NikGapps Android 15 beta Release is up!

Known issues:

- Android Auto may not work for some roms
- Google Sounds may conflict with Aosp sounds for some roms
- Digital Wellbeing and Google option may appear out of theme in Settings (if not configured through Rom)
- Google Wallet may not work for some roms
- if you are not able to sign in to google, try to skip the setup wizard and setup default webview to aosp

Download: https://sourceforge.net/projects/nikgapps-beta/files/Releases/Android-15/

These issues are not happening on all Roms so feel free to try it out.
Please use @NikGappsGroup to report issues with logcat,
Issues without logcat are not useful and easier to ignore.

Enjoy!

New Release is up - 4th Nov 2024 (Android 10-15 stable)

Changelog:
- Initial Android 15 stable Release
- Added overlays for Google Sounds, Device Setup, Google Wallpaper, Google Files
- Added AICore in PixelSpecifics (Android 15)
- Updated gms overlay to adapt android 15
- Make the PixelSetupWizard independent of SetupWizard appsets for simplicity
- Updated nikgapps.config to v36

Follow this to upgrade from Android 14 to 15. Clean flash if you're not upgrading from A14 to A15.

Elite builds will be up shortly. Rom developers who recommend NikGapps can take benefit of Elite builds.

Thanks for choosing NikGapps. We appreciate your continued support and encourage you to share this update with others. If you encounter any issues or have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at @NikGappsGroup

Special thanks to @neobuddy89, @daniml3, @N0m4n904 and @sHarJeelsarwar for helping with Android 15 Bring up.

New Release is up - 12th Dec 2024 (Android 10-15 stable)

Changelog:

- Updated AIS overlays to add more features. (Thanks to Ionuț - https://news.1rj.ru/str/igram96)
- Fixed AICore not building in PixelSpecifics (Android 15)
- Sign the overlays (This will show overlay apks as installed unlike before) (Thanks to Daniel - https://news.1rj.ru/str/daniml3)
- Add Google Personal Safety addon (Android 15)
- Fixed 'Unable to edit, check your connection' issue in GooglePhotos (Android 15)
- Fixed Now Playing Crash on Google Devices (only)

Note:

- it is dirty flashable over previous build, recommending everyone to update to this build.
- we're trying very hard to allow dirty flashing without issues, however, I would still suggest backing up everything before flashing to make sure you don't lose anything if things go south.

Thanks for choosing NikGapps. We appreciate your continued support and encourage you to share this update with others. If you encounter any issues or have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at @NikGappsGroup

NikGapps User Builds (formally known as custom builds) are enabled for Android 15 - the ones in queue will start building after Elite builds are created.

nikgapps.config v37 is uploaded to sourceforge.net, newer version includes support for GooglePersonalSafety. I suggest you to use that config for user builds

New Release is up - 31st Dec 2024 (Android 10-15 stable)

Changelog:

- Enable Circle to Search with Google Search Addon (Thanks to Pranav Vashi - https://news.1rj.ru/str/neobuddy89)
- Clean up more packages with AIS installation (Thanks to Ionut - https://news.1rj.ru/str/igram96)
- Fix Pixel Launcher for QPR1 release (Thanks to BigSweater for the Apk - https://news.1rj.ru/str/largesweater and Jericho - https://news.1rj.ru/str/Jericho102002 for testing)
- Performance Improvements in Installer Script

Note:

- it is dirty flashable over previous build, recommending everyone to update to this build.
- we're trying very hard to allow dirty flashing without issues, however, I would still suggest backing up everything before flashing to make sure you don't lose anything if things go south.
- If you're running into crashes with dirty flash, try again with clean flash.

Announcement:

Alignment with Google's QPR Release Schedule:
- Future updates will follow Google's Quarterly Platform Release (QPR) timeline.
- Expect faster Gapps updates with each QPR.

Increased Focus on Android Go:
- More frequent updates for Android Go users starting now.

End of Official Support for Android 10-13:
- The upcoming NikGapps release will support Android 14+ only.
For Android 10-13 users:
- You can still create user builds following NikGapps user builds tool.
- Developers interested in maintaining Android 10-13 can submit pull requests to our Gitlab repo (e.g., Android 13 Stable Repo) for review and merge.

Continued Support for Elite Builds:
- Elite builds for Android 13 will remain supported.

Thanks for choosing NikGapps. We appreciate your continued support and encourage you to share this update with others. If you encounter any issues or have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at @NikGappsGroup

Cheers and Happy New Year!

Alright guys! Back from vacation. I will start working on QPR1 release asap. Pixel launcher crash is number 1 priority.

