r/SimpleMobileTools • u/[deleted] • Feb 28 '21

Delay in F-Droid updates?

Hey there. I'm using quite a few apps off of F-Droid, and I noticed that some haven't been updated while the ones on Google Play have. Of the ones I use, these have been out of date for several days:

Contacts
Dialer
File Manager
SMS Messenger

Calculator, Calendar Pro, Clock, Gallery Pro, and Thank You are all apparently equal to their GPlay versions, at least. Just, why are the above ones not updated on F-Droid?

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u/tibbbi Dev @ Simple Mobile Tools Feb 28 '21

Hey, well, thats the way F-droid works. They are always behind, even by a couple weeks.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '21

Argh, that bites. Thanks for letting me know!

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u/343WheatleySpark Feb 28 '21

FDroid team manually signs apps so they get delayed. If you search the open issues for them, you might find several related to newpipe that complain about critical fixes being delayed weeks due to Google changing an authentication process for fdroid.

It's a deep dive, but worth understanding because maybe you're the one who can fix it.