[Feature Request] Release on F-Droid

[slackerbob]

The Issue

The android app isn't currently available on f-droid, the main non-google app store for android.

Anything Else

Myself and many others that are attracted to non-google platforms such as this one often don't have the playstore installed on their phones (and want nothing to do with it) and need an alternative that doesn't involve compiling from source.

I'm sure this is something that's already been talked about among the devs and probably would already be done if there weren't roadblocks, but I'm hoping opening this issue will help show interest in an f-droid release.

[skbzk]

Steps to reproduce the bug:

1. Go to F-Droid
2. No Odysee app
3. Go to Github's releases page
4. No Odysee app

[czarkoff]

It would make sense to release this app on F-Droid and use user feedback to polish the user experience before this app replaces the one that is currently on Google Play.

[kekkyojin]

I think that when Odysee Android will be ready to be deployed via F-Droid, then it will also be ready to be published via Play Store.

F-Droid is a service where apps must be free of proprietary code in order to be accepted. It is not a place where lower quality app could be published in order to improve them before publishing them on another place.

Like I have been saying for some time ago, currently Odysee Android is perfectly usable. But there are still some issues that will need to be fixed before a release. It is very near, I would say that current repository source code could be labelled as pre-beta. That's my opinion.

[Lord-Valen]

I think that when Odysee Android will be ready to be deployed via F-Droid, then it will also be ready to be published via Play Store.

The app is published on the Play Store but not F-Droid.

[czarkoff]

@Lord-Valen not this app.

[Lord-Valen]

@czarkoff Strange that the update pushed on Play Store matches the date of the latest commits. What app is it then? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.odysee.app

[czarkoff]

Unless things changed with the last update, it is odysee-frontend. (And if things changed, why the version in this repo is 0.0.16 while there it is 0.0.25?)

[EricDriussi]

So basically odysee-frontend is the one currently on the Google Play store and the idea is for it to be replaced with odysee-android.

I understand that until that's taken care of there is no real reason to get it on F-Droid. Is that correct?

[shuvashish76]

Now available on F-Droid : https://www.f-droid.org/packages/com.odysee.floss/

[czarkoff]

No, still not this app. Which is pretty surprising actually, because at this point the user experience with this app is significantly better.

[shuvashish76]

No, still not this app.

Wdym? It's live on F-Droid app. It will take some to show new apps list in website.

[quazar-omega]

I can see it. What are the non-free network services in use?

[czarkoff]

Wdym? It's live on F-Droid app.

I mean that the com.odysee.floss on F-Droid is not this app. It is the FLOSS build of the app from Google Play. This app is not published yet unfortunately.

[FinixFighter]

I can see it. What are the non-free network services in use?

I'm also interest in more details about that!

[czarkoff]

Then why not ask in that app's repo?

[FinixFighter]

Then why not ask in that app's repo?

You're right! Done. Thank you :) OdyseeTeam/odysee-android-floss#6

[licaon-kter]

@czarkoff

I mean that the com.odysee.floss on F-Droid is not this app.

And how can this confusion be cleared up? I mean that one is built from same-repo-name-FLOSS :)

[pixel2user]

@czarkoff

I mean that the com.odysee.floss on F-Droid is not this app.

And how can this confusion be cleared up? I mean that one is built from same-repo-name-FLOSS :)

The naming scheme leads people to think that https://github.com/OdyseeTeam/odysee-android-floss is the FLOSS version of https://github.com/OdyseeTeam/odysee-android, which is not the case.

I'm suggesting a change of the README.md for odysee-android-floss: OdyseeTeam/odysee-android-floss@2cc3af9

[pixel2user]

not putting it on F-Droid and instead putting it on Google Play. Odysee you've let myself and many others down.

@therealbluepandabear - You got this wrong. This version (Android native) has not been released on GPlay, yet. See OdyseeTeam/odysee-android-floss#9

APKs: OdyseeTeam/odysee-android-floss#14

[Pentaphon]

This version (Android native)

It seems the be the same one as the FLOSS version. I installed both and they seem to be the same, slow web wrappers.

[pixel2user]

This version (Android native)

It seems the be the same one as the FLOSS version. I installed both and they seem to be the same, slow web wrappers.

It sounds like you are confused what "this" ( native Android app https://github.com/OdyseeTeam/odysee-android/ ) means.

[iamflorencejay]

well it is now done

[licaon-kter]

@iamflorencejay what is done?

[iamflorencejay]

@iamflorencejay what is done?

There is an f-droid version of odysee

[pixel2user]

@iamflorencejay what is done?
There is an f-droid version of odysee

That's NOT a release of the Android-native version you should be posting about here... Read: #139 (comment)

[Zahrun]

I created an unofficial release on github for those who want to try this app before it releases and don't want to build it themselves #158 (comment)