Error installing f-droid version 131-RC2

[jimbox51]

Tried to install the version on F-droid but if failed saying unknown error.
The device is a Fairphone 5 running Android 14

[mendhak]

Are you getting that Google Play Protect warning?
You need to expand and say install anyway.
I didn't know they had implemented this.
Is it happening because my min SDK version is quite low?

[jimbox51]

Hi,

On Fri, 13 Sep 2024, mendhak wrote: Are you getting that Google Play Protect warning?

Yes. I've just retried this.

You need to expand and say install anyway.

Yes - I missed that. I expanded and it did install.

I didn't know they had implemented this. Is it happening because my min SDK version is quite low?

Not usre why it is happenning - butm with most F-droid apps, I find it warns that the app was built for an older version of android and connot be updated automatically. Many thanks for taking the time to reply and making me revisit. I've only had a smartphone for a few weeks and am still getting used to things. Jim

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[mendhak]

Not a problem, any other issues feel free to post again.
I'm going to make a note to try and figure out about this warning because it seems to be becoming more invasive. I'm hoping it's a simple fix that will still allow me to target older versions of Android, sadly that's where a lot of the issues come from!

[bengan]

Think you need to open this again. I could not install from neither f-droid nor local apk. It didn't work with expand and install. I had to actively turn off Google Play Protect and then install. Tried several times with f-droid and local apk and expand. After installing it, you can enable Google Play Protect again. Nothing out of the ordinary seems to happen with the app after that. It works as expected.

I'm on Nothing Phone (1), Nothing OS 2.6, Android 14.

[bengan]

I saw that your about to release 132. From what I read it should fix this issue. Sorry about the fuzz.

[mendhak]

Reopening. I've got a branch going here which is only updating the SDK versions. There are quite a few behaviour changes in there, and I think I will have to drop Android 4.x support as well. I'll add this issue to that PR.

[mendhak]

I've put an APK with latest SDK version here: https://github.com/mendhak/gpslogger/releases/tag/v132-test1

If possible would be good to know if this new version throws a warning or blockers for you. If it's not possible that's OK too, I'll try to test in an emulator or something.

In this newest APK, when I tried installing it I got a Google Play Protect dialog saying, it had never seen this app before, so it wanted to scan it. After it scanned it it proceeded as normal.

[bengan]

Sorry for the late reply.

No warnings or blockers just the usual about permissions (location, notification, run in background (always)) on installation. It worked as expected.

thanks

[podkilla]

yeah, same here with the v132-test1 release, no blockers or warnings. had the same issues as @bengan with the f-droid version (131-rc2).
i am on android 14 (grapheneos) on pixel 9 xl pro.

[licaon-kter]

Note that Play Protect is not a monolithic thing, it changes over time as more users press "install anyway", you can usually repro in a short time span, but later it might never popup again for the same appid and signature.