Add Install API to install apps via PackageInstaller session#886
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…on, supporting split APK bundles Add an Install API method that installs an application using the PackageInstaller session API. This works with the REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES permission already held by the app and shows the system confirmation dialog, so it can install multi part packages (a base APK plus its split APKs, e.g. Android App Bundles distributed as .apkm/.apks/.xapk) which the single file install intent cannot handle. Package signatures are preserved. The "file" extra may point to a single .apk, a directory of split APKs, or a zip based bundle whose .apk entries are extracted and installed together as one session. A nested InstallStatusReceiver launches the confirmation intent on STATUS_PENDING_USER_ACTION and reports the final result.
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Added termux-install command to install apps via the package installer
termux/termux-api-package#239
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Adds an
InstallAPI method that installs an application using thePackageInstallersession API. It works with theREQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGESpermission the app already holds and shows the system confirmation dialog, so it can install multi-part packages (a base APK plus its split APKs, e.g. Android App Bundles distributed as.apkm/.apks/.xapk) that the single-file install intent cannot handle. Package signatures are preserved.This implements the README's "Ideas" item: "Add extra permissions to the app to (un)install apps".
The
fileextra may point to a single.apk, a directory of split APKs, or a zip-based bundle whose.apkentries are extracted and installed together as one session. A nestedInstallStatusReceiverlaunches the confirmation intent onSTATUS_PENDING_USER_ACTIONand reports the final result.Client script (
termux-install) added in a related PR to termux-api-package.