FFUpdater

Tobi823

81.0.0 · GitHub

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Installer & app stores Android 5.0+ 1 year ago GPL-3.0

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FFUpdater: Updater for privacy-friendly browser

Firefox-Updater

Installs and updates the following browsers:

Software from Mozilla or based on Firefox:

Fennec F-Droid
Firefox Browser, Firefox for Android Beta, Firefox Nightly (GitHub Repository)
Firefox Focus, Firefox Focus Beta, Firefox Klar (GitHub Repository)
Iceraven
Tor Browser, Tor Browser Alpha
Thunderbird for Android, Thunderbird for Android Beta (GitHub Repository)

Browser which are better than Google Chrome:

Other applications:

FFUpdater checks for updates in the background and downloads them as well. Apps can be updated without user interaction with:

Android 12 or higher
rooted smartphone
Shizuku / Sui with Android 6 or higher

Thanks

FAQ

By clicking on the "i"-Icon, you can see the time of the last successful background update check.
Please reopen FFUpdater after moving it to the internal/external storage.
When the 'power save mode' is activated, FFUpdater's behavior changes. If the mode is on for less than 24 hours, FFUpdater will not perform any background update checks. However, if it remains on for longer, FFUpdater will check for updates in the background, but it will not download them in the background.

How to contribute

You can improve the translation on Weblate. Current progress:

Your translation contribution will be acknowledged in every release changelog.

For advanced users: How to contribute

Source Code Contributors

_{StoyanDimitrov} 🌍	_{SkewedZeppelin} 💻	_{Wolfgang Faust} 💻	_{gnuhead-chieb} 🌍	_Nickoriginal 📖	_{Juraj Motuz} 🌍	_metezd 🌍
_{Giovanni Donisi} 🌍	_{Jerry Jean-Baptiste} 💻	_rusty-snake 💻	_Usland123 🌍 💻	_홍순용 💻	_ubergeek77 📖	_guy-teube 🌍
_nortio 💻	_{Andrew Gunnerson} 💻	_TeeTeeHaa 🐛	_{Philipp Kewisch} 💻	_kazushi3 💻	_Lisa 💻
Add your contributions

Additional documentation

Security measures

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F-Droid repository / APK files / other distribution channels

Git repositories

Main repository: https://github.com/Tobi823/ffupdater
Mirror repository on notabug.org: https://notabug.org/Tobiwan/ffupdater
Mirror repository on Gitlab: https://gitlab.com/Tobiwan/ffupdater_gitlab

License

FFUpdater -- Updater for privacy friendly browser
Copyright (C) 2019-2023 Tobias Hellmann https://github.com/Tobi823
Copyright (C) 2015-2019 Boris Kraut <[email protected]>

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

How Shizuku is used

Can install and update browsers silently via `IPackageInstaller` session through Shizuku

This is an AI-assisted analysis of Shizuku-related usages in the app's public source code. It is best effort, so it may not catch every single usage.

How this app uses Shizuku

FFUpdater uses Shizuku to install downloaded browser updates without the normal system install prompts.

Install browser updates: downloaded APK files are installed as an update to the existing browser through a privileged PackageInstaller session accessed through Shizuku, including replacing the existing app and skipping user confirmation where supported.
Update apps in background: scheduled background checks can download and install updates the same way through Shizuku, so supported browsers stay current without manual confirmation.

Android APIs or commands used

IPackageInstaller.createSession
IPackageInstaller.openSession
PackageInstaller.Session.openWrite
PackageInstaller.Session.commit
PackageInstaller.SessionParams.setRequireUserAction

Notable details

Without Shizuku the app can still install updates with the standard session installer or the system install screen, but background updates are not available with the system install screen option.

Changelog

What's new for version 81.0.0

Release version 81.0.0 (179)

Thanks for the Weblate contributions from: Coool, akiva.bekenstein, Cirnos, Retrial, kazushi3, maksimgorpinic4, gdonisi, 109247019824, hamburger2048, jrthwlate, tetify, crowbar and yurtpage
Add IronFox (Thanks BloxerExists https://github.com/Tobi823/ffupdater/pull/719)
Fix typo (Thanks zen0bit https://github.com/Tobi823/ffupdater/pull/696)
Dont display a JobCancellationException in BackgroundWork because we can safely ignore it (Tobi823#701)
Improve APK cache logic
Make background update check more reliable