Stay tuned!

Those facing Pixel Launcher crash on A15 QPR1 builds, can you try flashing this build and report in @NikGappsGroup if it is working fine for you?

New Release is up - 27th Jan 2025 (Android 14-15 stable)

Changelog:

- Fixed Issues with some apps not showing up in Private space
- Fixed Pixel Launcher Crash
- Fixed faded texts appearing on Recents screen
- Updated apps to make them QPR1 compatible

Thanks to @largesweater and @StormFather01 for testing QPR1 release on los22.1

Note:

- Clean flash is recommended

Thanks for choosing NikGapps. We appreciate your continued support and encourage you to share this update with others. If you encounter any issues or have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at @NikGappsGroup

If anyone's on QPR2 build (march security patch) - I'd love to get feedback on NikGapps beta builds (with QPR2 apk updates).

https://sourceforge.net/projects/nikgapps-beta/files/Releases/Android-15/14-Mar-2025/

Please provide your feedback at @NikGappsGroup

Hi guys,

We're open for suggestions in terms of installer improvements. If you'd like to see any information during the installation such as displaying size of packages or any other information/suggestion, please feel free to suggest at @NikGappsGroup.

Thank you!

Hey Guys,

New release will be up soon (in days). Wrapping up a few things, thanks for your patience!

New Release is up - 11th June 2025 (Android 14-15)

Changelog:

- Updated google apps to make them QPR2 compatible
- Enhanced the installer noscript to display space information
- Fixed the issue where the space calculation was not accurate
- Fixed the issue where uninstalling exclusive system files was not working
- Fixed the issue where use_zip_config was not recognized during sideloading
- Prioritize Installing Setup Wizard after Core (more stability when it comes to installation)

Note:

- Pixel Launcher works fine on los 22.2 (qpr2 base) - CTS (Circle to search) doesn't work
- Pixel Launcher breaks on crdroid - I recommend using the stock launcher until it's fixed - CTS works on the stock launcher.
- Android 16 gapps update is in the works!

Thanks for choosing NikGapps. We appreciate your continued support and encourage you to share this update with others. If you encounter any issues or have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at @NikGappsGroup

For those wondering about android 16 builds - those are under beta testing.

Elite users - feel free to reach me for A16 elite builds which will also officially arrive with the first NikGapps stable A16 release.

Hey guys,

Everything is reported to work with Android 16 gapps. You can now try it out and share feedback.

Android 16 beta - Download link

I'd appreciate it if you guys can boost the channel or support with star 🌟 on the post!

Thanks to @kratos_realm for testing the a16 builds.

Cheers!

New Release is up - 16th July 2025 (Android 10-16)

Changelog:

- Android 16 Stable Release
- Fixed incorrect display of partition while installing gapps
- Debloat Aosp counterpart (Twelve) with installing YouTube music in Los 22.2
- Add more Circle To Search changes
- Fixed the uninstaller crashing before uninstalling gapps

Note:

- Android 16 Elite builds are up and User builds are enabled. Feel free to start building a16 gapps.

Thanks for choosing NikGapps. We appreciate your continued support and encourage you to share this update with others. If you encounter any issues or have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at @NikGappsGroup

User builds are disabled temporarily and will be enabled in about 7-8 days.

Why?
- a piece of code has gone outdated with newer paramiko release and I need to rewrite the code to upload the files from scratch.
- I am on a vacation and away from the laptop and will be back in 7-8 days.

The issue with uploading the files is now resolved and User Builds are enabled. Feel free to send in a pull request to create a new build. The ones already created will be processed now and can be found here

Enjoy!

Hey Guys,

We're pretty much running stable from the gapps perspective from a long time.

If there is any feature you'd like to see in NikGapps (the way it is installed, not the ones that comes from Rom support like CTS) - feel free to share your thoughts here.

Hey Guys,

With today's Android 16 QPR1 release, here we are with NikGapps beta release with updated changes from QPR1.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/nikgapps-beta/files/Releases/Android-16/04-Sep-2025/

Please flash this only on Android 16 QPR1 base of your Rom.

New Release is up - 28th Nov 2025 (Android 16)

Changelog:

- Updated gms overlays to adapt android 16 QPR1
- Enable option to choose Cloud Media app in settings
- More changes to enable contextual search (CTS)
- Update all the apps to QPR1 versions

Note:

Clean flash is recommended, dirty flash at your own risk.

Thanks for choosing NikGapps. We appreciate your continued support and encourage you to share this update with others. If you encounter any issues or have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at @NikGappsGroup