Categories:System License:Apache-2.0 Web Site:https://f-droid.org Source Code:https://gitlab.com/fdroid/privileged-extension Issue Tracker:https://gitlab.com/fdroid/privileged-extension/issues Donate:https://f-droid.org/about FlattrID:343053 Bitcoin:15u8aAPK4jJ5N8wpWJ5gutAyyeHtKX5i18 Auto Name:F-Droid Privileged Extension Summary:Help F-Droid acquire system privileges Description: '''Note:''' F-Droid will need root privileges to install this app as a system app. [[org.fdroid.fdroid]] can make use of system privileges or permissions to install, update and remove applications on its own. The only way to obtain those privileges is to become a system app. This is where the Privileged Extension comes in - being a separate app and much smaller, it can be installed as a system app and communicate with the main app via AIDL IPC. This has several advantages: * Reduced disk usage in the system partition * System updates don't remove F-Droid * The process of installing into system via root is safer This is packaged as an OTA (Over-The-Air) update ZIP file. It must be installed using TWRP or other Android recovery that can flash updates to the system from the /data/data/org.fdroid.fdroid folder on the /data partition. The standalone APK is called [[org.fdroid.fdroid.privileged]]. . Repo Type:git Repo:https://gitlab.com/fdroid/privileged-extension.git Build:0.2.1,2000 commit=0.2.1 output=app/build/distributions/FDroidPrivilegedExtensionFromBinaries-0.2.1.zip build=gradle assembleUpdateZipFromBinariesDebug Auto Update Mode:Version %v Update Check Mode:Tags Current Version:0.2.1 Current Version Code:2000