to me, is now a Google product. Not the open platform it was.

My advice; Just do it.

Teil 6 der der Nextcloud-Serie!

Push-Benachrichtigungen auf Android via UnifiedPush & NextPush – datenschutzfreundlich über deine Nextcloud statt Google. 👇

kuketz-blog.de/push-benachrich…

#nextcloud #unifiedpush #push #google #android #datenschutz

Push-Benachrichtigungen für Android via UnifiedPush (NextPush) – Nextcloud Teil 6

Push-Benachrichtigungen auf Android via UnifiedPush & NextPush – datenschutzfreundlich über deine Nextcloud statt Google.

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/?radd=1… today brings you 10 updated and 2 added apps:

* SMS Forwarding: listens for incoming SMS text messages and conditionally forwards them to other numbers 🛡️
* Retherm: converts RTD and thermocouples sensors to temperature 🛡️

RB status: 720 apps (55.5%) – a lucky number in the percentage 🤣

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PSA, the new Android 16 update will surreptitiously reenable fingerprint device unlock even if you had intentionally disabled it before. Depending on where you live and your threat model, this might not be safe! Americans have little protection against law enforcement compelling biometrics unlock. To make matters worse, the fingerprint unlock settings are found in a different part of the security settings UI than the rest of the device unlock settings. If you update to Android 16, make sure your device unlock settings are what you intended.

#android #android16

Today, we’re officially introducing Kagi News: a once-a-day press review that cuts through the noise. Global stories, community-curated sources, and zero tracking.

Full announcement: blog.kagi.com/kagi-news

iOS download: apps.apple.com/us/app/kagi-new…

Android: play.google.com/store/apps/det…

Web: kite.kagi.com/

#Kagi #News #App #iOS #Android

#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/?radd=1… today brings you 12 updated and 1 added apps:

* Gaai: control the Nexxtender Home and Nexxtender Mobile charger without requiring the Android Nexxtmove app 🛡️

RB Status: 719 apps (55.1%)

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6 old apps with close to no downloads this year have been removed:

* WalkingSynth: no update since 2017, warning on install with Android 10+

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/?radd=1… today brings you 10 updated & 1 added apps:

* Audio Output Switcher: adds a Quick Settings tile that provides instant access to Android's native audio output selection dialog 🛡️

RB Status: 719 apps (54.8%)

2 apps have been removed:

* NatriumWallet: Finances with GMS+Firebase
* Kage: repo was archived 2021, few downloads, so dead

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/?radd=1… today brings you 18 updated and 1 added apps:

* PrivacyScanner: scans installed applications for potentially risky permissions, and helps you review their privacy-related details 🛡️

RB status: 718 apps (54.7%)

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

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/?radd=1… today brings you 18 updated and 1 added apps:

* Sensor Spot: streams real-time device sensor data to an MQTT broker 🛡️

Current RB status: 716 apps (54.6%)

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Development on our roadmap is progressing smoothly. Our next app and server releases are undergoing final testing before deployment.

We hope to make an announcement soon about what Android's recently announced developer verification requirements mean for Accrescent. Stay tuned!

#accrescent #android #appstore #security #privacy

Some Android devices do at least have the option to unlock the bootloader and install a custom Android rom like LineageOS on it. Something Apple would never allow.

LineageOS expands the lifetime of a device considerably.

Also, Fairphones (also with Android) have a much longer support period than all other Android devices. And are repairable!

#buyitforlife #righttorepair #android #lineageos #fairphone

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

* Stashly: helps you store, organize, and secure your files and notes 🛡️

RB status currently: 715 apps (54.4%)

2 apps have been removed:

- Nozzle: succeeded by Voyager
- SimpleNote: too many non-free components/anti-features, and our issues on those never replied to

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

* Sensa Gram: Stream Android sensor data over UDP with minimal latency 🛡️

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

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@gamingagainstv

Google #Play removed #nonprofit apps from their store, claiming that these topics are not #educational:

👉🏼#consent #healthyrelationships

These same apps are on #Appstore for #Apple users - but #Google removed them for #Android users.

⭐⭐⭐This is why we need sideloading!

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

* PinePods: a complete podcast management solution that allows you to host your own podcast server and enjoy a beautiful mobile experience 🛡️

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/?radd=1… today brings you 12 updated and 2 added apps:

* Better Bahn: find cheaper split ticket options for Deutsche Bahn connections 🛡️
* SimpleTag: a Material You audio tagger with support for most major audio and tag formats 🛡️

RB status: 713 apps (54.3%)

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/?radd=1… today brings you 15 updated and 1 added apps:

* Webview Kiosk: an app for for secure, kiosk-style web browsing 🛡️

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I give a fiver each month to the wonderful FOSS-type things below:

- Signal (killing Meta's WhatsApp)
- Libre Office (slaying Microsoft's 365)
- GrapheneOS (kicking Google Stock Android in the goolies)

If you use any of these - and you can afford to - why not set up a monthly dontation to the wonderful organisations above.

