Notable changes in version 16:
- use installExistingPackage() for initial install of a system package (fixes installing system packages in a work profile without them on GrapheneOS due to it preventing installing a same versionCode system package update to prevent bypassing downgrade protection)
- set type of the package download foreground service (will be needed for target API 34)
- drop unused supplementary Bouncy Castle libraries
- update Glide library to 4.15.0
- update Gradle to 8.0.1
- update Android Gradle plugin to 7.4.2
- update Android build tools to 33.0.2
A full list of changes from the previous release (version 15) is available through the Git commit log between the releases.
Apps is the client for the GrapheneOS app repository. It's included in GrapheneOS but can also be used on other Android 12+ operating systems. Our app repository currently provides our standalone apps, out-of-band updates to certain GrapheneOS components and a mirror of the core Google Play apps to make it easy for GrapheneOS users to install sandboxed Google Play with versions of the Google Play apps we've tested with our sandboxed Google Play compatibility layer.
GrapheneOS users must obtain GrapheneOS app updates through our app repository since fs-verity metadata is now required for out-of-band system app updates on GrapheneOS as part of extending verified boot to them.