v1.0.0 - Initial Release 🎉

Full Changelog: https://github.com/samyak2403/RepoStore/commits/v1.0.0

Release Notes

v1.0.0 - Initial Release 🎉

Release Date: January 2026

🆕 What's New

RepoStore is a GitHub-powered Android app store that lets you discover, download, and install Android apps directly from GitHub repositories.

✨ Features

🏠 Home Screen

• Featured Apps Carousel - Discover top Android apps from GitHub
• Trending Apps - Browse most starred repositories
• Recently Updated - Find apps with latest updates
• Category Filtering - Filter apps by categories
• Pull to Refresh - Always get fresh content

🔍 Search

• Powerful Search - Search GitHub repositories for Android apps
• Real-time Results - Instant search results as you type
• Smart Filtering - Only shows repos with APK releases

📱 App Details

• Rich Information - Stars, forks, language, last updated
• README Viewer - Full markdown rendering support
• Screenshot Gallery - View app screenshots with zoom
• Release Notes - See what's new in each version
• Developer Profile - View developer info and other repos

⬇️ Download & Install

• Direct APK Download - Download from GitHub releases
• Progress Tracking - Real-time download progress with percentage
• Auto Install - Opens installer after download completes
• Installed Detection - Shows "Open" for installed apps

🔐 GitHub Integration

• OAuth Sign-in - Sign in with GitHub account
• Increased Rate Limits - 5,000 requests/hour when signed in
• Device Flow Auth - Secure authentication without exposing secrets

⚙️ Settings

• GitHub Account - Sign in/out of GitHub
• About - App information and version
• Developer - Developer profile and contact
• Donate - Support development via UPI
• Open Source Licenses - View all libraries used
• Source Code - Link to GitHub repository

💳 Donate

• UPI QR Code - Scan to pay
• UPI ID Copy - Copy UPI ID to clipboard
• Payment Apps - Detect and open installed UPI apps (GPay, PhonePe, Paytm, etc.)

🛠️ Technical Details

• Min SDK: Android 8.0 (API 26)
• Target SDK: Android 14 (API 36)
• Architecture: MVVM with Repository Pattern
• Language: 100% Kotlin
• UI: Material Design 3

📦 Dependencies

• Retrofit + OkHttp for networking
• Room for local database
• Glide for image loading
• Markwon for markdown rendering
• Coroutines + Flow for async operations

🐛 Known Issues

• None reported yet

📝 Notes

• First public release
• Requires internet connection
• GitHub API rate limit: 60 requests/hour (unauthenticated) or 5,000/hour (authenticated)

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/samyak2403/RepoStore/commits/v1.0.0