hemker / apkgrabber

APKGrabber is a tool that simplifies the process of finding updates for your installed apps.
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req: remove G Play Store & G Play Svcs from default ignore but default ignore com.android... packages #24

Closed jawz101 closed 5 years ago

jawz101 commented 5 years ago

I like to use this app to search for latest & greatest but I don't see the point in checking for packages starting w/ com.android even if show system apps is on.

Since they're AOSP apps and it usually suggests the latest, random Android versions that are never compatible (e.g. Android Q settings app.) I don't know why Apkmirror even hosts these packages but whatever.

The way I see it is 3 states:

user apps - apps I've downloaded from app stores

system apps - could be com.google apps, manufacturer apps & bundled potentially updatable store software

AOSP system apps - anything beginning with com.android. Stuff that wouldn't update unless the whole system is built under a new Android version. Might also include com.qualcomm prefixed as well?