yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software Development] Philandroid:
Thanks for the hint! I was just wondering which version to chose, so it should be 12.

I'm on crDroid, this limits the choice a bit...

/deen/8.x/crDroidAndroid-12.1-20221118-deen-v8.11.zip

/deen/8.x/crDroidAndroid-12.1-20221119-deen-v8.11.zip

/alioth/8.x/crDroidAndroid-12.1-20221118-alioth-v8.11.zip

/lmi/8.x/crDroidAndroid-12.1-20221118-lmi-v8.11.zip

/X00QD/8.x/crDroidAndroid-12.1-20221117-X00QD-v8.11.zip

/gts4lvwifi/8.x/crDroidAndroid-12.1-20221117-gts4lvwifi-v8.11.zip

/gts4lv/8.x/crDroidAndroid-12.1-20221117-gts4lv-v8.11.zip

/lemonadep/8.x/crDroidAndroid-12.1-20221117-lemonadep-v8.11.zip

/lemonade/8.x/crDroidAndroid-12.1-20221117-lemonade-v8.11.zip

/lavender/8.x/crDroidAndroid-12.1-20221117-lavender-v8.11.zip

/kane/8.x/crDroidAndroid-12.1-20221117-kane-v8.11.zip

/guacamole/8.x/crDroidAndroid-12.1-20221117-guacamole-v8.11.zip

/gta4xlwifi/8.x/crDroidAndroid-12.1-20221117-gta4xlwifi-v8.11.zip

/gta4xl/8.x/crDroidAndroid-12.1-20221117-gta4xl-v8.11.zip

/dumpling/8.x/crDroidAndroid-12.1-20221117-dumpling-v8.11.zip

/chef/8.x/crDroidAndroid-12.1-20221117-chef-v8.11.zip

/cheeseburger/8.x/crDroidAndroid-12.1-20221117-cheeseburger-v8.11.zip

/beryllium/8.x/crDroidAndroid-12.1-20221116-beryllium-v8.11.zip

/chef/8.x/crDroidAndroid-12.1-20221114-chef-v8.10.zip

/cheeseburger/8.x/crDroidAndroid-12.1-20221114-cheeseburger-v8.10.zip

/beryllium/8.x/crDroidAndroid-12.1-20221114-beryllium-v8.10.zip

/fajita/8.x/crDroidAndroid-12.1-20221111-fajita-v8.10.zip

... and many, many more. New builds pop up every few hours.

Is newest best? Or a bit matured, say 3 days old?

BTW, how do I install the zip? Simply download and update with TWRP?

I suppose they're not device specific, are they?
[Android Software Development] i_pk_pjers_i:
Google Play Store no longer crashes for me, and I signed into my Google account, but whenever I load Google Play Store, it says "You're offline" even though I did update my device firmware (OnePlus 7 Pro Android 12 MP2) like the LineageOS instructions said.

Does anyone have any ideas?
[Android Software Development] MugenCP:
They are device specific, for example code name for poco F3 is Alioth (the third of your list) i just clean flashed crDroid 9 (android 13) few days ago without a problem. btw i used OrangeFox recovery not TWRP but im also aware recommended TWRP works too. And yes, to install zip (a.k.a flash) you must do it from recovery, either TWRP, OrangeFox, etc. So just look for the specific post for your model of the rom of your preference and follow instructions.
[Android Software Development] Philandroid:
Sadly, Samsung Galaxy A40 has been delisted from crDroid :-(

If crDroid is not for me, what else is recommended?

I mean, I could stay with what I got. It's just the SD card is unwritable for most apps including the camera. I've tried about a dozen camera apps, none of them has write access to SD card.

Some apps however do. I can't tell what causes the difference. I'd be happy with my photos on internal storage but obviously that's not Android style...

