OctoApp, but not from the Play Store?

Hey all,

I'm de-googling, and while OctoApp (to control OctoPrint) is open source (https://gitlab.com/realoctoapp/octoapp), there are no APKs in the releases like the README says. I can't report this as an issue because that's turned off on GutLab, so does anyone know of any other way it is distributed outside of thr Play Store?

Thanks.

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bishoponarope@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Could always email the developer. hello@octoapp.eu And ask that they fix their gitlab releases. Then use Obtanium to create a custom updater for it once it's done.

fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com · 4 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Yea that's a good idea since I'm already using Obtainium.

bishoponarope@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

If for any reason there's push-back on it, I'm also willing to throw a second voice behind the request as I too am de-googling and would appreciate a better solution than using APK mirror sites or aurora "anonymously", for all the good it does.

fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com · 1 pts · 1y

I did just set up Touch UI as a plugin on Octoprint. It's ugly, but it works.

kensand@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

It doesnt look too hard to build from source if you want to go that route... You could just make a debug apk and install it with ADB.

fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com · 1 pts · 1y

Yea but I wouldn't want to rebuild to keep up with updates.

Venutianxspring@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

There's an APK on apkmirror updated yesterday.

fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Is apkmirror a safe source? They're only supported in Track Only mode on Obtainium.

Venutianxspring@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y

It's owned by the android police people and scan every apk that goes on their servers. Sorry for the delayed response

sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

The Google Play version has Google analytics. Wouldn't those still be in the GitLab download if it was packaged as an APK?

fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com · 3 pts · 1y

Not with PiHole 😉