Android @lemdro.id happeningtofry99158 @lemmy.world 1d ago

Apps installed from Obtainium cannot be archived

Apps installed from Obtainium cannot be archived. I really want the used app icon on my home screen so that I don't forget about them but with the app deleted to save space.

There is an issue tracker https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/issues/2042 but no developer have answered. Meanwhile is there a work around?

thanks a lot

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Archived = uninstalled and it will be redownload from Google play when launched. If it's installed from another source, it can't redownload from Google play
That's a "Google play" feature AFAIK. Apps installed from fdroid, apk, aurora or epic have the same drawback.

It's really annoying, it's a very useful feature.
- It was a Google Play feature (a hack built around modular apps that used App Bundles instead of APKs for distribution) that later got added into Android itself in Android 15. F-Droid supports it, you just have to have Android 15 or 16.
  
  Edit:
  
  I have android 16, I don't see that on the froid apps, not even the ones installed just a few days ago.
  
  Is that a new branch of fdroid or is there a setting to enable?
  
  Edit: actually, I use droidi-fy, so maybe it's lacking that feature.
Obtainium has its own list of apps you've added, you could just use that as a list so you don't forget about them?
- yeah that could be an solution, but I have already grouped my apps in the home screen so I have download it in the future I have to group them again. I have about 200 apps downloaded and I have 550+ apps used. So it could be a lot of work. Using archive feature I could easily manage these stuff
  
  Wow, that's a huge number!

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