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TWIF generated on Thursday, 14 Dec 2023, Week 50
F-Droid core
F-Droid and Basic were updated to 1.19.0-alpha3
:
- IPFS Gateway settings are now in the Proxy section and no longer in Expert Mode
- Expert Mode Category header now shows which preferences belong to Expert Mode
- Unify full and basic preferences.xml files
Back in November our week 45 TWIF was relating the news about the 3 years long ongoing ‘Epic v. Google’ trial in the US. This week the jury found that Google turned its Google Play app store and Google Play Billing service into an illegal monopoly.
You can read the TL;DR here and the long list of interesting facts that surfaced during the trial, eg. at least points 6, 7 and 11 are related to F-Droid
Community News
Danilo Bargen announces us that the Threema app, an end-to-end encrypted messenger, which has been open source for a few years, is now included in the official F-Droid repository as “Threema Libre”!
Previously the messenger was already installable through a custom repository, but many users asked whether it could be included in the official repo as well. Thanks to the work done by @linsui, @obfusk, @Mynacol and others, our reproducible build could be successfully verified! Thus, builds from our custom repository can be published in identical form through the F-Droid repository. This means that users can use our repository if they want faster updates, or simply use the official F-Droid sources without having to set up any custom repo.
Thanks to Threema Push (a persistent network connection in a background service), the app already supported instant notifications on new messages without having to rely on Firebase / Google Push. With update
5.2
, Threema Libre now also supports waking up Threema Web sessions, the last piece that was missing for Threema Libre to have feature-parity with the “regular” version from Google Play.The integration into the F-Droid repo / index is not maintained by us, but we are happy to assist if any questions arise! Feel free to ping me.
@linsui informs us that:
Xmp Mod Player 4.12.0
was rebuilt in order to fix it. It was published (or committed) in 2018 and there was no more development since then. I updated it in 2021 but I made a mistake and the app didn’t really work since libxmp was not built at all. Recently I got a report about that and fixed the build with some patches so that it can be built with JDK 11 and NDK r26. It’s a music player for modules, an older sound format. You can find some modules on The Mod Archive. (Note: while the package has been updated, the date of it will still be shown as 2021)
In hiatus news, Orion Viewer – Pdf & Djvu was updated to 0.82.5
and Transdroid was updated to 2.5.23
, both back after a two and a half years pause.
@Licaon_Kter muses over:
Minetest was updated to 5.8.0
, bringing a long list of new features and fixes, but also an important change: “Minetest Game is no longer the default game and will no longer be shipped by Minetest. If you want it back, install it by using the “Content” tab”
Syncthing-Fork users complained about the app not starting so there’s a tentative fix in latest update 1.27.0.1
. (and if that does not magically fix it do try ‘this one wierd trick’: enable Airplane mode, start app, check if it runs ok, then disable Airplane mode)
Removed Apps
1 apps were removed
Uploadgram got archived as its proxy server is no longer online.
Newly Added Apps
6 more apps were newly added
- BendyStraw – An app for managing NewPipe databases.
- Blazed Cloud – Minimalistic cloud backup.
- Flux News – A simple Newsreader for the miniflux backend.
- LibreBible – The libre software Latin Vulgate Bible reader
- Untracker – Remove tracking information before sharing links.
- UpVPN – Serverless VPN – Serverless VPN enables you to connect unlimited devices to VPN.
Updated Apps
109 more apps were updated
- Activity Launcher was updated from
1.14.8
to1.15.0
- Ad-Free was updated from
3.1
to3.2
- AnLinux was updated from
6.50 Stable
to6.55 Stable
- AndBible: Bible Study was updated from
5.0.771
to5.0.781
- AndStatus was updated from
60.04
to61.00
- AndrOBD was updated from
V2.6.6
toV2.6.7
- Asgardius S3 Manager was updated from
0.10.0
to0.10.1
- Asgardius S3 Music was updated from
0.2.0
to0.2.1
- Aster Launcher was updated from
1.0.6
to1.0.7
- Audile was updated from
1.1.5
to1.2.0
- Boxcars was updated from
1.1.5
to1.1.7
- CIFS Documents Provider was updated from
1.8.0
to2.0.2
- Cache Cleaner was updated from
1.9.2
to1.9.5
- Chubby Click – Metronome was updated from
v2.5
tov2.5.1
- Clima was updated from
3.2.0
to3.2.1
- Clipious was updated from
1.17.4
to1.17.5
- Compass was updated from
1.12.0
to1.13.0
