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Richard Körber

@IzzyOnDroid NetGuard is available on F-Droid. So why stop development, and not just say goodbye to Google?

19 Aug 2023 at 17:51 | Wall-to-wall | Open on oldbytes.space
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Billie

@shred @IzzyOnDroid

Actually, the more great apps become fdroid only, the more attractive fdroid gets.

19 Aug 2023 at 18:37 | Open on social.tchncs.de
Richard Körber

@Billie I agree. Recently I have pulled my watchface from the Google Playstore. They were constantly nagging me that something was wrong with a screenshot, but didn't explain what. After a couple of resubmissions (all rejected) I eventually gave up.

I have to find out if watchfaces are suitable for F-Droid. But I won't publish any non-commercial apps at Google anymore. It's a waste of time.

@IzzyOnDroid

20 Aug 2023 at 6:02 | Open on oldbytes.space
IzzyOnDroid ✅

@shred if you can give me a link to your repo with the sources, I can take a look. "Watchfaces" is a bit generic; F-Droid.org might be unable to add it if they are using Android Wear (proprietary), for example.

20 Aug 2023 at 11:27 | Open on floss.social
Richard Körber

@IzzyOnDroid Thank you! The source is not public though, and also uses Android Wear. However I am thinking about doing a rewrite with only open source components, if possible. I am not sure though if a watchface can be done without using Android Wear.

20 Aug 2023 at 11:36 | Open on oldbytes.space
Billie

@shred @IzzyOnDroid

Meanwhile, you can set up your own #fdroid repo and put your "proprietary" #apks in.

If the users like, they then can add your repo to their app store app.

I also run a small fdroid server where I also publish my apps.

20 Aug 2023 at 12:32 | Open on social.tchncs.de
Richard Körber

@Billie Thank you! I didn't knew that. 🙂​ Actually I am sad that nobody is able to use my watchface anymore, as it took considerable time to develop it. An own repo would be a solution.

@IzzyOnDroid

20 Aug 2023 at 12:35 | Open on oldbytes.space
Billie

@shred @IzzyOnDroid

You can also ask @IzzyOnDroid if he can include it in his repo. His repo is well-known and includes many apps that fail #fdroid inclusion criteria. Perhaps this is possible?

However, not sure what the requirements are.

20 Aug 2023 at 14:21 | Open on social.tchncs.de
IzzyOnDroid ✅

Hehe, @Billie spoke it out, @shred – that was one of the reasons I've asked to see the source 😉 Just didn't want to make possibly "empty promises" before having had a look.

20 Aug 2023 at 14:59 | Open on floss.social
IzzyOnDroid ✅

@shred Depends on the type of Watch. My Pebble does not need Wear 😉 I don't remember if @gadgetbridge might have some code on that; they support many "gadgets" (including smart watches) so they're definitely worth a visit!

20 Aug 2023 at 12:43 | Open on floss.social
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