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Installer manager cosmetic changes This branch as some cosmetic code changes related to the `InstallManagerService`. I have a few more that I'll be throwing in here too as I go along. By and large, it is renaming, annotating, minor refactoring. The semantics should not change at all with this change, any fixes to the `InstallManagerService` will be done through separate MRs. They are from issues listed in [this comment](https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/merge_requests/278#note_11762414) during my CR and testing of !278. I realise that cosmetic changes often come with baggage because we all have slightly different ideas of what Java code should look like, but in general, I will strive to only make changes if I believe strongly that they will: * Improve understanding of the code (i.e. renaming, extracting methods) * Prevent future errors by new contributors (e.g. @NonNull/@Nullable annotations, extracting classes to encapsulate logic which requires developers to know they need to change multiple things at once) I try not to make changes because: * I have a different opinion about formatting. * Hopefully any other unreasonable or disagreeable reason. See merge request !282
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