- Copy SMS Code – OTP Helper was updated from
1.8.0
to1.9.0
- Crazyflie Client was updated from
0.7.3
to0.7.3
- DataBackup was updated from
1.1.0-alpha04
to1.1.0-alpha05
- DeadHash was updated from
1.7.8
to1.8.1
- Deku SMS was updated from
0.32.0
to0.33.0
- Delta Chat was updated from
1.42.4
to1.42.6
- DiskUsage was updated from
5.0-alpha0
to5.0-alpha1
- Drinkable was updated from
1.44.2
to1.45.0
- DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser was updated from
5.179.2
to5.180.1
- EasySync was updated from
1.1
to1.2
- Encointer Wallet was updated from
1.11.4
to1.11.6
- FREE Browser was updated from
1.5
to1.6
- FairEmail was updated from
1.2135
to1.2136
- Fennec F-Droid was updated from
120.0.0
to120.1.0
- FluffyChat was updated from
1.15.1
to1.16.0
- Forkgram was updated from
10.2.9.0
to10.3.2.0
- Gauguin was updated from
0.14.0
to0.15.0
- Ghost Commander was updated from
1.62.3
to1.63b1
- Graded – Grade tracker was updated from
2.5.1
to2.6.0
- Green was updated from
4.0.4
to4.0.21
- Grocy: Self-hosted Grocery Management was updated from
3.4.1
to3.4.2
- Gurgle was updated from
1.26
to1.27
- Hacki for Hacker News was updated from
2.5.0
to2.6.0
- Husky was updated from
1.5.2
to1.5.3
- Immich was updated from
1.89.0
to1.90.0
- Jami was updated from
20231129-01
to20231208-01
- Jellyfin for Android TV was updated from
0.15.12
to0.16.0
- Karma Firewall was updated from
61
to62
- LibreOffice Viewer was updated from
7.6.3.2-android/8c4c8a83119e/F-Droid
to7.6.4.1/e19e193f88cd/F-Droid
- LibrePass was updated from
1.0.0
to1.1.1
- Librera Reader was updated from
8.9.85-fdroid
to8.9.105-fdroid
- Lighthouse Power Management was updated from
1.2.0
to1.3.1
- Linwood Butterfly was updated from
2.0.0-rc.0
to2.0.0-rc.1
- LiveWallpaperIt – Muzei plugin for Reddit was updated from
1.0
to2.0
- LocalSend was updated from
1.12.0
to1.13.1
- LogFox was updated from
1.5.1
to1.5.2
- Magisk was updated from
26.3
to26.4
- Mightier Amp was updated from
1.0.7
to1.0.10
- MinCal Widget was updated from
2.14.0
to2.15.0
- Minesweeper – Antimine was updated from
17.6.0 F
to17.6.3 F
- Mull was updated from
120.0.0
to120.1.0
- Mullvad VPN: privacy is a universal right was updated from
2023.8
to2023.9
- Musify was updated from
6.9.0
to7.0.1
- My Expenses was updated from
3.6.8.1
to3.6.9
- Next Actualités informatiques was updated from
2.7.1
to2.7.2
- Nextcloud Dev was updated from
20231205
to20231209
- Nighthawk Wallet was updated from
2.2.11
to2.2.12
- OONI Probe was updated from
3.8.4
to3.8.5
- Omni Notes was updated from
6.2.8
to6.3.0
- OpenVK Legacy was updated from
1.1.214-f
to1.1.218-f
- PasseGares was updated from
1.4.7
to1.4.8
- Pepper&Carrot Reader was updated from
1.3
to1.4
- Petals was updated from
3.18.0
to3.19.1
- Podverse was updated from
4.15.0
to4.15.2
- ProtonVPN – Secure and Free VPN was updated from
4.8.70.0
to4.8.99.0
- QRAlarm was updated from
1.5.10
to1.5.11
- QuickWeather was updated from
2.5.7
to2.6.0
- Quinb: 4 players reaction game was updated from
1.2.3
to1.2.4
- Really Basic Vocab was updated from
3.3.4
to3.4.0
- Ricochlime was updated from
1.0.6
to1.1.0
- Saber was updated from
0.18.3
to0.18.4
- Sapio was updated from
1.0.7
to1.1.1
- SchildiChat was updated from
1.6.6.sc73
to1.6.8.sc74
- Screenshot Tile (NoRoot) was updated from
2.6.2
to2.7.0
- Shelter was updated from
1.9
to1.9.1
- Shitter was updated from
3.5
to3.5.1
- Simple Alarm Clock was updated from
3.15.01
to3.15.04
- Simple Crypto Widget was updated from
8.4.4
to8.4.5
- Slideshow Wallpaper was updated from
1.0.4
to1.1.0
- Squawker was updated from
3.5.3
to3.5.4
- Syncthing was updated from
1.26.1
to1.27.0
- The Light was updated from
3.73
to3.74
- Tiny Weather Forecast Germany was updated from
0.61.2
to0.61.3
- TorrServe was updated from
MatriX.127.F-Droid
toMatriX.128.F-Droid
- Track Work Time was updated from
1.1.21
to1.1.22
- Tusky was updated from
24.0 beta 1
to24.0
- Tuta Mail was updated from
3.118.30
to3.119.3
- Unciv was updated from
4.9.5
to4.9.6
- VCMI was updated from
1.3.2
to1.4.0
- Voyager for Lemmy was updated from
1.28.0
to1.30.3
- Wattz was updated from
1.13
to1.14
- Wikipedia was updated from
r/2.7.50460-r-2023-11-21
tor/2.7.50463-r-2023-12-04
- Zoysii – Logic game was updated from
2.4.1
to2.4.2
- Zulip was updated from
27.220
to27.221
- aTalk was updated from
3.2.3
to3.2.4
- ente – encrypted photo storage was updated from
0.8.11
to0.8.13
- floccus bookmark sync was updated from
4.19.1
to5.0.2
- hwloc lstopo was updated from
2.9.3a1-1-1.5.3
to2.10.0-1-1.5.3
- monocles chat was updated from
1.7.7.5
to1.7.8.2
- openHAB Beta was updated from
3.7.9-beta
to3.7.10-beta
- ownCloud was updated from
4.1.1
to4.2-beta.1
- psychphinder was updated from
1.1.3
to1.1.4
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