#Signal #LibreOffice #GrapheneOS #Meta #Microsoft #Google #WhatsApp #Android

@signalapp @GrapheneOS @libreoffice

Did you know monocles chat supports pinned messages? You can pin multiple messages, stacked so the most recent appears on top. In the next release you’ll also be able to jump straight to a pinned message’s location in the conversation and also pin images and files.

- Pinned messages stay visible and are easy to find later.
- You can pin multiple messages at once.
- Pins are useful for action items, decisions, and deadlines to keep conversations focused.
- Save frequently used links, instructions, images or files.

#monocles #monocleschat #privacy #messenger #xmpp #android

Einblicke in das #Datenspuren-Programm

Heute: #UnifiedPush

talks.datenspuren.de/ds25/talk…

Push-Benachrichtigungen auf #Android-Handys ohne #Google. Dezentralisiert und #OpenSource. Wie das geht, berichtet @daniel in seinem Vortrag auf den #Datenspuren25.

Wann? 20. September, 16:00–16:45 Uhr
Wo? Henny Brenner Saal und im Stream auf @mediacccde

Ihr wollt euch das komplette Programm ansehen? Dann schaut hier vorbei: talks.datenspuren.de/ds25/sche…

#Datenspuren2025 #Dresden

UnifiedPush Datenspuren 2025

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

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 16 updated and 2 added apps:

* Gadgetbridge: your favorite gadget companion, now finally availabe at IoD and RB! 🛡️
* WiFi Seeker: displays power, channel, availability of WPS, encryption, cryptographic protocols, BSSID … of WiFi points nearby 🛡️

RB status: 709 apps (54.1%) – and our main builder is back online now as well 🥳

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New germinating idea: Accessibility Excellence. Now, I'm sure people like @JonathanMosen have made approximately 9001 podcast episodes about this, but in the wake of Google's own AI gallery app, which lets people use AI models offline on their phone including image description and audio transcription, released with no accessibility, I think we need to converge as a community on an idea of accessibility excellence. We need to dismiss ads of a company that seeks to prop us up to show how their stuff is accessible, even though there is clearly a systemic issue of inaccessibility in the company. Gemini on iOS is more accessible than Gemini on Android. TalkBack still doesn't have basic screen reader features like a pronunciation dictionary and support for all features on even older Braille displays like the Braille Edge. Google Play Books does not automatically scroll pages while reading a book, like Apple Books, Kindle, and many other book reading apps on iOS do. Even Kindle on Android does this, but Google's own app doesn't. Gmail on Android has no way to navigate between messages in a conversation or thread, while Apple's Mail app can, making reading threads of email on iOS fast and easy. There is no way on Android to have TalkBack suspend touch interaction in apps, so gamers still have to turn off the screen reader to play accessible games. Apple users haven't had to do that in years. Even though there are tags on the Play Store for apps accessible with TalkBack, the idea has fallen by the wayside like so many other accessibility ideas that Google forgot and Apple has just embarked upon with accessibility labels. These aren't vibes, or subjective feelings. Like I said in my most recent Accessible Android article, how can we expect small companies or indie developers to make their apps accessible, when we can't get Google to listen to us and take us seriously? We need to take each others' accessibility concerns seriously, especially for Braille. Many people who are blind use Android, yes. Many people like it. And that's okay. But it could, and should, be so much better. There should be competition between these company's accessibility departments, not a kind of sluggish, aimless ambling around in concentric circles by one while the other presses ahead. Yes, TalkBack's Gemini AI descriptions are great, and when I use my Android phone, it's a very attractive feature. Perhaps next year VoiceOver will get something like it.

We shouldn't give any of these huge corporations an inch of duct tape accessibility, because once it's done, they'll build upon that poor foundation, and the whole structure will be so much less effective than it needs to be. Accessibility should be solid, no matter what company does it. But if a screen reader comes with a device, and is made by the company that makes the OS, there's no excuse for rickety accessibility.

Ai Edge Gallery Accessibility Bug Report: github.com/google-ai-edge/gall…

Google's Pixel 10 Accessibility Article: store.google.com/intl/en/ideas…

#accessibility #blind #google #technology #tech #android

Accessibility Feedback for EdgeGallery Application

Hello, Thank you for this exciting work. However, I recently installed the EdgeGallery application, and my Talkback screen reader is unable to correctly recognize the application's functions. Even ...

