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My Weird Prompts · Monday · 24 min

Can You Version-Control Your Android Apps?

Android Developer Verification enforcement began this month in Brazil, Singapore, Indonesia, and Thailand, and F-Droid says it can't comply. Meanwhile, a listener asks whether you can version-control your installed app list — declare your apps as code, sources included, and rebuild from a manifest. We walk through Google's nine-step "Allow Unverified Packages" flow and why it runs through Play Services, what F-Droid's signing model actually trusts, and how Obtainium's config sharing gets closer to the Ansible-for-Android idea than you'd expect — without the reconciliation. F-Droid Basic, Obtainium, Aurora Store, and Shizuku all get a fair hearing, including where each one breaks. Episode #433930 — open it directly at myweirdprompts.com/433930

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Android Developer Verification enforcement began this month in Brazil, Singapore, Indonesia, and Thailand, and F-Droid says it can't comply. Meanwhile, a listener asks whether you can version-control your installed app list — declare your apps as code, sources included, and rebuild from a manifest. We walk through Google's nine-step "Allow Unverified Packages" flow and why it runs through Play Services, what F-Droid's signing model actually trusts, and how Obtainium's config sharing gets closer to the Ansible-for-Android idea than you'd expect — without the reconciliation. F-Droid Basic, Obtainium, Aurora Store, and Shizuku all get a fair hearing, including where each one breaks.

Episode #433930 — open it directly at myweirdprompts.com/433930

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