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[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] ChingyM:
Did anyonw find a fix fit this?
[Android Apps and Games] dhemker:
APKGrabber

APKGrabber is a fork of APKUpdater. Big thanks and of course all credits go to rumboalla.

I try to develop new features and maintain the software to stay available on latest android devices, but don't expect weekly updates.

For feature requests, issue tracking, new releases and all dev related stuff see my Github page.

License

Copyright © 2017 Rumboalla. Licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.

Readapted 2019 by hemker.

Contributors

hemker

Version Information

Status: Stable

GitHub: latest

APKMirror: latest

Izzy F-Droid: latest

Created 2019-03-04

Last Updated 2019-03-22
[Android Apps and Games] Psyscope:
Thank You looking forward to a great app.
[Android Apps and Games] hbr_in:
Thanks for owning the maintenance & upgrade of this beautiful app.

However, I have few issues related to APKGrabber

- Whenever, i click Ignore button, in a few seconds, I see a FC.

This is on Asus Zenfone Max pro m1, stock android, non-rooted, bootloader locked, non-twrped phone

Log option do not work all the time. i see an empty screen while i click on log from the right 3 vertical dots

- I would like to visit APKmirror instead of downloading from it.

Is it possible to provide an option to copy the link ( I mean click to download / Long hold to copy the link kind of option)
[Android Apps and Games] tjsuominen:
I think if both methods ('old APKUpdater'; visit APKMirror and new APKGrabber; direct download) could be available as option in App preferences, that would be great and serve both needs.

//t
[Android Apps and Games] dhemker:
Please add all dev related stuff to the GitHub issue tracker.

Btw, new release is out fixing/adding that stuff, see link above.

Best

Dennis
[Android Apps and Games] hshah:
Latest v1.1.3 says it is still v1.1.2 when installed and the update notification shows up.
[Android Apps and Games] dhemker:
Thanks, fixed it now. Just download again.
[Android Apps and Games] Archon810:
Hi,

Artem here from APKMirror. I'm glad someone revived APK Updater, so kudos on that!

However, the setting you added to directly download from the site now turns the app into a leech which uses up our bandwidth without giving so much as an ad or page view in return. We had an understanding with the previous author about this, and because of them we actively helped him with the fast API and did not block his app. This direct download addition to APKGrabber now, however, goes against all of that.

Please remove it, as it's against our terms of service.

Thank you for understanding.
[Android Apps and Games] dhemker:
Hey,

sorry, didn't know about any agreements. New release is out, bringing back the old behavior. Furthermore, i deleted all previous artifacts containing that stuff.

[MENTION=2373179]Archon810[/MENTION] is anybody actively maintaining the API? I would like to get in touch to propose some questions about it. That would help making APKGrabber an up-to-date, stable app.

Best

Dennis
[Android Apps and Games] Archon810:
Hey Dennis,

Thanks for the swift action. We have been hosting APK Updater on APKMirror (last release is https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/rumbo...lease/apkupdater-1-5-11-android-apk-download/), and I'm open to now hosting APKGrabber too, as it's getting updates. Would you like that?

Would you like to chat further about the API? PM me and we can connect on Telegram.
[Android Apps and Games] hshah:
Nice to see a friendly community :)

Just want put it out there because there are bound to be some people who decide to take the ****... what happens if people don't bother updating to the version that removes the direct download feature?

I'm hoping some action can be taken without penalising the developer, having detrimental effects on APKMirror and the average user :)
[Android Apps and Games] SuperSandro2000:
If there aren't to many probably nothing will happen otherwise direct linking will probably just be blocked.

Edit: I love the new ignore button right in the updates window.
[Android Apps and Games] hshah:
Cool, was just putting it out there because more often than not its just a handful of people that tends to ruin it for others.
[Android Apps and Games] Psyscope:
Yeah so far so good thank you for the updates. Continued fine tuning version detection would good.

When it would auto download from apkmirror we didn't see where it would download them too.
[Android Apps and Games] Psyscope:
Is your app setup for the Google Feedback for when it crashes? I just sent a log of it crashing.
[Android Apps and Games] nextheart:
Can you please add play store link of the app to be updated?

Thank you.
[Android Apps and Games] ~El Julio~:
Glad to see this project revived.

Though it still seems to struggle when in background on Pie - actually, I can't remember wether APKUpdater could even achieve a successful background scheduled search - it will start but won't ever finish.

