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Hi! I'm DKSEQUENCE, a small studio in South Korea making simple Android apps and games. I'll share what I'm building here now and then, without flooding the timeline. #Introduction #Android #IndieDev

🔒 Android становится закрытым С сентября 2026 года Google начнёт требовать верификацию от разработчиков всех приложений, даже если они не публикуют их в Play Маркете. Установка приложений будет затруднена, если их разработчики не предоставили Google свой паспорт, приватные ключи и $25. Также станет обязательным подключение к интернету во время установки. Верификация усложняет процесс распространения приложений, особенно если это патчи, сторонние клиенты, прокси или эмуляторы консолей. Поэтому некоторые разработчики и пользователи предпочитают альтернативные магазины или APK-файлы вместо Google Play. При таком подходе меньше ограничений и, соответственно, больше уникальных и интересных приложений, о которых @KoolTechTricks@posts.kooltechtricks.org. Но теперь верификация становится обязательна даже вне Play Маркета. Google утверждает, что это поможет защитить пользователей от вредоносных приложений. Но даже в Google Play регулярно находят вирусы. Данное требование даёт ложную надежду на отсутствие вредоносной активности в верифицированных приложениях, что сделает ситуацию ещё хуже. Изменения затронут только официальные прошивки Android с сервисами Google. Установка неверифицированных приложений будет значительно усложнена, но всё ещё возможна. На альтернативных прошивках, где сервисы Google имеют лишь ограниченный доступ к системе, установка приложений будет без препятствий. На основе исходного кода Android Open Source Project (AOSP) возможно создание разнообразных прошивок с уникальными функциями. Но и здесь Google меняет правила игры, постепенно ограничивая исходный код AOSP. Теперь разработка ведётся за закрытыми дверьми, и код публикуется только два раза в год. Несмотря на шквал критики, Google не собирается отменять изменения. У пользователей остаётся не так много выбора: Распространять информацию, жаловаться национальным регуляторам.Избегать Google Play, пользоваться альтернативными прошивками (например, GrapheneOS и LineageOS), не покупать устройства производителей, ограничивающих процесс разблокировки загрузчика.Пробовать другие мобильные дистрибутивы Linux (например, PostmarketOS). Посетите Keep Android Open и Consumer Rights Wiki, чтобы узнать больше. #KeepAndroidOpen #android

🚨 GOOGLE IS KILLING ANDROID FREEDOM. 🚨 This #DiDay we call on you to take action & sign the petition: https://www.change.org/p/keep-android-open-stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage Because Google must not decide what you can & can't download on YOUR Android device. This undermines one of Android’s defining features: the freedom to install software from wherever you choose. 😤 #Android is supposed to be open, & your phone should be yours → NOT GOOGLES. It’s time to support open alternatives like @GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social ✊ More: https://tuta.com/blog/android-side-load-apps-google

System-level ad-blocking in Android via @robalex@indieweb.social https://lobste.rs/s/hk0ohb #android https://kevinboone.me/adblock.html

New post: Google still can't make an accessibility menu accessible. Put more than one service on Android's accessibility shortcut and holding the volume keys brings up a menu with no speech, at the exact moment no screen reader is running. Apple and Microsoft solved this years ago. I fixed it in ten minutes at one in the morning. Google has had years. https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/google-still-cant-make-an-accessibility-menu-accessible/ #Accessibility #A11y #Android #TalkBack #Blind #ScreenReader #Google

Hi Mastodon! I'm Arjun, and I make Gander, an Android file viewer whose permissions page is empty. No internet permission either, so it can't reach the network. It opens PDF, Office, images, video, audio and Markdown. MIT, and now on Google Play. Disclosure, since this server asks: much of the code was written with AI under my direction. The build fails if a permission is ever added. Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.arjun.gander GitHub: https://github.com/mokshablr/gander #introduction #Android #FOSS

I got tired of my own doomscrolling, so I started building an app that would catch it and stop me. Along the way I realised blocking wasn't what I wanted. I wanted my phone to help me do the things I'd already decided to do. That became Sepamo, an Android launcher built around what you meant to do with your day, not what the apps want from you. Eetu, Mikkeli, Finland. Free version, no AI. #introduction #Android #DigitalMinimalism

⛓️ Today, Google has taken the next step in enclosing the #Android ecosystem by starting to enforce its developer verification program in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand. No better time than now to recommend the best apps from everyone's favorite #FOSS app store, F-Droid. We'll start: Librera Reader, Image Toolbox, LocalSend, AntennaPod, FMD, Capy Reader, Unexpected Keyboard, Voice Audiobook Player, Aegis Authenticator...