OK, this thread is about NikGapps and Android 13. I'll have to stay with 12. Could someone please point me to the correct place?
[Android Software Development] gylee:
I tried to change my NikGapps from omni to core. First I tried to uninstall NikGapps completely. After renaming the omni file to UnInstall.zip, I sideload it to my CrDroid recovery. But, instead of uninstalling, it still installs again the Gapps, and even detected it as clean installation. Does anybody know how to do this correctly?
[Android Software Development] Nikhil:
It is because you've sideloaded that it's not able to recognize the name of the zip. Alternate way of uninstalling gapps is wiping files starting with 10- in /system/addon.d folder and then reflashing rom and then gapps.
[Android Software Development] gylee:
Thank you for the instruction. So, in my case, it would be:

Delete 10-*

Go to recovery

Sideload rom

Reboot recovery

Sideload new gapps (core)

Sideload Magisk (because the rom is reflashed)

Reboot system
[Android Software Development] noahhhh:
lineage OS 20 boot failed with nikgapps but work with mind the Gapps.
[Android Software Development] noahhhh:
lineage Logo flashes and then restarts，it worked on lineage 19
[Android Software Development] Nikhil:
Yes, but you may find a few more Google apps, like messages, contacts (if those got updated via playstore). In that case you can just uninstall the apps like any other apps.
[Android Software Development] Nikhil:
Can you attach the installation logs? Was it successful? Are you 100% sure you flashed the correct android version? You're supposed to flash NikGapps-T for lineageos 20.
[Android Software Development] noahhhh:
Yep. I downloaded STOCK pack. I suspect there are some components conflicted.
[Android Software Development] Nikhil:
I'd suggest you try flashing core + flash the addons you really need.
[Android Software Development] noahhhh:
I reproduce the issue and adb pull the logs. But now I'm in trouble, lineage os recovery seem could not flash UnInstall.zip correctly (renamed to UnInstall.zip, E.g. magisk.zip rename to UnInstall.zip still installed magisk)

And there is no other recovery available for my device.

o_O
[Android Software Development] Nikhil:
Check my above posts regarding how to uninstall, or the website (blog page), that'll help you. There are more ways to uninstall.
[Android Software Development] noahhhh:
I switch to b partition:ROFLMAO:

And I have question why not make it a magisk module? This way you can easily graphically and select the installation part, and you won't have the problem of not being able to boot.
[Android Software Development] Joe199799:
installed cr.droid 9 on my oneplus 7t pro mclaren using nikgapps 13 the play store just gives me an your offline error i tried all troubleshooting i can think of and not having any luck
[Android Software Development] Skynet30:
I accidentally (by clicking on the latest release link) downloaded and flashed "NikGapps-nikgapps_T-arm64-13-20221202-signed.zip"

It looks like a newer Gapps Core Variant for Android 13, which is what I was going for anyways. Is that correct?

It is in the config-releases folder: https://sourceforge.net/projects/ni...gapps_T-arm64-13-20221202-signed.zip/download
[Android Software Development] naf_:
I clean installed NikGapps-basic-arm64-13-20220908-signed on aosp13 and used the play store to add additional google apps. Everything is working great (gmail, voice, keep, calendar, home, files, photos, maps), but the Google Camera app from Play Store crashes immediately on startup, right after asking for permissions.

Top part of stack trace looks like:

Process: com.google.android.GoogleCamera, PID: 31719
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
at id.a(PG:137)
at bcl.<init>(PG:9)
at bcm.a(PG:2)
at iyd.a(PG:10)
at bcs.a(PG:7)
at azk.a(PG:6)
at iyd.a(PG:10)

and looking at the decompiled smali of classes id and bcl, it only throws when android.media.MediaCodecList.getCodecInfo() returns a MediaCodecInfo with isEncoder() == true and its getSupportedTypes().length != 1.

Not sure what to do with that little piece of info though.

Anyone know if the MediaCodec's are supposed to come from Gapps infrastructure or from the rom (AOSP, in this case) or elsewhere?

EDIT: I see that the only two encoders on my device that don't have a supported type are the OMX.qcom.video.encoder.h263sw and OMX.qcom.video.encoder.mpeg4sw, so I think the answer to my question is "its a problem with the rom" and/or "the Google Camera software sucks at not crashing", neither of which can be addressed by NikGapps.
[Android Software Development] iamronin:
Dont want to appear thankless but I so wish that the downloads are arranged based on whether its core, basic etc. Very difficult to get what you want.
[Android Software Development] Nikhil:
Just so I understand it correctly, having a download link besides the package definitions of core, basic, etc on the website is what you're suggesting?
[Android Software Development] Gravarty:
With OpenGapps it is really easy to remove all LineageOS apps (like the music, MusicFX and Trebuchet, Setup etc.) and replace it with only original Google apps. I still have my configuration file from one of the Aurora versions and always use it to get a clean LineageOS 19.1 installation.