Getting to its UI will show it still hasn't been able to fetch the installed apps' list & actually start the search. (VPN used + WiFi only setting ticked if relevant)

Also, APKGrabber updates never are found after just opening the app but only when a manual search is launched regardless of the auto option being active.

Also, if I may, I'd like to submit a couple of ideas :

- For when notifications are set to show up only when updates are available (or maybe even in other cases), I think it would be nice if the notification could get dismissed as the users gets to the available updates page.

- Available themes are ok but now not one seems coherent with the app's icon anymore. Replacing them with a tweakable theme engine would be better suited to each user's taste.
[Android Apps and Games] olivercervera:
Great to see APKUpdater revived! It was a long awaited news!

Are you planning to increase API target to Oreo at least? This is one of the few apps on my phone that still targets Nougat :)
[Android Apps and Games] yochananmarqos:
FYI, APKGrabber is available on F-Droid via the IzzyOnDroid Repo.
[Android Apps and Games] Archon810:
The app is now live at https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/hemker/apkgrabber/ too.
[Android Apps and Games] n_boy86:
[MENTION=8156453]dhemker[/MENTION]

Happy to see a fork.

Can we have searching for updates every hour? ?would be awesome. Thank u
[Android Apps and Games] dhemker:
v1.1.10

Hey everyone, [MENTION=3341206]olivercervera[/MENTION]

new release is out. Now targeting API level 28, featuring notification channels. Also implemented that a self-update check is triggered when the app is launched (if enabled in options). Furthermore, some build dependencies are increased.

[MENTION=7351744]nextheart[/MENTION] [MENTION=7380600]~El Julio~[/MENTION]

Friendly reminder: please put all development related stuff like feature requests, bugs and other issues to GitHub, otherwise tracking and priorotising such things is quite hard.

Best

Dennis
[Android Apps and Games] fnldstntn:
https://del.dog/ahetikinep

The app crashes when i try to check for updates. I it it's because the Turkish language. The app works fine when i change the phone language to English.
[Android Apps and Games] cyberon:
How do I download the app?
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
Read the OP. Which tells you to go to GitHub.

https://github.com/hemker/apkgrabber/releases ( See 'assets'. )
[Android Apps and Games] cyberon:
"Exclude other architectures" not working on my Pixel 2 XL, bummer.
[Android Apps and Games] yochananmarqos:
It's also available on F-Droid via IzzyOnDroid's repo and APK Mirror.
[Android Apps and Games] filtragem:
Hello,

Is possible to just download the apk to install later or in other devices?

Could it be an option in addition to install and ignore?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Sh0X31:
Thanks, know it's work again on my OP6 :)
[Android Apps and Games] tjsuominen:
Noticed an issue with 1.2.0 - Clicking on Update notification does not launch APKGrabber (reported on Github).

https://github.com/hemker/apkgrabber/issues/37

Anyone else having this?
[Android Apps and Games] oroboros74:
Does clicking on 'ignore' only ignore that particular update or all future updates?
[Android Apps and Games] xdarthanonx:
Ignoring from the INSTALLED tab is permanent (unless revoked—scroll to the bottom of the list to unignore). Ignoring from the UPDATES tab is only for that particular version.

Rooted?

grep "preferences_general_ignore" /data/data/de.apkgrabber/shared_prefs/de.apkgrabber_preferences.xml

will get the relevant keys in the preferences:

preferences_general_ignorelist_key

preferences_general_ignoreversionlist_key
[Android Apps and Games] Psyscope:
A suggestion, is it possible to have the application create a report on the apps that need to be updated, including version numbers of the current app, and the update version and export into a text file?
[Android Apps and Games] hshah:
Just curious, why would you want this / what would the benefit be?
[Android Apps and Games] :
App keeps crashing on my One plus 6T Running Pie Custom ROM and Rooted with latest Magisk. As soon as I open the app it crashes a few seconds later.

Device: OnePlus 6T

ROM: HavocOS 2.5 (Pie)

Rooted with Magisk 19.2

Here's a log captured by the ROM.

https://del.dog/mixacapenu
[Android Apps and Games] yochananmarqos:
It happened to me on my 6T once as well. Clearing the app cache & data resolved the issue.
[Android Apps and Games] hshah:
I can confirm that this happens to me every now and then, and clearing cache + data seems to be the only solution. Does the job though, and it's not difficult :)
[Android Apps and Games] oroboros74:
Something broke in one of the last updates : this used to work fine on Android TV (Mibox3), but now navigating using the DPAD input doesn't change the focus state in the settings (you scroll but you don't see where you are, it should highlight the item) and you can't select the links when you're on the updates screen.