#Google Is Closing Android: And Taking Your Freedom With It The #Android story is a warning: when you depend on a platform built by a company whose interests diverge from yours, you eventually lose. The solution is not a different Big Tech provider, it is infrastructure built on fundamentally different principles. https://pixelunion.eu/blog/2026/03/google-closing-android-ecosystem/

Getting root on OnePlus 15 from an untrusted app https://lobste.rs/s/a5rcxy #android #security https://blog.nns.ee/2026/09/24/oneplus-root/

Hello everyone! I am GiZano and I am thrilled to join this community! 👋 I'm passionate about backend development and IoT, and I absolutely love open-source projects. In the future, I'll be happy to share my journey through my projects and the open-source world with you. I am currently working on two repositories, if you want to take a look: 🌍 QuakeGuard (https://github.com/GiZano/QuakeGuard) A system for distributed seismic monitoring. 🚀 LevelUp (https://github.com/GiZano/LevelUp) An offline, privacy-first productivity tool. I'll share more about them soon, but you can already check them out and, if you'd like, even contribute! #Introduction #Introductions #OpenSource #Backend #IoT #BuildInPublic #Productivity #React #Android

📱 The #PeerTube mobile app is now available in version 2.3.0! 🚀 Along with many new features, you can now enjoy picture-in-picture mode and the ability to choose video quality. Check it out now on #Android (via F-Droid or Google Play) and #iOS (via Alt Store or the App Store).

Punto Informatico: Opera offre 3 GB gratuiti con la eSIM integrata Opera offre 3 GB di dati gratuiti per 3 giorni tramite una eSIM integrata nel browser per Android (può essere utilizzata entro un anno in 47 paesi). The post Opera offre 3 GB gratuiti con la eSIM integrata appeared first on Punto Informatico. Opera offers 3GB of free data with the built-in eSIM. Opera offers 3GB of free data for 3 days via a built-in eSIM within the Android browser (it can be used within one year in 47 countries). #Androidhttps://www.punto-informatico.it/opera-offre-3-gb-gratuiti-esim-integrata/

Signal Login now enables phone-number-free registration in Android Beta 8.28.1, with iOS support planned later. 📱 The optional signup costs $2.99/€3.49 once and uses zero-knowledge proofs to unlink payment from accounts. 🔐 @signalapp@mastodon.world 🔗 https://aboutsignal.com/news/signal-registration-without-a-phone-number-now-available/ #TechNews #Signal #Privacy #OpenSource #Android #iOS #iPhone #Samsung #Google #Smartphone #Security #FOSS #Technology #Software #Messaging #Encryption #ChatControl #DigitalRights #Tech #PrivacyTech

Hi fediverse 👋 I'm Bevan. I build qrdrop: one screen shows a QR code, the other scans it, and a file goes straight between the two devices, end-to-end encrypted. No account, no upload. Browser, CLI, desktop and Android, plus a no-network mode that beams the file as animated QR codes. Try it: https://share.stan-ely.com Code: https://github.com/stan-ely/qrdrop #introduction #FOSS #OpenSource #Privacy #Android

How to improve your Android phone's battery life https://www.engadget.com/2269187/android-phone-how-to-improve-battery-life/ #Android #Tech #BatteryLife

5 signs the "banking app" on your phone isn't your bank's:

1. It came via a "mandatory update" link
2. Someone "from the bank" walked you through installing it
3. It asks for Accessibility
4. It wants to be your SMS app
5. It won't uninstall

No single sign is proof. If you see several, call your bank on its official number.

https://droidwatch.app/blog/how-android-banking-trojans-work?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=how-android-banking-trojans-work&utm_content=S41-MA-01

#Android #BankingFraud #Malware #MobileSecurity #InfoSec

La Smart TV del living a partir de hoy empezó a mandar propaganda encima de la salida HDMI1 que es la salida de una Mini PC que usamos con Plex... Denme un momento para procesar esto sin agarrar la TV a hachazos en este mismo momento. Por favor diganme que hay una solucion porque no voy a poder lidiar con esto y el apagón analógico en la misma semana #android #google #larecalcadaconchadetumadre #tv #yameiba #smarttv #enshittification #mierdificacion

How to use Android's Desktop mode to turn your phone into a tiny PC https://www.engadget.com/2267572/how-to-use-desktop-mode-android-phone/ #Tech #Android #Mobile

Ostatnio mama poprosiła mnie abym jej zaktualizował Pixela 7a (stockowy soft). Aktualizacja do Androida 17 przeszła gładko, tylko telefon złapał bootloopa 😅 Skończyło się na wchodzeniu do recovery mode'a i ręcznym montowaniu systemowej partycji. Ciekawostka żeby zobaczyć recovery menu trzeba czekać prawie 5 min na ekranie oczekującym na komendy z laptopa. Google to taka mała firma można jej wybaczyć prawda? 🙃 #pixel #google #android