I tried to somehow "transplant" that configuration into this one, but unfortunately it doesn't remove any of those apps. Is there an "official" or better way to create a configuration that removes all Lineage apps? This is the only thing keeping me from upgrading to LS20 because there is no real alternative to OpenGapps that can remove all of it :D
[Android Software Development] Nikhil:
By default, NikGapps is configured to remove aosp counterparts from lineageos and those have worked perfectly fine for me till lineageos 19.1. I haven't tried los20 myself but I would expect it to work unless the apps are installed with a newer name (which is not that often).

I would suggest you to share the installation logs with me that you can find in /sdcard/NikGapps folder and I can ensure with next build it works out of the box for you.

Meanwhile, you can also try using debloater and debloat any aosp app that you want. Check out the process on NikGapps website in FAQ section.
[Android Software Development] Gravarty:
Basicially i want to get rid of all this:

CMAccount
CMAudioFX
CMBugReport
CMFileManager
CMMusic
CMScreenCast
CMSetupWizard
CMUpdater
CMWallpapers
CMWeatherProvider
DashClock
Hexo
LRecorder
LSetupWizard
LUpdater
Logcat
OmniSwitch
BasicDreams
Galaxy
HoloSpiral
NoiseField
Phasebeam
PhotoPhase
PhotoTable
Browser
CalculatorStock
CalendarStock
CameraStock
ClockStock
DialerStock
Email
ExchangeStock
FMRadio
Gallery
KeyboardStock
Launcher
LiveWallpapers
LockClock
MMS
MzFileManager
MzPay
MzSetupWizard
MzUpdater
MzWeather
PicoTTS
PrintServiceStock
SimToolKit
SoundRecorder
StorageManagerStock
Studio
SykoPath
TagStock
Terminal
VisualizationWallpapers
WallpapersStock
WhisperPush

These are all of the options that you can select in the Aurora installer, most of these names are outdated and longer used but the install script is still able to remove the modern equivalent. I then copied over all the location names from the install.sh into the debloater.conf file (with the correct app names) but that didn't work :D
[Android Software Development] retry0001-coffee:
Why are you trying to get rid of the updater?
[Android Software Development] Nikhil:
You are not supposed to enter app or priv-app, the debloater will figure that out. You just need to enter the folder name that you want to delete.

Try again with just folder names in the config. For e.g.

Instead of

Put
[Android Software Development] daeavelwyn:
I found the answer in the nikgapps FAQ : https://nikgapps.com/faqs look at "What to do if my contacts are not syncing?" it works for me and i hope it can help others.
[Android Software Development] retry0001-coffee:
For updating LOS from 19 to 20, do I have to follow these steps for NikGapps?

Step 1: Uninstall Playstore updates of Google Apps

Step 2: Go to /system/addon.d folder and delete all the scripts that starts with "51-"

Step 3: Dirty flash Rom

Step 4: Flash newer version of NikGapps

Or can I just sideload the new nikgapps that supports new android without all the extra steps? I do not intend to wipe data. This will be a dirty flash to update LOS to 20. If it makes any diff, I use the NikGapps core package.
[Android Software Development] Nikhil:
small correction, it's now "10-" and not "51-" but if you're on older build which has "51-" then yes.

it logically makes sense to uninstall gapps so those are removed, upgrate the rom so you are on newer version and then flash gapps so you then have gapps too.

only problem is, you will then have flashed the gapps dirty (after first boot) so I'd suggest you to delete the runtime permissions and you should be good to go.

do take nandroid backup, in case something goes wrong and you have to revert back!
[Android Software Development] retry0001-coffee:
OK then two questions since I've never had to do any of this before:

1) What playstore updates do I have to uninstall? What does the core specifically add that play store updates?

2) how does one delete runtime permissions? Do you just mean the permissions for things like the camera, mic, file system that are controlled inside the OS? Or is there an easier way to do it from a shell command line?
[Android Software Development] Nikhil:
1. Majorly Google Play Services and Google Play Store, rest 'should' work fine, if not you can remove it later too if you experience any crashes. Core adds the applications and necessary files to run gapps, not the updates.

2. Delete /data/misc_de/*/apexdata/com.android.permission/runtime_permissions.xml from recovery or file explorer or debloater whichever approach is convenient to you.
[Android Software Development] Nikhil:
can you share the installation logs once you flash NikGapps on los 20?
[Android Software Development] retry0001-coffee:
Sure, Nikhil, but I won't be doing this procedure until later January or even February. LOS 20 just dropped, and I've learned not to jump in and be a guinea pig in my old age :D .
[Android Software Development] HaPe111:
I just followed the instructions above (remove updates, remove addon.d scripts, flash LineageOS 20, reboot from recovery to recovery (to switch AB partition, not sure if that was actually necessary), flash NikGApps core, flash NikGApps DeviceHealth addon, remove runtime-permissions.xml, reboot).

