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authorDaniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com>2022-02-23 22:40:59 -0500
committerDaniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com>2022-02-23 22:44:01 -0500
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app repo client for sandboxed Google Play install
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without Google Play rather than treating not using it as the exceptional
case.</p>
- <p>Install com.google.android.gsf, then com.google.android.gms and finally use
- a split APK installer to install all 5 of the APKs for com.android.vending
- together. Make sure to install all 3 in the correct order. You can obtain a
- split APK installer app from either Aurora Store, F-Droid or the developers of
- the app via their GitHub releases, etc.</p>
-
- <p>In the future, we'll have a client app for our repository so you'll be able
- to install and update the official Google Play apps through that app and you
- won't need to deal with split APK installation manually.</p>
-
- <ul>
- <li><a href="https://apps.grapheneos.org/packages/com.google.android.gsf/">com.google.android.gsf</a></li>
- <li><a href="https://apps.grapheneos.org/packages/com.google.android.gms/">com.google.android.gms</a></li>
- <li><a href="https://apps.grapheneos.org/packages/com.android.vending/">com.android.vending</a></li>
- </ul>
+ <p>You can install the <a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/platform_external_Apps/blob/12/prebuilt/Apps.apk">alpha
+ release of our app repository client</a> and then install the 3 core Google
+ Play apps mirrored in our repository. Our app repository client has support
+ for dependency installation so you can simply directly install the Play Store
+ and it will install GSF and then GMS as dependencies. In the near future, our
+ app repository client will be included in GrapheneOS as one of the bundled
+ apps.</p>
<p>You should give a battery optimization exception to Google Play services
for features like push notifications to work properly in the background. It
@@ -880,11 +872,11 @@
currently the best way to mimic the initialization done by the stock OS setup
wizard.</p>
- <p>You can obtain updates to these apps from our repository which will be easy
- once we have a client app. The Play Store app can also be used to update
- Google Play services and itself. Updates to the Google Services Framework
- (com.google.android.gsf) app are normally only distributed through OS updates
- so you need to get those from our repository.</p>
+ <p>You can obtain updates to these apps from our repository. The Play Store
+ app can also be used to update Google Play services and itself. Updates to the
+ Google Services Framework (com.google.android.gsf) app are normally only
+ distributed through OS updates so you need to get those from our
+ repository.</p>
<p>Our compatibility layer has support for Play Games Services which you can
obtain by installing Google Play Games from the Play Store. Many games on the