Fennec, now with add-ons and WebAuth

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Author: linsui
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TWIF generated on Thursday, 21 Dec 2023, Week 51

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@Licaon_Kter signals:

Fennec F-Droid was updated to 120.1.1 bringing experimental FIDO2 WebAuthn support that does not depend on proprietary Google libraries but can be used with FOSS microG if available. This is based on more than a year’s work in microG by @mar-v-in / larma and @relan’s work in Fennec. Mull is on track to gain support in version 121.0.0 later this week. (#34) (Note: be sure to update to latest microG 0.3.0, expand Versions as it is not yet marked as stable)

Also in Fennec & Mull news, Mozilla unlocked all (compatible) add-ons for their Android browser, read more here and start exploring them right away.

IVPN – Secure VPN for Privacy was updated to 2.10.6 fixing a crash on start, so be sure to update.

SMASH — Smart Mobile App for Surveyor’s Happiness was updated to 1.8.1 bringing some fixes but also a major change: the developer changed the signing key. While this is nice since they switched from a testing key to a proper one, it means that old users need to uninstall the app and then reinstall it.

@linsui comments:

@yzqzss built an interesting website which show the statistics of the supported languages for apps in F-Droid and the actual translated strings. The source code is here for the front/back-end and here for the java server.

We just noticed that there are 4 packages for different ABIs of DataBackup (recently updated to 1.1.0-alpha06) but the F-Droid client doesn’t mark them properly. This is because fdroidserver can only detect the ABI (basically the target package architecture) from the native libs in the APK files but DataBackup embeds native binaries in different folders. We are still working to fix this problem. You can choose the right ABI from the last number in the version code:

  • 1 -> x86
  • 2 -> x86_64
  • 3 -> armeabi-v7a
  • 4 -> arm64-v8a

Most Android devices since 2017 or so will use 4, older ones 3, and you brave Intel x86 users should already know your way around.

Removed Apps

1 app was removed

smsQ was recently depreciated, app was archived by its developer and its backend server is no longer online.

Newly Added Apps

15 apps were newly added
  • AniHyou – AniList client – Another unofficial Android AniList client.
  • Clock Screensaver – Fullscreen Analog and Digital Clock with Event View.
  • EHHelper – A little helper for Douyin/Tiktok on your TV.
  • Hammer [ALPHA] – An offline first, simple tool for building stories.
  • Iconeration – Icon pack creator.
  • Keep Alive – Notify others if you haven’t used your device in a given period of time.
  • Lane’s Lexicon – An Arabic-English Dictionary.
  • Li-Ri – An arcade game where you drive a toy wood engine.
  • Paperless Mobile – An (almost) fully fledged mobile Paperless client.
  • Tarock Palčka – Slovenian Tarock program, including online, offline play and bots.
  • Vault – Simple, secure and fast password manager compatible with KeePass.
  • Vidya Music: Aersia VIP Player – A player for the Vidya Intarweb Playlist (aka VIP Aersia).
  • WADBS – Switch Android’s Wireless Debugging feature on and off quickly.
  • freeDictionaryApp – A simple application for the Free Dictionary API.
  • timeto.me – Set a timer for each task to stay focused.

Downgraded Apps

1 app was downgraded

The Light was downgraded to 3.71 pending some app upgrades.

Updated Apps

160 more apps were updated

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