- Google is putting together its framework for Android developer verification, connecting dev names to even sideloaded apps.
- Recent additions to the Android SDK offer a little insight into how the system may ultimately operate.
- One variable suggests that users may not be able to sideload even verified apps without an active network connection.
Has anyone here tried OpenHarmony ? An opensource implementation of Huawei’s HarmonyOS which is based on LiteOS ??
We also need a unified effort to turn android devices into linux devices.
why should we use openharmony if there’s AOSP? we need more hands, but that’s better put on the existing project
OpenHarmony exists too you know & it’s being actively maintained. That or We maintain AOSP ourselves.
Reminder OpenHarmony is the AOSP equivalent to HarmonyOS & is maintained by the OpenAtom foundation
“Sideloading” is such a silly term
It is called installing apps
If i sideload apps, Play framework is frozen (since you can’t remove them without bootloop).
They are modeling this after Apple’s technical response to being forced to allow other app stores.
Would it shock you to learn that Apple revoked the certificates of developers who published apps they didn’t like on other app stores e.g. torrent client?
Google will do the same exact thing with apps that impact the profitability of their native services e.g. Newpipe.
My next phone is very likely to be tbe most basic phone I can buy. If I can’t use my pc-priced, pc-spec device as the PC it is, I have no use for it.
This really could be a massive problem. Articles and posts suggesting that it will only ever affect a small number of users are short-sighted, at best.
If google can refuse apps by unauthorised developers, and the criteria for authorisation shifts in the way that everything else seems to shift, that could mean a wide array of apps become effectively ‘blocked’.
Right now, we’re all rightly worried about losing things like revanced. But what about when your local fascist government puts pressure on google to block the developer behind an app you like/love/need, because they made a joke about some gobshite getting shot?
It’s bad enough that apple has always been this way, I’m saying that as a long term apple user. We desperately don’t need the only current mainstream alternative going that way, too.
So… Linux phone when, then?
There are Linux phones now, if you’re willing to spend more time tinkering than acturally using it. Oh yeah also you have to use the terminal for practically everything (even audio control in calls).
Oh yeah also you have to use the terminal for practically everything (even audio control in calls).
pfff easy,
M-a C-x C-volumedown. Good ol’ Emacs.
I can’t imagine not having the rich ecosystem of apps.
You don’t need to compromise https://jambitlabs.com/waydroid-set-up-with-google-play-gapps/
Isn’t Waydroid still based on Android 11 and has compatibility issues with apps that need Google play services?
Default is indeed 11, you can get 13. I haven’t run into many compatibility issues on a phone with 9. A lot of Android TVs are on 11, so I suppose it will be supported for a long time to come. There is also the option to download latest compatible versions from APK mirroring sites, and using PWAs within Linux or Android.
What about Google play services? Does it have any support for that or an alternative like MicroG?
Waydroid support MicroG
Oh that one is easy: most stuff is in the browser nowadays.
Ew…
This is were I would like to move. But not really a good option. I have a Linux tablet, desktop, and server but no phone hardware yet that is good for daily use.
List of all Linux phones https://linmob.net/resources/#smartphones
Next gen Jolla Phone https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/next-gen-jolla-phone/23882I’m surprised the 3.5mm and repairability didn’t make it to the top place. Looks like Apple has won once again in imposing their will in the phone market.
On a side note, how is Sailfish OS on the community version (or anyway, the one version that allows you to download Google Play apps)? Is it usable in the day-to-day life?
SailfishOS and Ubports looks pretty mature, postmarketOS/Maemo Leste etc also look interesting.
I’m currently using an iPhone and I had planned to go back to Android the next time I upgraded because I missed F-Droid, Obtainium, and the choice of different browser engines more than I expected. This kind of throws a wrench into that plan. If my choice is between walled garden and walled garden, why switch?
I’m currently looking into LineageOS to see if the cons of it are something I can tolerate. GrapheneOS seems cool but every pixel I’ve had has been unusable in the summer due to how it heats up and slows down to compensate. This sucks
Any way around this? As much as I get that it will protect noobs from installing random stuff from the internet and getting scammed, I think having a setting hidden somewhere deep in settings would help not alienate power users.
I guess the real reason is reVanced. Hopefully there will be a way to install it somehow. I would even pay for Premium, but the lack of swipe controls would really hurt my watching habits.
You can install app from Android Debug Bridge (adb). It will bypass all new restriction.
How arduous is that for non developers? Is this something a regular non-technical person can do?
Glad there is a workaround, I’m mostly curious how likely it is to be used.
