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support for APK Extension files aka "OBB" OBB files are used by lots of apps like games and MAPS.ME to distribute large chunks of data. This adds basic support for distributing OBB files via F-Droid. The idea is that they are installed before the APK, so that once the APK is installed, the OBB files are already in place and ready to use. This also provides an F-Droid-specific Intent method for apps to fetch the OBB download URLs in case the app itself needs to handle the OBB download/update. That is similar to how it works in Google Play. The fdroidserver changes are already merged: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidserver/merge_requests/143 https://developer.android.com/google/play/expansion-files.html See merge request !383
F-Droid Client
Client for F-Droid, the Free Software repository system for Android.
Building with Gradle
./gradlew assembleRelease
Direct download
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Contributing
See our Contributing doc for information on how to report issues, translate the app into your language or help with development.
IRC
We are on #fdroid and #fdroid-dev on Freenode. We hold weekly dev meetings
on #fdroid-dev on Tuesdays at 20h UTC, which usually last half an hour.
FAQ
- Why does F-Droid require "Unknown Sources" to install apps by default?
Because a regular Android app cannot act as a package manager on its own. To do so, it would require system privileges (see below), similar to what Google Play does.
- Can I avoid enabling "Unknown Sources" by installing F-Droid as a privileged system app?
This used to be the case, but no longer is. Now the Privileged Extension is the one that should be placed in the system. It can be bundled with a ROM or installed via a zip, or alternatively F-Droid can install it as a system app using root.
License
This program is Free Software: You can use, study share and improve it at your will. Specifically you can redistribute and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
Some icons are made by Picol, Icomoon or Dave Gandy from Flaticon or by Google and are licensed by Creative Commons BY 3.0.
Other icons are from the Material Design Icon set released under an Attribution 4.0 International license.