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AFAIK you can still install any random APK but the process will require enabling developer mode and one time 24 hour wait period. But the problem is many stupid

AFAIK you can still install any random APK but the process will require enabling developer mode and one time 24 hour wait period. But the problem is many stupid Apps check that developer mode is on and refuse to work.

nutjob2 3mo ago
How long before they take that option away?
geokon 3mo ago
An FDroid desktop client that adb installs APKs would actually be lovely. I pretty much exclusively use FDroid, but I gotta say I unfortunately find all their frontends to be rather buggy and with very little user feedback when things break (repo updates are hard to observe, downloads hang, updates mysteriously fail)
- greeniskool 3mo ago
  I feel you about the frontends being buggy. Right now I've settled with Droid-ify[1] for doing my F-Droid browsing. [1] https://droidify.app/ https://droidify.app/
  - IIsi50MHz 3mo ago
    Droidify sometimes does a weird thing when installing apps: 1. Ensure Droidify is not running. 2. Launch it. 3. Tell it to install or update to an app. 4. Receive an Android system prompt to approve the install/update. 5. Approve it. 6. Tell Droidify to install or update another app. 7. Reveive a system prompt to approve the action of step #3 again. 8. Approve it. 9. Receive system prompt to approve step #6. 10. Repeat #6 through #9 for more apps. Workaround: Do steps #1 through #5. Foxy Droid doesn't have this problem, but won't auto-download updates for you.
Liquid_Fire 3mo ago
> many stupid Apps check that developer mode is on and refuse to work Do you have some examples? I have developer mode enabled and have never seen any apps complaining (and I have used a lot of different banking apps).
- istoleabread 3mo ago
  Almost all banking apps in my country do this, absolutely ridiculous on their behalf obviously
AussieWog93 3mo ago
I'm not aware of any apps that check for developer mode, that's mainly root.
xnx 3mo ago
I've never encountered this or read about it. I believe you could toggle developer mode off after install.

nutjob2 3mo ago

How long before they take that option away?

geokon 3mo ago

An FDroid desktop client that adb installs APKs would actually be lovely. I pretty much exclusively use FDroid, but I gotta say I unfortunately find all their frontends to be rather buggy and with very little user feedback when things break (repo updates are hard to observe, downloads hang, updates mysteriously fail)

greeniskool 3mo ago
I feel you about the frontends being buggy. Right now I've settled with Droid-ify[1] for doing my F-Droid browsing. [1] https://droidify.app/ https://droidify.app/
- IIsi50MHz 3mo ago
  Droidify sometimes does a weird thing when installing apps: 1. Ensure Droidify is not running. 2. Launch it. 3. Tell it to install or update to an app. 4. Receive an Android system prompt to approve the install/update. 5. Approve it. 6. Tell Droidify to install or update another app. 7. Reveive a system prompt to approve the action of step #3 again. 8. Approve it. 9. Receive system prompt to approve step #6. 10. Repeat #6 through #9 for more apps. Workaround: Do steps #1 through #5. Foxy Droid doesn't have this problem, but won't auto-download updates for you.

Liquid_Fire 3mo ago

> many stupid Apps check that developer mode is on and refuse to work Do you have some examples? I have developer mode enabled and have never seen any apps complaining (and I have used a lot of different banking apps).

istoleabread 3mo ago
Almost all banking apps in my country do this, absolutely ridiculous on their behalf obviously

AussieWog93 3mo ago

I'm not aware of any apps that check for developer mode, that's mainly root.

xnx 3mo ago

I've never encountered this or read about it. I believe you could toggle developer mode off after install.