Gentle updates postponed
Posted on Jan 09, 2025 by
Licaon_Kter
This Week in F-Droid
TWIF curated on Thursday, 09 Jan 2025, Week 2
F-Droid core
How is the new Client 1.22.0-alpha0 update working for you? Did you notice any updates that seem stuck? Brave testers did. We mentioned last week that the new “gentle update” API might be troublesome, and indeed both internal testing and your reports showed as much. Apps that cling to foreground services to be able to run and serve you continuously like an email app, a music player or even a keyboard app, will not be updated unless either force closed or (for the keyboard) deselected as an input method.
It was decided to postpone the usage of this feature until we find a way to update such apps as well. What does this mean? Your music might stop for 2 seconds on update or your email client will restart. Might be annoying for a bit but it’s for a good cause. This change will come with a future alpha update and we will announce this then too.
Community News
If you can read Italian (or just use Fennecs translate feature), Enrico Zoia has prepared a new “Goodbye Big Tech: How to replace the most common apps on your smartphone with Open Source versions” article for you to start your year with. It takes just 10 minutes.
Fossify Paint, Quick, easy and open source drawing app, is here and now we can archive the old Simple Draw Pro. Go ahead, switch!
As mentioned in the last TWIF of 2024 the Privacy oriented web browser Mull has stopped development. As a new version of Firefox was released, and will be built in the next cycle, we marked Mull with the Known Vulnerability anti-feature to signal to users the need to switch to a currently developed browser instead. We recommend Fennec F-Droid.
OpenTracks (Non-reproducible) was updated to v4.17.5irreproducible adding this new strange name. Why? Because we now also include OpenTracks (Reproducible build), A sport tracker buddy that respects your privacy, which is the same app but signed by the developer, and built and verified reproducible by F-Droid. If you want, you can switch to the reproducible version doing an export and import of your tracks.
@linsui has the gist on proxies:
Exclave, Proxy client, was just added, a fork of the discontinued SagerNet. As we mentioned in TWIF 9 of 2024, the author of SagerNet published sing-box as a successor of SagerNet. Sing-box is a great app, but many users prefer the design and rich features of SagerNet. @dyhkwong started Exclave as a fork of SagerNet and has added some more features to it. With dyhkwong’s help, Exclave is available in F-Droid now with reproducible builds! There are some plugins but they are not packaged for F-Droid. Please get them from upstream.
Removed Apps
2 more apps were removed
- foodsharing: Share food instead of throwing it away! (API has evolved, a new app might be coming)
- Text Tools: Useful text related functions that can be done on the selected text
Newly Added Apps
4 more apps were newly added
- BFBAN Assistants: Report players on your phone with mobile app for BFBAN
- NymVPN: Fast & Secure VPN: Download our VPN and make your online activity 100% private. Fast and anonymous.
- Whisper: Voice recognition based on Whisper
- 天使动漫: Thrid-party client for tsdm.love forum
Updated Apps
235 more apps were updated
(expand for the full list)
- 3D Model Viewer was updated to
4.1.1 - Acode editor - Android code editor was updated to
1.10.7 - Aegis Authenticator was updated to
3.3.3 - Aer - Fork of Anemo was updated to
2024.12.25 - Alembicons was updated to
2024.12.02 - Amber was updated to
3.0.7 - AndBible: Bible Study was updated to
5.0.835 - AnkiDroid: Flashcards was updated to
2.20.1 - ANOTHERpass was updated to
2.0.4 - Arcticons was updated to
12.0.5 - Arcticons Black was updated to
12.0.5 - Arcticons Day & Night was updated to
12.0.5 - Arcticons Material You was updated to
12.0.5 - Arx Libertatis was updated to
1.3.5.2 - Aurora Store was updated to
4.6.3 - Ball2Box was updated to
4.1.6 - Bangle.js Gadgetbridge was updated to
0.83.1-banglejs - Barcode Scanner was updated to
1.25.0 - baresip was updated to
