[guardian-dev] Android O's "Manage External Sources"!

[Dominik Schuermann]

Great feature indeed, now people hopefully no longer complain that they
need to turn on "unknown sources" system-wide.

Still, I guess even when F-Droid gets this special permission, it will
still need to show the PackageInstaller UI for updating apps.

Cheers
Dominik

On 03/22/2017 03:28 AM, Nathan of Guardian wrote:
> Just saw this new feature in Android O:
> http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/03/21/android-o-feature-spotlight-model-installing-apps-unknown-sources-changed/
> " each app now must be granted the install source permission for APK
> installation"
> 
> What this means is the a user will be prompted grant a specific app, in
> our case F-Droid, permission to install APKs, as opposed to the enabling
> "unknown sources" forever. 
> 
> This a huge exciting opportunity for legitimizing decentralized app
> hosting, without compromising a user's security. So cool.
> 
> Now if only it didn't take years for the latest Android release to get
> traction... :(
> 
> +n
> 
> 

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