Thanks to Telegram, nobody will ever know why one person laughed at the post 😉

The funding campaign for this year has been ended today. Thanks to those who have contributed to App Manager with money in these trying times when the inflation is sky rocketing in most parts of the world. I would also like to thank those who wanted to contribute to App Manager with money but unable to do so due to such a short interval and to everybody who loves App Manager so much that they constantly share it in the social platforms (and help others).

I would also like to point out that you can contribute to App Manager in many other ways such as creating good issues, translating or proofreading documentations, or even helping us secure a funding for the project. We particularly emphasize on translating and proofreading App Manager documentation which is the heart of the project.

Lastly, Eid mubarak to all who have been fasting in the month of Ramadan!

App Manager v3.0.0-alpha03

You have to restart your device after updating the app.

Full list of changes: v3.0.0-alpha02…v3.0.0-alpha03

App Manager v3.0.0 Release Candidate № 01

You have to restart your device or clear cache after updating the app.

Full list of changes: v3.0.0-alpha03…v3.0.0-rc01

Notice regarding release candidates.

The purpose of release candidates (RC) is to discover new issues that might have been left out accidentally. There will be two weeks of interval between the two RCs. A new RC will be released after this period provided new issues have been discovered.

For starters, here are the currently known issues that may or may not be fixed in the v3.0.0 stable release:

1. The application does not start when recovering a working or other profile
2. App Manager randomly crashing on startup
3. Backup fails for the apps with huge size
4. Material Design 2 swiches are still used (depends on Google’s Material Components library)
5. Encryption key generation is not working in Android lollipop
6. Permissions tabs are crashing in Android 13 (and a few other devices)
7. App Manager is crashing in App Info tab (requires logs which the users facing it didn’t provide till now)
8. Crashing in the Intent Interceptor page (requires device’s framework.jar which the users facing it didn’t provide till now)
9. App Manager (in root mode) is crashing while trying to load an instant app (requires investigation/logs)

Metro v5.8.4 (as promised)

- Migrate to Material 3
- Support for Storage Access Framework
- Bump SDK to 32 (Android 12L)
- Minor fixes

A new build will be available on F-Droid within several days.

Honouring the works of Marcel Bokhorst (M66B)

Those looking for making their Android phone more private have definitely used applications such as FairEmail, NetGuard or XPrivacyLua. Among them, FairEmail was one of the most frequently updated applications I have ever seen. It clearly demonstrated Marcel's dedication towards the app and its community. NetGuard was the first app that I have ever used when I was first introduced to privacy a couple of years ago, and as stated in the Telegram group (when it existed) and indicated in one of the issues, was one of the inspirations for me. However, I came to learn today that the entire batch of applications have been discontinued due to the malicious treatment by Google (which is increasingly becoming a SkyNet for its increasing reliance on artificial intelligence and a team of reviewers both of which lacks any intelligence) and, consequently, some people of the community who have started complaining as they failed to understand the underlying issues.

As a great admirer of @M66B's works, I appreciate the efforts he has made (which were greatly undervalued) and the services that he provided to the open source and privacy community in general, and I wish the wellbeing of him and his family.

You can comment here: https://github.com/MuntashirAkon/AppManager/discussions/754

Metro v5.8.5

- Display song images along in the artist and album details pages
- Removed the Internet permissions and all the associated features
- Fixed crashing occurs during changing screen orientation

Full Changelog: v5.8.4...v5.8.5

A new build will be available on F-Droid within a few days.

SetEdit v2.2

Migrate to Material 3

App Manager v3.0.0 Release Candidate № 02

You have to restart your device and/or clear cache after updating the app if you are not updating from v3.0.0-rc01. If you have taken backups using v3.0.0-rc01, you have to take them again.

Full list of changes: v3.0.0-rc01…v3.0.0-rc02

Important.

App Manager v2.5.x and earlier versions did not received any security updates for more than a year and should not be used.

For root and ADB users, this is very crucial because today crackers like to exploit any vulnerabilities they can find, even if it is an app with a small number of users such as App Manager. App Manager has a very specific set of users which might entice them to find and exploit vulnerabilities in the app.

App Manager v2.6.5 and later are still supported and patches will be released if critical vulnerabilities have been discovered. Since the release of v3.0.0 has been announced, no new features will be added to the v2.6.x version lineup.

It has also come to my attention that some app stores are distributing completely fake or modified versions of App Manager, some of which reportedly containing adware or even trojan. Please abstain from installing App Manager from these sources and use only the official sources.