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[dschrempf]

First, thank you very much for working on this great project.

I have the following problem:

• After installation of microG Services Core, it does not show up as installed in F-Droid.
• Instead, ug UnifiedNlp (no GAPPS) shows up as installed.
• I deinstalled ug UnifiedNlp (no GAPPS) because I thought I had installed it by mistake.
• Then, microG Services Core is not available anymore (not in Apps, nor the microG Settings). And, it cannot be installed anymore because it still does not show up as Available in F-Droid. Manual installation with the APK file worked but again, uq UnifiedNlp (no GAPPS) shows up in F-Droid as installed.

[n76]

The issue is that both packages have the same signature and F-Droid assumes it is the one in the main repository (UnifiedNlp) rather than the one in the microG repository (GmsCore).

Not much to be done about it unfortunately as they need to present that signature to work on your phone.

[Awerick]

To me this seems to be an essential issue! It is not only confusing/error-prone during the installation step but even more when one needs to update microG later because many apps don't not work correctly anymore (see #271 or more recently #335) – but one can not find microG anymore :dizzy_face:.

I know that this is rather an F-Droid than a microG issue but maybe we could include an "information note/section" on this in the relevant documentation places? (github-wiki: download page and microG website: download page as well as microG: F-Droid repository page.) (In general I would like to know whether/how much fiddling with the wiki by others is actually welcome (@mar-v-in?)…) => If it is ok, I would be happy to include a small note on this in the wiki!

1. Explain that the two apps get mixed up due to same signature. (Include link to this issue?!)
2. Explain how to update it nevertheless: This comment on issue #271 describes how to do it.

Also: I just updated F-Droid to version 0.104 and it seems, the behavior now changed! I would say it is now acceptable/good (maybe this also applies to 0.103, I only had 0.102 before):

• It now correctly displays "microG Services Core" in the list of installed apps and I can also open the entry. (However "UnifiedNlp (no GAPPS)" is not shown at all.)
• When I disable the microG repository, it incorrectly (but expectedly) shows "UnifiedNlp (no GAPPS)" as installed with the version number of the installed "microG Services Core". ("microG Services Core" itself is not shown anymore.) (After enabling the microG repository again, it again correctly displays "microG Services Core".)