Flicky

mlm-games

4.5.3 · GitHub

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Android TV Android 6.0+ 1 week ago GPL-3.0 Dhizuku

92 ShizuStore

25.5k GitHub

436 Stars

4 MB Size

More about this app

An F-Droid client designed for Android TVs

Flicky - Android TV F-Droid Client

The UI is TV oriented, Android UI is secondary.

For android (mobile) devices, would recommend Droidify or Fdroid Basic (for security and better UI).

Installation

Option 1: Direct APK download from github using Downloader app by AFTV, or any other web broswer.

Option 2: Share through localsend (or send files to tv)

The app is (was available, got suspended now for "Violation of Device and Network Abuse policy", apps that cause users to download or install applications from unknown sources outside of Google Play are prohibited, Apparently alt app stores are allowed from 2026? Will try appealing again later if possible) also available on Google Play Store, but the install permission cannot be provided so you will have to click the download notification to download using download manager (or use adb/root).

According to Google: The REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES permission allows an application to request the installation of app packages. To use this permission, your app’s core functionality must include: Sending or receiving app packages, AND Enabling user-initiated installation of app packages.

Since i cannot use the REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES permission even though my app clearly follows the second category (and stores are allowed due to the 2024 lawsuit), I won't be updating the gplay build, since it is such a big QOL degrade and would prefer to keep the perm for the rest of the app's updates.

FOSS apps for Android TVs (reference)

https://github.com/Generator/Awesome-Android-TV-FOSS-Apps

License

GPL-3.0 (Derived)

How Shizuku is used

Can install F-Droid apps without manual confirmation via `cmd package install` 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

Shizuku is used as one silent install method for apps downloaded from F-Droid.

Install apps silently: downloaded APK files are installed without system confirmation dialogs by streaming the file into the cmd package install shell command run with Shizuku privileges, used for new installs and updates chosen in browse, detail and updates screens.

Android APIs or commands used

cmd package install -r -S

Notable details

Works without Shizuku via the normal system install screen that asks for confirmation, or via a PackageInstaller session. Shizuku is an optional installer mode alongside those fallbacks.

Changelog

What's new for version 4.5.3

Installer bug fixes

What's Changed

chore(deps): bump the gradle-dependencies group with 4 updates by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/mlm-games/flicky/pull/101
chore(deps): bump com.google.devtools.ksp from 2.3.10 to 2.3.11 in the gradle-dependencies group by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/mlm-games/flicky/pull/102
chore(deps): bump gradle-wrapper from 9.6.1 to 9.7.0 in the gradle-dependencies group by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/mlm-games/flicky/pull/103
chore(deps): bump the gradle-dependencies group with 5 updates by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/mlm-games/flicky/pull/104
chore(deps): bump com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp from 5.4.0 to 5.5.0 in the gradle-dependencies group by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/mlm-games/flicky/pull/105
chore(deps): bump the gradle-dependencies group with 2 updates by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/mlm-games/flicky/pull/107
chore(deps): bump the gradle-dependencies group with 3 updates by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/mlm-games/flicky/pull/108
chore(deps): bump com.android.application from 9.3.2 to 9.4.0 in the gradle-dependencies group by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/mlm-games/flicky/pull/109
chore(deps): bump the gradle-dependencies group with 3 updates by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/mlm-games/flicky/pull/110
chore(deps): bump the gradle-dependencies group with 9 updates by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/mlm-games/flicky/pull/111
chore(deps): bump the gradle-dependencies group with 3 updates by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/mlm-games/flicky/pull/112
chore(deps): bump com.android.application from 9.4.0 to 9.4.1 in the gradle-dependencies group by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/mlm-games/flicky/pull/113
chore(deps): bump the gradle-dependencies group with 4 updates by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/mlm-games/flicky/pull/114