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| author | Daniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com> | 2021-09-10 04:25:38 -0400 |
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| committer | Daniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com> | 2021-09-10 04:25:38 -0400 |
| commit | 6e1eddd2c453d6cf25beb3965773cd7dc97c55c9 (patch) | |
| tree | e24952ea8d0876df69a8c85e264789b73a1ec14e /static/usage.html | |
| parent | 019356cd160bf027dcaa6e30f5daab3a2debd88c (diff) | |
rewrite paragraph about Play Store app install
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/static/usage.html b/static/usage.html index 9f8051a7..1e80225c 100644 --- a/static/usage.html +++ b/static/usage.html @@ -749,13 +749,15 @@ depending on having highly invasive privileged access far beyond what would be realistic to get working with an expanded compatibility layer.</p> - <p>The Play Store app cannot install and update apps as it normally would - since it depends entirely on privileged permissions for unattended app - installation, updates and removal. GrapheneOS includes a partial - implementation of fallback code to get this working. It currently isn't fully - wired up and leads to the Play Store stalling and needing to be force stopped. - For the time being, it's easier to use the alternative Aurora Store frontend - to the Play Store.</p> + <p>The Play Store app is designed to use privileged permissions for unattended + app installation, updates and removal which isn't possible on GrapheneOS since + it's not a privileged app. GrapheneOS provides a dedicated compatibility layer + for Play Store app installation teaching it to use the standard unprivileged + approach. It prompts the user to permit it as an app source and then prompts + for each app install/update. The Play Store currently doesn't get the result + for the install succeeding or failing so it will think the installation is + still in progress. You can work around this by force stopping the Play Store + after installing an app and then opening it again to install other apps.</p> <p>Play Store feature delivery isn't currently supported, but this isn't broadly used by current generation apps aside from large games.</p> |