Add to F-Droid if possible

[simison]

F-Droid has a small but pretty dedicated group of users; https://f-droid.org/

[simison]

Seems like a lot of work: https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Inclusion_Policy/

And probably impossible without major changes since we're building using Expo.

Honestly I don't think we have resources maintaining F-Droid version, but we can simply serve downloadable APK (#2).

[arteteco]

F-droid only user here. It would be awesome to have it in repo, I don't think I can help as I am not a dev.

Anyway, once the API is more mature it shouldn't be that hard to wrap everything up, should it?

[simison]

You can download the apk directly, see FAQ: https://www.trustroots.org/faq/technology#f-droid

[arteteco]

@simison, hi! I read the FAQ, but having the app on a store comes with quite some advantages, such as:

• Easy to update
• varified corrispondence between the code here and the binary (is a requisite to go into F-Droid)
• easy to rule out android versions which may not be compatible

It is just better practice, I think

[platschi]

I have set up my own (public) F-Droid repository in order to serve myself (and a friend) the Trustroots Android App (and subsequent, future updates) easily. I can set up a small tutorial which can be shared in the TR FAQ for those interested in adding the repository to their F-Droid client in order to receive the Trustroots app there.

[simison]

Nice, feel free to add a new file for it in docs.

It'll then be available via docs page: https://team.trustroots.org/DocName.html if file is DocName.md.

I can then link it in the FAQ.

[platschi]

Done. Will do pull request later.

In the meantime, for the impatient, I already posted a more detailed how-to on my website: https://platschi.net/f-droid-repository-for-trustroots.html

[simison]

https://team.trustroots.org/Fdroid.html

[arteteco]

Awesome! Thanks @platschi !

@simison would it be possible to add the qrcode in the Fdroid page? It makes it easier to add repos

[simison]

Surely! PR welcome :-)

[simison]

Docs: https://team.trustroots.org/Fdroid.html

@platschi would you have spare cycles to update FAQ entry here: https://www.trustroots.org/faq/technology#f-droid ? :-)

[arteteco]

Would be nice to also add the link to the readme, beside the play store and direct apk links

[ahstro]

This is cool, but freaks me out a little bit that the repo isn't hosted on your own domain. Are you part of the team, @platschi, or just a fan? 😇

[simison]

@platschi is a good friend, totally fine. :-) Thanks for checking tho!

I'm happy to point a Trustroots subdomain to somewhere for stronger validity if needed.

[platschi]

I'm happy to point a Trustroots subdomain to somewhere for stronger validity if needed.

What about hosting a fdroid repo on one of trustroots server(s)? All it takes is the fdroid package installed and some MB for hosting the Trustroots apks. And well, a 5min maintenance once or twice a year if there's an app update. I would volunteer on the latter.

[guaka]

Yeah it could be at https://ideas.trustroots.org

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[Thatoo]

There are 12 offending libs that forbid Trustroots to be on f-droid...

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* Amplitude Android SDK (/com/amplitude): Tracking
* Facebook SDK for Android (/com/facebook): Tracking
* Facebook Ads (/com/facebook/ads): Ads
* Facebook Analytics (/com/facebook/appevents): Tracking
* Google Ads (/com/google/ads): Ads
* Google Analytics (/com/google/android/gms/analytics): Tracking
* Google Fit (/com/google/android/gms/fitness): NonFreeDep
* Google Maps API (/com/google/android/gms/maps): NonFreeDep,NonFreeNet
* Google Mobile Services (/com/google/android/gms): NonFreeDep
* Firebase (/com/google/firebase): NonFreeNet,NonFreeDep
* Firebase Analytics (/com/google/firebase/analytics): Tracking
* Maps SDK for Android (/com/google/maps/android): NonFreeNet

I didn't know Facebook and google were aware of our trustroots usage...