Initially, the Google Play Store said "you are offline". As noted in this thread, this can be solved by going to Settings » Apps » Show system apps » Google Play Store » Network and WiFi » Allow network access. No data loss, everything seems to work great. Thanks!

Logs attached :)
[Android Software Development] Nikhil:
Thanks! this helps! :)
[Android Software Development] Julien41:
Thanks a lot, I use Wellbeing and Recorder addons, it works fine.

If I can have the Recorder addon in french, that would be wonderful.
[Android Software Development] bahaxd4:
Quick question, is installing NikGApps addon's on LineageOs 20 (NikGApps already installed and running) easy as installing them through TWRP or there's something else to do?
[Android Software Development] Nikhil:
You can install them right away. There are few addons that require clean flash to function properly, such as GBoard, Google Clock, etc. Other than that, you can go to recovery and simply install the addons
[Android Software Development] Enferlain:
I just installed lineageos then nikgapps, but I don't have any google apps installed after booting. Any idea what I did wrong? I used the lineageos recovery and adb sideload
[Android Software Development] Nikhil:
Which device? Was the installation successful? Can you send me the installation logs?
[Android Software Development] Enferlain:
It's an Oneplus 7 Pro, Lineageos 20. It said installation successful before I booted and that the logs were saved, but I don't know how to find them because there is no nikgapps folder
[Android Software Development] Nikhil:
I flashed Los 20 on my oneplus 7 pro with Los recovery and everything was fine. Did you reboot to recovery after flashing the rom and before flashing gapps?
[Android Software Development] Enferlain:
Here is some pics of the install process, not sure they show anything wrong.

I didn't reboot to recovery. I was already in recovery and I installed as soon as lineageos finished installing because they said to install them right after the os install. Do I have to install lineageos then restart recovery and then install nikgapps?

--

Okay, that was exactly the issue. I had to reboot to recovery and then do the flashing. Thanks!
[Android Software Development] Nikhil:
Yes, we have A/B device. When you flash a rom, it gets installed to the inactive slot, you need to reboot to recovery to get into the slot where the rom was installed and then flash the gapps
[Android Software Development] freeman94:
lineage 20 here, install the full package, I see the google apps it overrides some thats nice

but I can''t see the Pixel Launcher, in fact I did try other gapps package and still no luck.

Manual install give me crashes even if I set all the privilliges and no restriction use etc.

What am I doing wrong?
[Android Software Development] MrCamby:
Does Android Auto work with this gapps version ?
[Android Software Development] Nikhil:
I'll include pixel launcher once I fix it. Stay tuned.

Yes it does, flash before first boot
[Android Software Development] carisma2001:
Crdroid 9.1

Nikgapps full

Android Auto dont work.

Say Connect a comoatible handy
[Android Software Development] Nikhil:
Flashed the build before first boot?

Send the logcat of the crash.
[Android Software Development] carisma2001:
@Nikhil

Flash rom

Reboot Recovery

Flash gapps

Radio say Connect an combatible handy

Permission Are given

Where Can i find logcat?
[Android Software Development] ianupamdey:
Unable to change Play Services location permission from Allowed Only While in Use to Allowed all the Time.

flashed NikGapps-core-arm64-13-20220908-signed.zip

Help?
[Android Software Development] an_cr:
Hey, I'm new to Custom ROMs and gapps. Would greatly appreciate it if someone could explain whether I can install the nikgapps basic package but install e.g. Android Auto from playstore afterwards? Or do I have to install all gapps I want to have from the start?
[Android Software Development] Nikhil:
You need to flash the gapps before you boot into the system for the first time.

So, flash rom, flash gapps, then boot.

If you have A/B device, flash rom, reboot to recovery, flash gapps.

In any case, flash the gapps before you boot for the first time.

As for android auto, for it to work fine, you need to flash it as a system app. You can flash Android auto addon or create your own NikGapps package which includes exactly the apps you need. Check out - https://github.com/nikgapps/config
[Android Software Development] k.stahanov73:
еif the device is a / b, then the gapps firmware is only after rebooting into the recovery. Is it just to reboot or do I need to change the slot?
[Android Software Development] Nikhil:
When you reboot to recovery, the recovery changes the slot for you.

