[ANNOUNCEMENT] Response Regarding Google PlayStore App Updates #4000
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A bit crazy that the release was made from an older version and not the latest master... Can a new release be cut for Github and F-Droid with a higher version so the Play store doesn't try to update what we have installed? |
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IMO play store variant should release with different package name! |
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Is that fake software on Google Play Store or is there a split in your team? It's a mess right now and I want to know if app on Play Store can be trusted. |
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Maybe this is helpful to make the play version more useful: termux/termux-exec#24 (comment) |
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I have mixed feelings about this. I agree with the ends but definitely not the means. I don't like this experiment, unless @fornwall can come up with a perfectly-reasonable justification. Maybe I'm missing some common context? It seems many people agree with this, but I have no idea why. BTW, don't get me wrong! I'm actually mad at Google, because someone from the Termux team felt the need to do this. W^X should be opt-out, with some sort of ADB command |
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The play store update makes it so I can't check for other updates from play store. It shows termux is in need of update and the check for updates button is gone. I've installed termux from fdroid, and so play store thinks the play store is the newest version. Can we update the fdroid version to match or make its version greater so my play store will no longer list termux as needing updating. |
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Yes - that will happen shortly (as in hopefully a few days away)! |
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an unofficial release on the play store with the same app id... 😂 who got that idea 😂💀 |
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Before commenting, I suggest users to join the Termux Dev Matrix Channel (Gitter) room and read the dev team comments to get info on changes that are planned for current situation and under normal circumstances. Do not comment there unless you are part of the termux team or have something extremely important and relevant to say that is compliant with the room description, otherwise you will be banned. |
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and now Google play is trying to downgrade my termux version SMH this shouldn't be released with the same name or even package, it should be it's own distinct package to test separately from the offical fdroid version |
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Dear developers! I have a proposal that I think should satisfy everyone:
This will provide the following benefits:
I think this is not a bad idea. |
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Given the current situation, which I am sure will be resolved , but not before several people start criticizing the dev team, I want to say: Thank you, dev team, for your hard work on termux. I use it every day, and can't imagine not having it. You do great work, and I sincerely appreciate it. |
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By the way, the last termux version on F-Droid was released in 2022, I wonder why hasn’t been any updates since then. One thing @fornwall did good was to make the community active again. Maybe its time to review all issues and pull requests and release a new version to fix this issue? |
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Termux should not be installable on android 7 to 10 (Google Play store) from now. |
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Termux Styling also has a PlayStore update. Could this be fixed/updated as well? |
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Today F-Droid updated Termux to version 0.118.1. Google Play no longer offers to update Termux installed from F-Droid. The problem is solved, thanks to the developers! |
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A
termux-app
v0.120
release was made on Google PlayStore on 2024-06-04 by @fornwall, along with some Termux plugin app releases. These were not done by the current Termux core team. They are only available for Android>= 11
devices.The sources for the PlayStore app releases are available at the
termux-play-store/termux-apps
andtermux-play-store/termux-packages
repositories in thetermux-play-store
GitHub organization owned by @fornwall. It is using thesystem_linker_exec
solution (1, 2, 3) to bypass Android>= 10
exec restrictions. Users who wish to install from PlayStore should know that the PlayStore release has changes reverted for the last10
Termux app releases (v0.109
tov0.118.0
), and so features, bug and security fixes done in them are not available. Basically, PlayStoretermux-app
v0.120
release is functionally equivalent tov0.108
. The app also has reduced permissions. It also has certain features removed like theRUN_COMMAND
intent. Additionally, there are still issues related tosystem_linker_exec
solution that are yet to be fixed and the solution also violates PlayStore policies, so the PlayStore release may be taken down in future. So only install from PlayStore at your own risk and if you know what you are doing.As the PlayStore release has diverged from the
termux/termux-app
master
branch on GitHub, it should be considered an unofficial/forked release source and its issues should be reported attermux-play-store/termux-issues
.The only official release sources to install Termux from are still F-Droid and GitHub as listed in our installation docs and Google PlayStore releases remain deprecated at this time.
If you are currently using Termux apps installed from F-Droid and GitHub, then trying to update the apps from PlayStore will fail as the app signing keys are different as documented in the installation docs. If you had installed Termux app from PlayStore before the
v0.120
release, updating will still fail assharedUserId
has been removed. To install the PlayStore releases, you need to uninstall the existing Termux app and all its plugin apps first. To prevent PlayStore from attempting to download and then fail to install the PlayStore releases over existing installations, you can open the Termux apps pages on PlayStore and then click on the3
dots options button in the top right and then disable theEnable auto update
toggle, however, the Termux apps updates will still show in the PlayStore app updates list.Beta Was this translation helpful? Give feedback.
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