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| author | Daniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com> | 2021-11-22 09:14:34 -0500 |
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| committer | Daniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com> | 2021-11-22 09:14:34 -0500 |
| commit | a79a41bb77006050649775e9b039c3a0b5163dc8 (patch) | |
| tree | 214a02d87f3cc3a92c78baa6d83830d0b38c5e5c /static | |
| parent | 682aac38bcdf5ab8aad296c474bd711e3783a9cd (diff) | |
sandboxed Play Store compatibility layer improved
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| -rw-r--r-- | static/usage.html | 22 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/static/usage.html b/static/usage.html index c1c031e9..3c0408c7 100644 --- a/static/usage.html +++ b/static/usage.html @@ -808,6 +808,16 @@ modules). The compatibility layer will be gradually expanded and improved in order to get more of the Play services functionality working.</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/updates/removal teaching it to use the standard + unprivileged approach. It prompts the user to permit it as an app source and then + prompts for the initial app install/update or removal. It will use Android 12's + support for unattended updates when possible which means it can do unattended + updates of modern (API 29+) apps where it was the installer for the currently + installed version already.</p> + <section id="sandboxed-play-services-installation"> <h3><a href="#sandboxed-play-services-installation">Installation</a></h3> @@ -874,15 +884,9 @@ depending on having highly invasive privileged access beyond what would be realistic to get working with an expanded compatibility layer.</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 assumes that uninstallation always succeeds so it will stall if + it tries to uninstall an app and you reject it. You can work around this by + force stopping and then reopening it.</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> |