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F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device.

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How to auto update? (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

There was an update all button before this, but it takes me here. Any way to then not click on all of them?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

F-Droid basic is the modern client

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

On Neo store, f-droid front end, in the settings there is an option to auto update all apps. Also has a one click button to update all apps if you don't want to auto update.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Once you are on fdroid 1.19 Just tap the update button once per app and you won't have to do it again.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Would it be possible to get it to notify me with available updates, and then for me to just hit "update all"? As in, what really nags me is the independent confirmation "are you sure you really want to install this update?" Pop up for every single app, but I'd still like some control as to when do apps get updated, not just full auto.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Well that pop-up for every single app does go away, but as far as controlling it, I have not seen a way as of yet. Maybe if you turned off automatic download, that might do it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Automatic download is on. I guess I didn't have many chances yet to first manually update each individual app, so the next cycle they will autoupdate (if this is the way this is supposed to work).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I've had better success with auto-update using Driod-ify. At the very least the client downloads the updates automatically so it's just a matter of tapping install.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Droidify has auto update? How?

I suppose I wouldn't know if it was working properly but I do regularly still have to update apps.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Make sure you’re on 1.19.0 of F-Droid, which needs to be installed manually for now.

https://f-droid.org/de/2024/02/01/twif.html

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

I didn't have to install manually, it showed up within the app as an available update.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Thanks for the tip, didn't know.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

F-Droid can't really install updates without user interaction, that requires extensive permissions that can't be granted without a rooted phone.