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Add AltStore to Android#925

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Add AltStore to Android#925
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We want AltStore on Android right now! We wait until the app ha released.

@Xmemes811 Xmemes811 closed this Jan 7, 2022
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ghost commented Jan 8, 2022

AltStore was made for iOS devices, not Android. There's no point of releasing a build for Android.

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JoeMatt commented Jan 13, 2022

this isn't even a pull request. close this before you embarrass yourself further.

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devinprater commented Jan 13, 2022 via email

shanegillio and others added 10 commits February 8, 2022 18:24
Fixes AltServer using outdated cached response after updating developer disks for a new OS version.
Code written and committed with Lil’ Dude “Weedles” by my side <3
Changed the order of a bullet points to give the list better conveyance.
We now weak link libAppleArchive, which doesn’t exist prior to iOS 14.
Previously, only the beta version of AltStore could add sources. Now, the public version supports adding explicitly “trusted” sources, while the beta version can continue to add any source.
Allows us to distinguish between the current user and other cached patrons in the future.
The Patreon API doesn’t have a way to fetch just the patrons belonging to our Friend Zone tier. Instead, we need to fetch ALL patrons (including inactive ones) and filter out those not in the tier. This is very inefficient, and takes over a minute to complete as of April 14, 2022, due to the number of patrons we have.

We can’t do much to change this, but AltStore will now at least cache the fetched patrons with Core Data. Additionally, AltStore will only perform this long fetch whenever the Friend Zone list actually changes, rather than every time the Patreon screen appears.
Will be used to cache Friend Zone patrons separately than the existing PatreonAccount entity.
Rather than store both the current user’s Patreon account and all cached Friend Zone patrons in the same table, we now store Friend Zone patrons in the new ManagedPatron table. This avoids the need to distinguish between the two at runtime.
PatreonAPI.fetchAccount() is called by both PatreonAPI.authenticate() and PatreonAPI.refreshPatreonAccount(), so this ensures the keychain is updated via both ways.
Updates AltStore and AltServer to 1.5
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cootshk commented Oct 8, 2022

you can just install an apk manually without an app like this
plus most of these apps have equivalents (or straight up ports like dolphin) on the google play store
plus iphones are just superior to android phones

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It would be great if AltServer is on Android, and able to connect my iPad with Android phone with wi-fi or cable and refresh app this way.

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wyldcrd commented Dec 21, 2022

It’s possible to run a windows/macOS version of iTunes/iCloud on an android device but I’m pretty sure trying to get it to work would be a metric sized pain in the development buttcheek. (Wine for android exists but thinking about it gives me a headache)

If refreshing away from your main pc is important I personally would recommend sidestore. It is a fork that provides the same features but with the added benefit of being able to refresh off of a server in the cloud. This brings up security risks but you can host your own sideserver instead of relying on sidestore’s if you worry about security.

And as cootshk said

iphones are just superior to android phones

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wyldcrd commented Dec 21, 2022

For future reference altserver requires iCloud/iTunes.

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Anyone wanting something like this should follow @devinprater's advice. "AltStore on Android" is F-Droid for all intents and purposes. Closing this.

@lonkelle lonkelle closed this Dec 24, 2022
@rileytestut rileytestut deleted the master branch January 24, 2023 22:52
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Lncvrt commented Jun 12, 2025

what tf is the point of altstore for android if you can just install a .apk directly...

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