Full Changelog: https://github.com/samyak2403/RepoStore/commits/v1.0.0
Release Notes
v1.0.0 - Initial Release 🎉
Release Date: January 2026
🆕 What's New
RepoStore is a GitHub-powered Android app store that lets you discover, download, and install Android apps directly from GitHub repositories.
✨ Features
🏠 Home Screen
- Featured Apps Carousel - Discover top Android apps from GitHub
- Trending Apps - Browse most starred repositories
- Recently Updated - Find apps with latest updates
- Category Filtering - Filter apps by categories
- Pull to Refresh - Always get fresh content
🔍 Search
- Powerful Search - Search GitHub repositories for Android apps
- Real-time Results - Instant search results as you type
- Smart Filtering - Only shows repos with APK releases
📱 App Details
- Rich Information - Stars, forks, language, last updated
- README Viewer - Full markdown rendering support
- Screenshot Gallery - View app screenshots with zoom
- Release Notes - See what's new in each version
- Developer Profile - View developer info and other repos
⬇️ Download & Install
- Direct APK Download - Download from GitHub releases
- Progress Tracking - Real-time download progress with percentage
- Auto Install - Opens installer after download completes
- Installed Detection - Shows "Open" for installed apps
🔐 GitHub Integration
- OAuth Sign-in - Sign in with GitHub account
- Increased Rate Limits - 5,000 requests/hour when signed in
- Device Flow Auth - Secure authentication without exposing secrets
⚙️ Settings
- GitHub Account - Sign in/out of GitHub
- About - App information and version
- Developer - Developer profile and contact
- Donate - Support development via UPI
- Open Source Licenses - View all libraries used
- Source Code - Link to GitHub repository
💳 Donate
- UPI QR Code - Scan to pay
- UPI ID Copy - Copy UPI ID to clipboard
- Payment Apps - Detect and open installed UPI apps (GPay, PhonePe, Paytm, etc.)
🛠️ Technical Details
- Min SDK: Android 8.0 (API 26)
- Target SDK: Android 14 (API 36)
- Architecture: MVVM with Repository Pattern
- Language: 100% Kotlin
- UI: Material Design 3
📦 Dependencies
- Retrofit + OkHttp for networking
- Room for local database
- Glide for image loading
- Markwon for markdown rendering
- Coroutines + Flow for async operations
🐛 Known Issues
- None reported yet
📝 Notes
- First public release
- Requires internet connection
- GitHub API rate limit: 60 requests/hour (unauthenticated) or 5,000/hour (authenticated)
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Full Changelog: https://github.com/samyak2403/RepoStore/commits/v1.0.0