Hopefully you can bring this back to life!
[Android Apps and Games] Rccm112:
So I have been trying to use apkgrabber for a few months now. I cant get it to work like apkupdater used to. APKUpdater used to update automatically in the background. I think I was only able to get one of the versions of APKGrabber to update automatically once in the past. Root install and Automatic Update Installlation are checked. I am rooterd. Updates from Google play arenot checked because apkgrabber crashes on my android boxes. It doesnt seem to work on any of my android boxes. Is there something that I am doing wrong?
[Android Apps and Games] souravgain605:
helpful tool

using it more often now;)
[Android Apps and Games] Psyscope:
After flashing a custom kernel and magisk. I get FC's and wiping cache does nothing. I have to wipe the storage on the phone.
[Android Apps and Games] WHOARETHROLL:
How update?
[Android Apps and Games] hshah:
How make sense?
[Android Apps and Games] Psyscope:
This is a video of the bug.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/V7zHXML3NG8JEtKH9
[Android Apps and Games] GrapeBandit:
Does this even work? Haven't gotten any updates in a while, but I've been getting updates from the play store every day.

Is this app here just to take up space on peoples phones?
[Android Apps and Games] hshah:
Yep it works. I still use it daily to check for updates :)
[Android Apps and Games] GrapeBandit:
I use it daily to check too, but there has been no updates, but yet I've been getting updates almost every day from the play store
[Android Apps and Games] hshah:
If it helps, this is what I have selected under the options menu.
[Android Apps and Games] GrapeBandit:
That's exactly the same boxes I have checked lol
[Android Apps and Games] Rccm112:
Mine won’t update automatically unless you check Root install and Automatic Update Installation. V1.2 is the only version that works on my android box. The others crash when those boxes are checked.
[Android Apps and Games] dhemker:
Hey guys,

I am currently working on fixing the time scheduling for automatic update search. This should be fixed within the next days, so maybe I can push a new release before going on holiday.
[MENTION=4497393]GrapeBandit[/MENTION] you are of course heavily welcomed to fork APKGrabber and provide a pull request resolving some feature requests / bug fixes, so our playstore alternative is no longer wasting space on peoples' phones.

Best

Dennis
[Android Apps and Games] oroboros74:
Do you think you could address the bug with Android TV in this release? It used to work. See below :

If so great! If not, next time! Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] Shahimba:
Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Tencloudy:
great app.

great app.
[Android Apps and Games] GrapeBandit:
Awesome. My play store had 5 apps to update today, guess how many this app had. . . ZERO
[Android Apps and Games] hshah:
My experience tends to be the opposite. This app shows the updates before Play Store does. Clicking the refresh button under My Apps in the Play Store shows "no updates available", but APKGrabber tells me that there are.

More often than not, if I search for the application in question in the Play Store, it gives me the option to update. Even at this point, refreshing on the My Apps screen still shows no updates.
[Android Apps and Games] Rccm112:
Version 1.2 wotks
[Android Apps and Games] anagramgenius:
By default, updates from Google play are disabled in this app. Did you bother to check the settings to enable it?
[Android Apps and Games] GrapeBandit:
I have google play and apkmirror enabled
[Android Apps and Games] GrapeBandit:
so it doesnt look like any of these so called "replacement play store" apps update as fast as the play store REGARDLESS of what anyone tells you.

1-play store

2-aurora store

3-apk grabber lolView attachment 4800058View attachment 4800059View attachment 4800060
[Android Apps and Games] oroboros74:
Don't use them then.
[Android Apps and Games] hshah:
I wouldn't consider anything as a replacement to Play Store because you are using Android at the end of the day. The alternatives are just in addition to the Play Store.

In terms of what is "faster" to show updates, I think that varies quite a bit. I use all three of the apps you mentioned and see updates first in different ones. As previously mentioned, there have been times when Play Store hasn't showed updated but if I search for the app, it happens to show an Update button vs the usual Open, but still doesn't show up as an update under My Apps.
[Android Apps and Games] Archon810:
In addition, some of these apps, like GoPro, have moved to the app bundle format, which is currently only supported by the Play Store.
[Android Apps and Games] GrapeBandit:
That's my point though, I'm trying to find a replacement for play store, I want to de-google my life. As of now, only google left in my life is the play store, and youtube-vanced.

