At this point, you might be wondering what this is all about. In App Manager, I used to update trackers and libraries from Exodus <exodus-privacy.eu.org> and IzzyOnDroid/repo <https://gitlab.com/IzzyOnDroid/repo> (also used by the F-Droid project) directly. But these repositories lack proper system to uniquely identify each library and we’re basically at the mercy of the contributors of the projects for new libraries. Finally, we share a different view regarding the definition of trackers (or the fact that the Exodus Privacy occasionally prevents some signatures to be recognised as tracker although their definition suggest otherwise). Therefore, I along with a few other contributors decided to create a dedicated repository for our own sake. This project is now alive at https://github.com/MuntashirAkon/android-libraries. This project still synchronises from the above mentioned sources but we’re assigning unique ID per library so that they can be uniquely identified as well as we can customise it contain as many libraries as we want. We’ve also considered adding other signatures such as filename and metadata to make it more generic and futuristic. In the future, we might also consider Yara-like rules to make it easy to detect packers, for example.

App Manager is now refactored to use this project. But this is just a compatibility layer. The real implementation will be available some time later. See issue#827 <https://github.com/MuntashirAkon/AppManager/issues/827> for more information.

[PR] AM Debug v3.1.0-alpha01 Run#1955

[Debloater] Initial UI for Debloater

The list is taken from https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater
and kept intact for now.

Colour codes for the list:
- Dark cyan: The app is safe to remove. It does not necessarily mean that the
  app should be removed as it is always up to the preferences of the user.
- Sand colour: The app is safe to remove, but removing it might break one or
  more features.
- Orange colour: The app may or may not be safe to remove.
- Red colour: The app is not safe to remove. It is not clear as to why these
  apps are listed in the UAD list.

Signed-off-by: Muntashir Al-Islam <muntashirakon@riseup.net>

Initial view. More options will be added later.

[PR] AM Debug v3.1.0-alpha01 Run#1956

[Debloater] Make the activity accessible from the Main page

Signed-off-by: Muntashir Al-Islam <muntashirakon@riseup.net>

[PR] AM Debug v3.1.0-alpha01 Run#1957

[Debloater] Handle batch selection

Signed-off-by: Muntashir Al-Islam <muntashirakon@riseup.net>

[PR] AM Debug v3.1.0-alpha01 Run#1958

[Debloater] Add support for some batch selection options

- Uninstallation
- Enable/disable
- Save APK
- Add to profile

The remaining options are:
- Put back (system app)
- Create new profile

Signed-off-by: Muntashir Al-Islam <muntashirakon@riseup.net>

[PR] AM Debug v3.1.0-alpha01 Run#1959

[Debloater] Implement the option to create a new profile from the selections

Signed-off-by: Muntashir Al-Islam <muntashirakon@riseup.net>

Ideas? https://github.com/MuntashirAkon/AppManager/issues/830

[PR] AM Debug v3.1.0-alpha01 Run#1960

[Debloater] Implement advanced searching

Signed-off-by: Muntashir Al-Islam <muntashirakon@riseup.net>

[PR] AM Debug v3.1.0-alpha01 Run#1961

[Debloater] Implement list options

Signed-off-by: Muntashir Al-Islam <muntashirakon@riseup.net>

I am maintaining a separate list for App Manager (and other apps that might be interested in). The intention of this project is not only to keep a list of apps to be debloated but also to suggest users on how the apps should be replaced. See the README (espcially the contributing section) to understand more about the new project. User contributions are most welcome.

https://github.com/MuntashirAkon/android-debloat-list

Unlike other projects, this is applicable for the back-end only, that means, other apps can use it by parsing the JSON files or build a web app with it.

AM Debug v3.1.0-alpha01 Run#1962

AppDetails Display failure message instead of crashing if a service cannot be launched

Signed-off-by: Muntashir Al-Islam <muntashirakon@riseup.net>