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Termux and Android 10
Due to SDK behavior changes and new Google Play policy, Termux does not receive updates on Play Store anymore. Install the application and add-ons from F-Droid instead.
Google requires the target SDK level to be set to at least 29, which corresponds to Android OS version 10. But due to new operating system behavior changes we cannot do so and have to use SDK level 28.
https://developer.android.com/about/versions/10/behavior-changes-10#execute-permission
Execution of files from the writable app home directory is a W^X violation. Apps should load only the binary code that's embedded within an app's APK file.
Related issue: https://github.com/termux/termux-app/issues/1072 and https://github.com/termux/termux-app/issues/2155
We do not want to introduce the breaking changes to comply with Google's requirements. But as result Termux does not support Android 10 officially.
Please note that users of Android 10 may face these restrictions:
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On certain devices Termux will not start shell. Workaround is to set SELinux to permissive mode - only possible on rooted devices.
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Access to
/proc/net
is restricted. As resultnetstat
and other utilities using data from this interface does not work anymore. On rooted devices run these utilities as superuser to get them working again.
People using Android 11 may experience more issues, for example some utilities are being terminated by file descriptor sanitizer.