63.1.0 - baresip+ was updated to
50.1.0 - BetterCounter was updated to
4.10.1 - Bibleside was updated to
0.3.1-alpha - BitBanana was updated to
0.8.8 - Blitzortung Lightning Monitor was updated to
2.2.6 - Bluetooth Remote was updated to
1.5.1 - Book’s Story was updated to
1.5.0 - Bookaccio Book Tracker was updated to
0.2.0 - Butterfly was updated to
2.2.3 - c3nav was updated to
4.5.1 - Calliope mini was updated to
2.0.5 - Calorimeter was updated to
1.0.4 - Capy Reader was updated to
2025.01.1089 - Cartes IGN was updated to
3.1.30 - Casio G-Shock Smart Sync was updated to
21.4 - Catima — Loyalty Card Wallet was updated to
2.34.2 - Chaldea was updated to
2.5.18 - Chance was updated to
1.5.0 - ChatLaunch for WhatsApp was updated to
v0.15.0 - Citrine was updated to
0.6.0 - Ciyue was updated to
0.16.0 - Clash Meta For Android was updated to
2.11.4.Meta - Clauncher was updated to
v5.1.3 - Clipious was updated to
1.22.6 - Commons was updated to
5.1.1 - Conversations was updated to
2.17.7+free - Converter NOW: Unit Converter was updated to
4.2.4 - Counter was updated to
32 - CrossWords was updated to
4.4.204 - Cryptomator was updated to
1.10.4 - Dahdidahdit - the Morse Trainer was updated to
1.13.1 - DankChat was updated to
3.10.0 - DAVx⁵ was updated to
4.4.5-ose - Deku SMS was updated to
0.56.0 - Delta Icon Pack was updated to
1.9.9 - DigiAgriApp was updated to
0.3.1 - DigiPaws - Focus & Productivity was updated to
1.3-alpha-lite - DNSNet was updated to
1.0.15 - Droid-ify was updated to
0.6.4 - Easter Eggs was updated to
3.3.0 - Easy Diary was updated to
1.4.318.202412220 - Easy Dice was updated to
1.9.1 - Emotic was updated to
0.1.5 - Energize was updated to
0.11.0 - Ente Auth was updated to
4.2.2 - EVIL SPIN!! was updated to
1.0.3 - FaFa Runner was updated to
1.0.6 - FairEmail was updated to
1.2256 - Faraday was updated to
1.1.4 - FeedFlow - RSS Reader was updated to
0.0.62 - Flip 2 DND was updated to
1.1.0 - FOSS Browser was updated to
17 - Fossify Launcher was updated to
1.0.1 - Fossify SMS Messenger was updated to
1.1.0 - freeDictionaryApp was updated to
1.7.3 - Fucks Given was updated to
1.0.6 - Gadgetbridge was updated to
0.83.1 - Geological Time Scale was updated to
0.7.0 - Ghost Commander was updated to
1.64.1b2 - GPSLogger was updated to
133 - GPSTest was updated to
3.10.5 - Graded - Grade tracker was updated to
2.7.2 - Grocy: Self-hosted Grocery Management was updated to
3.7.0 - Gugal was updated to
0.8.3 - HACS was updated to
2.20.1 - Harmony Music was updated to
1.10.4 - Headwind MDM Agent was updated to
6.14 - HexViewer was updated to
1.56 - Home Medkit was updated to
1.6.2 - HyperRogue was updated to
13.0v - i2pd was updated to
2.55.0 - Ichaival was updated to
1.9.3 - Image Toolbox was updated to
3.1.2 - Imagepipe was updated to
0.72 - Ion Launcher was updated to
y24-v14 - IYPS was updated to
1.5.3 - Jellyfin for Android TV was updated to
0.18.3 - Karbon was updated to
2.9.1 - Keep it up was updated to
1.6.0 - Kepler-App was updated to
2.9.0 - Key Mapper was updated to
2.7.2 - Keysh was updated to
0.1.8 - KitchenOwl was updated to
0.6.8 - Kotatsu was updated to
7.7.5 - Kwik EFIS was updated to
7.00 - LibreSudoku was updated to
2.0.1 - LibreTrack was updated to
1.7.0 - LinkDroid for Linkwarden was updated to
2.0.1 - Linux Command Library was updated to
3.2.7 - Linwood Butterfly Nightly was updated to
2.2.3 - Lissen: Audiobookshelf client was updated to
1.2.0 - Local NLP Backend was updated to
1.2.13 - Logger was updated to
2.7.5 - Markor was updated to
2.14.0 - Material Notes was updated to
1.10.1 - MedTimer was updated to
1.14.0 - Memo Game (Privacy Friendly) was updated to
1.1.1 - mensen was updated to
1.4.0 - Meshenger was updated to
4.4.2 - Meshtastic was updated to
2.5.15 - Mill was updated to
5.8.4 - Money Manager Ex was updated to
2024.12.31 - monocles chat was updated to
2.0.3+free - MusicSearch was updated to
1.13.0 - Musify was updated to
9.0.3 - My Expenses was updated to
3.9.3 - NetGuard was updated to
2.332 - neutriNote CE was updated to
4.5.4a - News Reader was updated to
1.0.8 - Next Player was updated to
