Install fdroid basic, droidify, etc and use that to update apps. Your old apps will require one manual update to tell the system that the new client is handling the updates but after that the app will start auto updating. So its a pain but could be worse
F-Droid
F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device.
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Oh, that sounds good, I have to try
I believe, this requires Android 13. Your old phone might not have that...
It's not that old luckily, haha
Yes that's the right way. It works mostly without issues here since some months. Personally I have changed from Droid-ify to F-Droid basic since auto update stopped at some point with Droid-ify where it worked before. I have no idea why. Neo-store has issues in the stable branch with notifications.
droidify could save you time https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.looker.droidify but may consume more battery life than the default f-droid app
It should be on par with Neo Store right? Either should be fine for this functionality.
personal bitchy rant
actually I would use Droid-ify, but I can't stand not having the bottom navigation, while Neo Store has it... and too much of it to a certain extent, as well as slapping nonstandard components everywhere making a really incoherent UI, but I'll take that over no bottom navigation any day
Btw, your link seems to be broken for me https://www.f-droid.org/en/packages/com.looker.droidify/
Btw, your link seems to be broken for me https://www.f-droid.org/en/packages/com.looker.droidify/
Link works for me today. If you go to https://www.f-droid.org and type droidify in the search field, does it give you results ?
Yes, the URL is correct, it's just that your markdown came out as:
[https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.looker.droidify]()
So clicking on it didn't work on my client, just wanted to let you know
Oh, thanks. I'll edit it.
No problem!
Fdroid > settings > automatically install updates
I see an "Automatically fetch updates", its description says that it will download them and prompt me to install them, what I would like is to go to download any single app I want and then not have to also confirm to install
Are you rooted or non-root? Custom OS?
Non root, stock OS
f-droid -> expert mode -> privileged extension (turned on)
But you need to install f-droid with privileged extension, which is easy on LOS and derivatives/forks, but not sure on things like grapheneOS/calyxOS/pure android...
FYI, if you install another F-droid client on the older devices, the apps installed with the official client will still be receiving updates through the new one.
Yes they do, but I see them asking me to install anyway
I always thought you needed root for auto updates to work. I just turned it on in droidify, gonna see if it works next time there is an update.
Yeah it should be working if your Android version is compatible