Is there anyway to get this app via Fdroid?

[Driftinginfinitely]

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Is this app available via Fdroid? If not, is it likely to be available there in the future?

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[fast4x]

Yes, Publication on FDroid is ongoing

[OrangeZXZ]

This issue can be closed because there is already an existing one:
#9 (comment)

[IzzySoft]

While on it, please check your Fastlane changelogs. Per definitionem, their maximal size is 500 characters each – 6.txt has about 2k, that's 4 times as much, so it will be truncated midword at position 500. Those per-release changelogs should only hold the highlights, but you can include a link to the full changelog when needed.

While there, you might also wish to include an introducing paragraph at the start of full_description.txt – like what you have in your Readme, or even a bit more detailed.

Meanwhile, with the next sync around 7 pm UTC your app will become available here in my repo, and look like this:

Which also tells you about 2 current show-stoppers for inclusion with F-Droid, which does not allow proprietary components.

[fast4x]

Già che ci sei, controlla i log delle modifiche di Fastlane. Per definizione, la loro dimensione massima è di 500 caratteri ciascuno - ha circa 2k, che è 4 volte tanto, quindi sarà troncato a metà parola alla posizione 500. Questi changelog per rilascio dovrebbero contenere solo i punti salienti, ma è possibile includere un collegamento al changelog completo quando necessario.6.txt

Mentre sei lì, potresti anche voler includere un paragrafo introduttivo all'inizio, come quello che hai nel tuo Readme, o anche un po' più dettagliato.full_description.txt

Nel frattempo, con la sincronizzazione successiva intorno alle 19:00 UTC, l'app lo farà become available here nel mio repository e assomiglia a questo:

Che ti dice anche di 2 attuali show-stopper per l'inclusione con F-Droid, che non consente componenti proprietari.

Hi Izzy, thank you so much!
I will do the checks and accommodations you indicated, but Cronet is no longer there, I have removed it and replaced it with non-proprietary library.

[IzzySoft]

I will do the checks and accommodations you indicated

Thanks a lot! Once in place, please give me a ping so I can cross-check and adjust here accordingly (e.g. enable pulling changelogs, trigger an update for fulldesc etc). My repo operates a little different from F-Droid.org 😉

Cronet is no longer there

My library scanner still detects it. Does the replacement use the same "signature" (like, packageName, directory structure etc) – and can you give a link to its sources? Same for GMS?

[fast4x]

I will do the checks and accommodations you indicated

Thanks a lot! Once in place, please give me a ping so I can cross-check and adjust here accordingly (e.g. enable pulling changelogs, trigger an update for fulldesc etc). My repo operates a little different from F-Droid.org 😉

Cronet is no longer there

My library scanner still detects it. Does the replacement use the same "signature" (like, packageName, directory structure etc) – and can you give a link to its sources? Same for GMS?

This is the library I use to translate lyrics. This may be reported.

https://github.com/therealbush/translator

[IzzySoft]

This is the library I use to translate lyrics. This may be reported.

Nope. Reported is Cronet , which is detected by the path /com/google/android/gms/net (or the packageName com.google.android.gms.net). Your translator would be /me/bush/translator (me.bush.translator). That would be NonFreeComp as well as it has no license declared (and also NonFreeNet as it uses Google Translator APIs).

[fast4x]

ok I check better, thanks

[fast4x]

This is the library I use to translate lyrics. This may be reported.

Nope. Reported is Cronet , which is detected by the path /com/google/android/gms/net (or the packageName com.google.android.gms.net). Your translator would be /me/bush/translator (me.bush.translator). That would be NonFreeComp as well as it has no license declared (and also NonFreeNet as it uses Google Translator APIs).

Found It!
Isn't a library but two meta data in Android manifest

    <meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.car.application"
        android:resource="@xml/automotive_app_desc"/>

    <meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.car.notification.SmallIcon"
        android:resource="@drawable/app_icon" />

[IzzySoft]

It's not just an entry in the manifest. See here:

(smali generated by Apktool, showing the libraries) Could be "dragged in" as a dependency by some other library. To find out, you can use e.g. gradle :app:dependencies

[fast4x]

Thanks

[IzzySoft]

Yay, success! with the next sync, the NonCreeComp will be gone 🥳

[fast4x]

Yay, success! with the next sync, the NonCreeComp will be gone 🥳

The repo has updated, the list of libraries does not contain Gms, but NonFreeComp remained.

Do I have to do something?

[IzzySoft]

Do I have to do something?

Yes: Have patience for another ~4 hours 😉 As I wrote:

with the next sync …

Syncs happen daily around 7 pm UTC (winter; in summer 6 pm UTC).

[fast4x]

Ahhhh ok i’m sorry

[IzzySoft]

No prob. The "small-print" gets each of us at least once 🙈

[fast4x]

Also published on F-Droid.

[IzzySoft]

Also published on F-Droid.

Congrats to the listing! At this point apps are usually removed from my repo, after a decent overlap (of about 2 weeks). You're ready for that?

[fast4x]

I thought it was kept in your repo too. Can’t you keep it? I’d be honored!

[IzzySoft]

Default is removal. But as 1) your app is relatively small (< 5 MB APK-size), you 2) established reproducible builds and 3) explicitly requested it to stay, I've marked it for this exception so it will stay.

[fast4x]

Thank you very much