0.13.0-rc05 - Nextcloud Deck was updated to
1.24.2 - Nextcloud Dev was updated to
20250103 - NotallyX - Quick Notes/Tasks was updated to
6.3.0 - Notesnook - Private notes app was updated to
3.0.26 - Open Sudoku was updated to
4.3.2 - OpenWrt Manager was updated to
1.36.0 - Orgro was updated to
1.50.3 - Orgzly Revived was updated to
1.8.33 - OSM Dashboard (Offline) was updated to
5.1.0 - OSM Dashboard for OpenTracks was updated to
5.1.0 - Pachli for Mastodon was updated to
2.9.1 - Pagan was updated to
1.6.7 - Party UP! was updated to
1.7.0 - Password Monitor was updated to
1.0.2 - Peristyle was updated to
v6.3.0 - Persian Calendar was updated to
9.6.0 - Petals was updated to
3.31.4 - Phocid was updated to
20241228 - PicGuard was updated to
1.0.10 - PIN Mnemonic (Privacy Friendly) was updated to
2.0.4 - Planetario was updated to
3.2 - Planisphere was updated to
1.13.0 - plees-tracker was updated to
24.8.2 - Plexus was updated to
2.0.8 - Podcini.R - Podcast instrument was updated to
7.2.0 - pOT-Droid was updated to
5.5.2 - Power Ampache 2 was updated to
1.00-71-fdroid - Prayer Book was updated to
0.7.0 - Privacy Browser was updated to
3.19 - QRAlarm was updated to
2.3.1 - Quicksy was updated to
2.17.7+free - Quote Unquote was updated to
4.48.0-fdroid - Raccoon for Lemmy was updated to
1.13.7 - Rank-My-Favs was updated to
0.6.3 - Reader for Selfoss was updated to
124123651-github - Reckoning Skills (Privacy Friendly) was updated to
1.1.1 - Recurring Expense Tracker was updated to
0.12.6 - Ricochlime was updated to
1.11.5 - RiMusic was updated to
0.6.65.1 - RootlessJamesDSP was updated to
1.6.13 - Ruler (Privacy Friendly) was updated to
1.1.2 - Rush was updated to
2.4.2 - RustDesk was updated to
1.3.6 - Safe Space was updated to
2.1.0 - SCEE was updated to
60.0 - SchildiChat was updated to
1.6.26.sc84 - SchildiChat Next was updated to
0.7.6.sc19 - Screenshot Tile (NoRoot) was updated to
2.11.3 - Simlar - secure calls was updated to
2.12.0 (alwaysOnline) - Simple Keyboard was updated to
5.24 - Simple Search was updated to
2.1 - SimpleX Chat was updated to
6.2.3 - SimpMusic was updated to
0.2.5 - SiYuan was updated to
3.1.18 - SnapSaver was updated to
0.7.0 - SolitaireCG was updated to
4.0 - Solon was updated to
2.3.0 - SpamBlocker (Call & SMS) was updated to
4.0 - Squeezer was updated to
2.3.8 - Standard Notes was updated to
3.195.15 - Stocks Widget was updated to
3.9.835 - Stroke Input Method (筆畫輸入法) was updated to
1.4.1 - Super Productivity was updated to
11.0.3 - Swiss Bitcoin Pay was updated to
2.2.9 - Table Habit was updated to
1.14.4 - Taler Wallet was updated to
0.14.2 - TermuC was updated to
0.1.6 - Text Tools was updated to
2.0.2 - The One App was updated to
3.0.2 - Thumb-Key was updated to
4.0.12 - Tickmate was updated to
1.4.14 - Tilde Friends was updated to
0.0.26 - Traditional T9 was updated to
42.0 - Transito was updated to
0.9.1.8 - TRIfA was updated to
1.0.242 - Trigger was updated to
4.0.1 - Trime was updated to
3.3.2 - Träwelldroid was updated to
2.17.5 - Tuner was updated to
7.1.0 - Tusky was updated to
27.0 - Tuta Mail was updated to
259.241220.0 - Unciv was updated to
4.14.19 - Unexpected Keyboard was updated to
1.30.3 - Unstoppable Crypto Wallet was updated to
0.41.3 - Untracker was updated to
1.0.6 - UP-Example was updated to
2.0.3 - Valentin’s PowerTools #016 - Tomato Potato Clock was updated to
1.0.3 - Vector Pinball was updated to
1.14.0 - Vespucci was updated to
20.2.2.0 - Voice Notify was updated to
1.4.1 - VRChat Android Assistant was updated to
2.3.6 - Waistline was updated to
3.9.2 - WG Tunnel was updated to
3.6.6 - WiFi Widget was updated to
1.6.3 - WikiReader was updated to
1.9.0 - Wuxia Learn - Learn Chinese was updated to
1.2.4 - wX was updated to
55925 - Xray was updated to
8.4.0 - Xtra was updated to
2.40.5 - YAACC was updated to
4.3.0 - YAM Launcher was updated to
1.7 - yetCalc was updated to
2.0.5 - You Have Mail was updated to
0.18.2 - Your local weather was updated to
6.0.5 - zSMTH was updated to
24.12.27 - µLauncher was updated to
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