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

* PhotoSphereGallery: Gallery and viewer for spherical photos (360°) 🛡️

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

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No! Not Nova Launcher!! Plus OnePlus's camera breakup and the latest hardware from Samsung and the Material 3 Expressive arrival in Android 16 QPR1 and much more in our latest episode. #android

androidfaithful.com/episode/wh…

So for Blind Android users, Google has released their AI Edge Galerry app. Can anyone confirm that it isn't accessible with TalkBack?

play.google.com/store/apps/det…

#accessibility #blind #google #android

Google AI Edge Gallery - Apps on Google Play

Explore, Experience, and Evaluate the Future of On-Device Generative AI

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

* Squeezelite: a 'headless' audio player for Lyrion Music Server 🛡️

We've also added a new category "Social Network", so you can find all your favorite Fediverse apps easier (we chose that name as F-Droid already uses it, and we wanted to avoid "clutter" there).

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Gibt es für #Android eine Art #Scripting #Tool?

Ich möchte Dateien zu einem bestimmten wiederkehrenden Zeitpunkt (cron) von einem Ort an den anderen verschieben.

Natürlich möglichst aus dem #FDroid #Store und #FOSS

#mobileAutomation #Phone

BTW
there is no reason you shouldn’t have full access to your #computers. there is also no reason whatsoever you shouldn’t install software you’ve developed or is developed by sources you vetted and trust.

this is a post about the (micro)computers in your pockets and purses that are marketed under the moniker of “smart phone”.

don’t matter if it’s an #iOS #iPhone or an #Android #Pixel: they’re #microcomputers.

we should have full access to and use of their hardware & operating systems.

Today's #AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid brings you 19 updated and 2 added apps:

* Network Switch: enables you to toggle between 4G and 5G network modes 🛡️
* Screenlite Web Kiosk: a simple Android kiosk browser app that displays web content in full-screen mode 🛡️

RB status: 705 apps (53.9%)

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

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I'm writing this post here today in hopes to bring some attention to something that is near and dear to my heart, and that's an update to the current situation with Nova Launcher, that I worked for and with for nine years up until August of 2024.

For those that haven't seen the news, Kevin Barry, the founder and developer of Nova has left Branch which in turn means he's now no longer involved with Nova Launcher in any way going forward.

teslacoilapps.com/nova/solong.…

For the past year or so Kevin has stated that he was working on the open source version of Nova Launcher so that if/when this time came, it would be out in the open and the community could take it over and contribute to it and have it continue being developed.

However, it seems that Harish Thimmappa and others at Branch had told him to stop working on that effort as they didn't want him to continue doing that for unknown reasons. This is sad news because this was something that former CEO, Alex Austin, had promised both via a contract and publicly that if Kevin were to ever leave Branch, Nova Launcher would become open source. You can find that quote here:

reddit.com/r/Android/comments/…

and another very similar quote with similar conversation here:

reddit.com/r/Android/comments/…

The reason for this post is to try and draw some attention to the folks at Branch, specifically folks like Harish Thimmappa to do the right thing and honor these promises and any writings in the contracts from 2022 and to fully focus on releasing Nova Launcher as an open source app.

The community deserves this more than anything, since that was something that Kevin was very adamant about when he allowed Branch to acquire Nova Launcher back in 2022. Plus, this is just something that Branch should do since it is something that has been promised.

There is currently a petition on Change.org to try and get Branch to do this as well. After only 3 days of it being posted to Change.org, it sits at almost 1,500 signatures, and that's with very little to no press coverage at this time, which is something that would be super useful to bring full attention to this situation. You can find the petition here:

change.org/p/make-nova-launche…

I ask that everyone who sees this post can share it with their followers as I would love to see Branch do the right thing and follow through with their promises that were made back in 2022 when they acquired Nova Launcher and release it fully as an open source app now that Kevin is no longer working for Branch and not involved in Nova Launcher.

I'm going to tag some folks below that I worked with at Branch in hopes of getting this post seen by as many folks there as possible.

#NovaLauncher #Nova #Branch #BranchMetrics #OpenSource #OpenSourceNova #Petition #Android #Apps #Google

#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 16 updated and 3 added apps:

* WiFi Audio Streaming: stream audio over your local network, Android 2 Android and even desktop 🛡️
* Open Notes: a simple and intuitive note-taking app 🛡️
* BikeBridge: a companion for your e-bike and components 🛡️

And of course Neo Store now with integrated download stats 😃

RB status: 703 apps (53.8%)

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

* CoMaps - Hike, Bike, Drive Offline with Privacy (added on request of its developers; not yet RB)

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

* Umihi Music: a lightweight Material YouTube Music player 🛡️

RB Status: 700 apps (53.7%)

1 #Magisk module has been updated at apt.izzysoft.de/magisk

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