Since some month I’ve been downloading the Syncthing and Syncthing fork versions directly from Github. For the Syncthing-Fork, however, the last Google Play final versions are missing. On Google Play now still is 1.16.0.6 stored. Will the current v1.18.0 be stored shortly on Github?
Syncthing v1.18.0 final was very fast available on Google-Play, if I want to install a RC it would be good, also to have the Github APK.
Sorry @Andy , but I’m not doing any gplay builds anymore because publishing them (getting them approved by Google) takes months of my time doing the appeals form over and over until I get one Google employee approving a new release. I’m currently putting v1.18.0 to GitHub ( Release Syncthing-Fork v1.18.0.0 · Catfriend1/syncthing-android · GitHub ) and F-Droid.
How does F-Droid decide when to publish a release? According to the build stats it picked up your v1.18.0 tag but it’s not considered as a released version yet.
@bt90 Normally , they update their metadata of the build bots. some hours , days pass by, the build bots build it. After successful build, “a human signs the builds” and starts the “copy to fdroid” process. From this point, if all steps were successful, users see the new release.
i think, for open source projects, both google play and fdroid should be used only for long term releases, and always offer links to latest stable elsewhere.
Are your synced folders outside the app specific directory? e.g. on /storage/emulated/0/(yourfolder)
Then export , uninstall, reinstall , import should be ok without the need to rescan/resync everything. If you use the /Android/media/… paths , you’ll need gplay ver 1.16.0.6 at minimum because it has the “keep synced user data when app is uninstalled” flag.
In any case: Please have a good backup of your data before attempting to switch.
Could you add a notice to the playstore listing? Directly linking to f-droid is probably a bad idea but the users should be informed that the gplay version is discontinued.
I’ve added a rating with comment. Google starts the whole app approval process again if I submit a new app description and mentioning “unmaintained” is a giveaway to make up a new reason to call me back to do their sh*** work tomorrow. Feel free to add a comment with useful tips as well, it would get upvoted over time so users see it :-).