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InstalledAppCacheUpdater was a custom Service-like thing with some threading issues. InstalledAppProviderService is an IntentService that relies on the built-in queue and threading of the IntentService to make sure that things are processed nicely in the background and one at a time. This changes the announcing so that each app added/changed/deleted triggers a new annoucement. This keeps the UI more updated, and makes the Installed tab show something as soon as possible, rather than waiting for the all of the install apps to be processed. This becomes more important as more stuff is added to InstalledAppProvider, like the hash of the APK. This also strips down and simplifies the related BroadcastReceivers. BroadcastReceivers work on the UI thread, so they should do as little work as possible. PackageManagerReceiver just rebadges the incoming Intent and sends it off to InstalledAppProviderService for processing.
F-Droid Client
Client for F-Droid, the Free Software repository system for Android.
Building with Gradle
./gradlew assembleRelease
Direct download
You can download the application directly from our site or browse it in the repo.
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.