GoPro app updates in the Aurora store too, not only the play store.
[Android Apps and Games] reza_xdv:
You need to de-Android actually.
[Android Apps and Games] GrapeBandit:
Not really, I will never use apple anything. So that leaves a windows phone or a blackberry, no thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] GrapeBandit:
apkgrabber also updates some of my apps with incompatible versions, which you dont know until you open the app and it forces close.
[Android Apps and Games] yochananmarqos:
Not really. You've got Purism, /e/ and UBports.
[Android Apps and Games] GrapeBandit:
Thanks, not looking to purchase another phone(Purism), but I'll look into /e/, and I'm not sure there a ubport for my essential phone.
[Android Apps and Games] dhemker:
Good evening,

I released a new version 1.5.0 now. Due to double hardware failure on my laptop and external hdd, I had to generate a new pair of signing keys. So please uninstall the current apk manually before updating. This has to be done once.

Best

Dennis
[Android Apps and Games] yochananmarqos:
After uninstalling, I downloaded 1.5.0 from GitHub, got a Play Protect warning, chose "Install Anyway", but it wouldn't install.
[Android Apps and Games] dhemker:
This could be because of Play Protect knowing that this app had already been installed with other keys. I tested it myself not using Play Protect. Please try disabling Play Protect, install APKGrabber and then turn it on again.
[Android Apps and Games] Archon810:
I heard that Play Protect would do that for such apps if there's a key that doesn't match a released app in the Play Store. So maybe releasing a dummy app would work, but you'd have to pay for the dev account.

---------- Post added at 03:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:10 PM ----------

By the way, I just did this and "Install anyway" did install the new version.

Make sure you uninstall the old one first if it doesn't install for you.
[Android Apps and Games] yochananmarqos:
I had reinstalled 1.4.2 since 1.5.0 didn't install. This time, I cleared the app cache & data before uninstalling it. I was able to install 1.5.0 without disabling Play Protect.
[Android Apps and Games] dhemker:
I added the data/cache wiping instruction as a precaution to the release notes, thanks!

Dennis
[Android Apps and Games] blackdroid52@gmail.com:
Installed v 1.6.0. Clicking on any apps aptoide link redirects to 8 balls pool page. Is it a bug from aptoide side??
[Android Apps and Games] dhemker:
[MENTION=4766691]blackdroid52@gmail.com[/MENTION] This should be fixed in latest release. Using a native DownloadManager now should prevent Aptoide Store App from opening.

Best

Dennis
[Android Apps and Games] dancrow:
Still have force closes when trying to update the list of updated applications.

Any way I can help to fix this isue?

(Using the app on Note9)
[Android Apps and Games] bernard134:
Currently there is still Google play api error?
[Android Apps and Games] blackdroid52@gmail.com:
Same here in the latest version.
[Android Apps and Games] hawki:
Auto downloads & installs

Is there any way to auto download and install apks? I saw the issue with apkmirror. Maybe and ad could play for x seconds with revenue flung to the or be split? Or a pro version with minimal yearly subscription? Like adsales app that I like?

Just some thoughts. Couldn't find a place to request this on github
[Android Apps and Games] tjsuominen:
Just write this to GitHub and title as [FR] <yourtopic>

// Timo
[Android Apps and Games] :
This app is great but I wonder why is fdroid repo not included?
[Android Apps and Games] mistermojorizin:
Where is the apk download location for aptoide and play store? Is like to delete the apks after install.
[Android Apps and Games] ~El Julio~:
[MENTION=8156453]dhemker[/MENTION]

Thanks for fixing the background scheduled search. Works perfectly now.

However, could you please set the APKGrabber is running notification to another channel than the one used for search progress so we could hide it ? It's clogging notification drawer & status bar unnecessarily IMHO.

---------- Post added at 08:03 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:59 PM ----------

/android/data/de.apkgrabber/cache
[Android Apps and Games] mistermojorizin:
I checked that folder before asking actually, not seeing .apk files in there so didn't want to delete the files in there because I don't know what they do.