In case of A/B device, you just need to flash rom, reboot to recovery, flash gapps.
[Android Software Development] Nikhil:
Flashed the gapps after first boot?
[Android Software Development] ianupamdey:
I did not do that first.

Now everything is working. Nice work.

Google Play Services takes a lot of permissions. Cant change them as it seems. As a microG(2nd device) user it feels bit scary :D
[Android Software Development] AhmedRehan98:
Flashed Los20 the core gapps, everything is fine except google photos edit doesn't work. Tried flashing the addon, didn't make a difference. Do I have to flash a larger gapp package for the edit to work?
[Android Software Development] Nikhil:
Did you install Google Photos from Playstore? I suggest you try flashing the addon.
[Android Software Development] AhmedRehan98:
Flashed Los20 the core gapps, everything is fine except google photos edit doesn't work. Tried flashing the addon, didn't make a difference. Do I have to flash a larger gapp package for the edit to work?

I did flash the addon (after booting and using the rom, but the core gapps were flashed before booting into the rom). I've also flashed the google markup addon
[Android Software Development] osm0sis:
Hey just a heads up: Feb 01 Full build adds Pixel Launcher back on 12L (awesome work!), but unfortunately appears to break QuickSwitch, so no way to set Lawnchair as Recents anymore. Hopefully can be fixed? 😉🤞
[Android Software Development] Nikhil:
So what is happening? Are you facing a crash? And can you try wiping /data - that make it as good as clean flash. It is not advised to flash the addons after first boot
[Android Software Development] Nikhil:
Oh! Yes, definitely, I'll take a look at it. :)

Edit: btw, if you're not using Pixel Launcher and use Lawnchair like me, you can skip installing it by updating nikgapps.config

Or very easily create your own custom gapps build within minutes with exactly the apps you use. Check this out - https://github.com/nikgapps/config

Regardless, I'll investigate it and see where the problem is. Must be the overlays.
[Android Software Development] AhmedRehan98:
After trying again (still without clean flashes)

Installing google photos from playstore: can't edit photos, gphotos says updating photos editor for a bit then goes away. Pressing edit just gives me an infinite loading circle animation.

Flashing the google photos addon for a13: I can edit photos but syncing/backup doesn't work. The app can't seem to connect to the internet and says it's offline and can't sync, waiting for connection to backup, etc
[Android Software Development] osm0sis:
Make sure you've gone into App info for Photos, then tap Mobile data & Wi-Fi and Allow network access. Things installed from Play Store or sideloaded can end up with this disabled initially on LOS at times.
[Android Software Development] AhmedRehan98:
that did it. thanks mister for your time <3.
[Android Software Development] ew:
If I am upgrading LineageOS from 19.1 to 20, what is the recomended method for me to upgrade the NIkGapps? I have the full version of NikGapps (12) currently installed - and I want to upgrade without re-installing.

My device is a Moto G100 which is an A/B type device. There is no TWRP, I have to use the LineageOS recovery.

Thanks in advance for your assistance.
[Android Software Development] Nikhil:
https://xdaforums.com/t/android-13-gapps-nikgapps-arm64.3915866/post-87936009

Read a few posts above this one.
[Android Software Development] ew:
Thank you for your quick assistance. One question (after reading through that section)

Can I remove this file prior to beginning the installation process? The LineageOS recovery doesn't have any option to remove files.
[Android Software Development] Nikhil:
Yes, you can remove that prior to beginning the installation process.
[Android Software Development] choratiu:
Hello,

I am running Lineage OS 20 with Nikgapps on a OnePlus 7T and I am very pleased with the setup with one exception: Google Speech Services.

If I go to Settings - ... - Languages & input - .. - Text to speech, it crashes my Setting app.

Is this an LOS issue or a Nikgapps one? Can someone help me to fix it?

Best Regards,

Horatiu
[Android Software Development] Nikhil:
Can you provide more details about the nikgapps build you flashed and the steps you followed?
[Android Software Development] choratiu:
I installed the Full version of NikGapps from 8-Sep-2022 and installed it from Recovery using adb sideload immediately after installing LOS (before first boot).
[Android Software Development] osm0sis:
Would be great to have this automated into a script zip to simplify the LOS+GApps upgrade process for people. Could even support all GApps by removing the common addon.d filenames for them all.