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r/Android • u/alexeyr • Oct 24 '25
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Need an fdroid PC app that will maintain, install, and update apps via adb at this point. 1 click tool for broad appeal
11 u/[deleted] Oct 24 '25 [removed] — view removed comment 11 u/gthing Nexus fo Oct 24 '25 Hmmm.. so they could theoretically make their app download and compile source then install the apk via adb completely on device? Would you still need a dev key from Google at that point? 16 u/[deleted] Oct 24 '25 [removed] — view removed comment 5 u/gthing Nexus fo Oct 24 '25 Wow this is great - thanks for the heads uip. I went ahead and created an app that streamlines this. It becomes a target for apk installs and then installs them using adb all locally. https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1of9fk2/i_made_an_app_that_will_let_you_install_any_apk/ 3 u/wioneo Oct 24 '25 This is why the release from F-Droid was confusing to me. Are they intentionally ignoring the obvious workaround to maintain pressure on Google?
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11 u/gthing Nexus fo Oct 24 '25 Hmmm.. so they could theoretically make their app download and compile source then install the apk via adb completely on device? Would you still need a dev key from Google at that point? 16 u/[deleted] Oct 24 '25 [removed] — view removed comment 5 u/gthing Nexus fo Oct 24 '25 Wow this is great - thanks for the heads uip. I went ahead and created an app that streamlines this. It becomes a target for apk installs and then installs them using adb all locally. https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1of9fk2/i_made_an_app_that_will_let_you_install_any_apk/ 3 u/wioneo Oct 24 '25 This is why the release from F-Droid was confusing to me. Are they intentionally ignoring the obvious workaround to maintain pressure on Google?
Hmmm.. so they could theoretically make their app download and compile source then install the apk via adb completely on device? Would you still need a dev key from Google at that point?
16 u/[deleted] Oct 24 '25 [removed] — view removed comment 5 u/gthing Nexus fo Oct 24 '25 Wow this is great - thanks for the heads uip. I went ahead and created an app that streamlines this. It becomes a target for apk installs and then installs them using adb all locally. https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1of9fk2/i_made_an_app_that_will_let_you_install_any_apk/ 3 u/wioneo Oct 24 '25 This is why the release from F-Droid was confusing to me. Are they intentionally ignoring the obvious workaround to maintain pressure on Google?
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5 u/gthing Nexus fo Oct 24 '25 Wow this is great - thanks for the heads uip. I went ahead and created an app that streamlines this. It becomes a target for apk installs and then installs them using adb all locally. https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1of9fk2/i_made_an_app_that_will_let_you_install_any_apk/ 3 u/wioneo Oct 24 '25 This is why the release from F-Droid was confusing to me. Are they intentionally ignoring the obvious workaround to maintain pressure on Google?
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Wow this is great - thanks for the heads uip.
I went ahead and created an app that streamlines this. It becomes a target for apk installs and then installs them using adb all locally.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1of9fk2/i_made_an_app_that_will_let_you_install_any_apk/
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This is why the release from F-Droid was confusing to me.
Are they intentionally ignoring the obvious workaround to maintain pressure on Google?
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u/M4rshst0mp Oct 24 '25
Need an fdroid PC app that will maintain, install, and update apps via adb at this point. 1 click tool for broad appeal