Edit: cleared the apps cache from system settings and all the files in there got deleted. So it was just cache, not data.
[Android Apps and Games] ~El Julio~:
Yeah, they're extensionless files of the Play Store & Aptoide apks downloads. Not optimal to work with at all and a bit weird as is since even APKGrabber updates are downloaded as apk files in /android/datamde.apkgrabber/files/

[MENTION=8156453]dhemker[/MENTION], could you please have them (Play Store & Aptoide updates) downloaded in the download folder as .apk files like they would when APKMirror direct download was implemented ? This along with an option to delete or not the downloaded updates/apps after a successful installation would be very convenient.
[Android Apps and Games] mistermojorizin:
Also, has uptodown and apkpure stopped working for anyone else?
[Android Apps and Games] deerp:
If you mean when APKGrabber starts scanning all your apps for updates and you get constant HTTP errors on APKPure & UPToDown then yes they have stopped running for me too. I get well over 200 errors per scan for updates. It's frustrating as I can actually manually access both sites via the APKGrabber app on the about page so can traverse both sites easily.
[Android Apps and Games] WHOARETHROLL:
I do not like that beta versions of applications are downloaded directly from the aptoide although let's say the release is stable. I need a choice of what I need.
[Android Apps and Games] nonamer1990:
Great project.

Respect your hard work!
[Android Apps and Games] blackdroid52@gmail.com:
Please fix the frequent app crashes. Had this problem since long before
[Android Apps and Games] yochananmarqos:
Logs? It doesn't crash for me.
[Android Apps and Games] dancrow:
How can we capture the log file?
[Android Apps and Games] yochananmarqos:
Guide: Sending a Logcat to Help Debug Your Favorite App
[Android Apps and Games] blackdroid52@gmail.com:
Will this log do??
[Android Apps and Games] yochananmarqos:
[MENTION=8156453]dhemker[/MENTION] will have to take a look. He's the developer.
[Android Apps and Games] joluke:
Have crashes too. Here are the logs:

https://mega.nz/#!iIAE3AbB!vhg4bIT310cZRIFeNg0YCc5yvhLQavbw-7Ad9ZDw7LE
[Android Apps and Games] blackdroid52@gmail.com:
Any Eta?? Can't use the app as it force closes
[Android Apps and Games] hshah:
I've noticed that I get crashes if I select the root install or use my Google account options. After that point I need to wipe the app's data and make sure I do not select those options, for it to work again.
[Android Apps and Games] dhemker:
Hey,

I will take a look into that problem in the next three weeks. Facing a long train ride where I have plenty of time to hopefully fix that.

Dennis
[Android Apps and Games] mistermojorizin:
I've found that going into settings, and playing around with changing the sources and/or exclusions (filters) and/or number of threads fixes the crashes for a while, but they come back eventually.
[Android Apps and Games] Rccm112:
I have tried apkgrabber on several different android boxes and 1.2.0 is the only version that doesn’t crash for me.
[Android Apps and Games] Abujihad:
Hello I'm Nezar from Navydroid.com i loved your App and i wrote article in Arabic about it in our website

تطبيق APKGrabber يوفر لك تحديثات التطبيقات قبل وصولها الى متجر جوجل بلاي
[Android Apps and Games] hawki:
No .apk extension

So when I download from aptode within apkgrabber, none on the files show up with an ".apk" extension. I'm on rooted Android 10 and it's been doing this for both of Sept, and Oct Android 10 versions. Possibly beta 5 or 6, but not sure about that.

I have to go and rename the file by adding a ".apk" on the end. After I do, the icon changes to the downloaded app regular icon and it will install. Never seen this before in anything I've ever downloaded.

Anyone else?
[Android Apps and Games] hshah:
Another one to maybe look at is the APKMirror lookup returning updates for WearOS versions of applications when what is actually installed is the phone version. This happens even though both of these are ticked:

Exclude Other Architectures

Exclude Incompatible API Level

One example is an update for Shazam which showed up a few days ago and the page I get taken to is:

https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/apple...ar/shazam-android-wear-10-0-1-191001-release/
[Android Apps and Games] blackdroid52@gmail.com:
The crash issue is yet pending to be solved!!! Any ETA devs
[Android Apps and Games] dhemker:
[MENTION=4766691]blackdroid52@gmail.com[/MENTION] The log you provided does not seem to be a valid logcat output. Take a look at [MENTION=5695467]joluke[/MENTION] logs, they contain a crash log. [MENTION=5695467]joluke[/MENTION] The error you just have encountered seems to be a permission problem. The app tries to receive a BOOTUP_COMPLETE event to set the background scheduler. Unfortunately, APKGrabber is not allowed to do so. Did you set any special permissions for this app or do you use any security policy apps? What's your platform? [MENTION=4763933]Abujihad[/MENTION] thank you very much :) Could not understand that much but your photos are pretty nice :)

Dennis